When I had my clinical experience, there was a patient who had just had his left knee amputated and could no longer enjoy the activities that he once participated in. He used to work as a CNA at a VA hospital and enjoyed taking care of the patients there. However he could no longer participate in that due to his condition. I did my assessment on the patient and took his vitals, and reported it off to the nurse. During my assessment in the morning, the patient told me that his blood glucose was high and that he needed insulin. Apparently the nurses and doctors did not have the right dose for the insulin that he normally calculates out at home and was feeling very hyperglycemic on wake up. I talked to the nurse about what the client was experiencing and the nurse was able to administer him the dose of insulin that was needed after talking to the provider. This event led to a feeling of gratification because I was able to take part in alleviating the suffering that the patient was experiencing in some way, even if it was just by alerting the nurse. I was happy that the patient felt that they were able to open up to me in that manner. Following the patients physical therapy, I entered the patient’s room to check up on how it went for them. The patient seemed really talkative, so we had a conversation about how things were going for him at home. He talked about how he enjoyed watching the star wars movies, and how I enjoyed them too. We had a good conversation about that, as well as about his girlfriend who wrote poetry. At the beginning of my shift the patient seemed really focused on their condition and frustrated at the fact that he could not enjoy the activities that he once did but towards the end it seemed like his mind was taken off of that. He appeared to be more at ease. I feel like I made a difference through improving the patient’s mood and taking his mind off of his condition for even just a small amount of time. In my opinion, every small contribution helps, especially when working with a client that has a long term condition.