Dilemmas

Dr. Engelberg started the class by asking all of us what we tell people when they ask for health advice. The answer he wanted from us was that most people don't want our advice; they really just want to be heard and perhaps validated. But I got stuck on what advice I feel qualified to give. The fact is that I don't feel too confident about giving advice. I think that grad school teaches us how to think but not what to think. Sometimes I wish I could have the latter though! Once I have my Masters, the pressure will be on from friends, families and strangers to give health advice. So it's a timely issue. Maybe that's one reason why I want to go into Nursing- so I can get a bit of the other side and be taught what to think. Is that so bad? I'm not sure yet.

As I said in my comments on the main blog, I am very nervous about the group project! But I do have a great group and a great organization to work with. So hopefully it will work out. The more I get to know the organization, the better I like it and the more pressure I feel to do right by it.

Hopefully these dilemmas will get worked out...