Caring for stroke patients is something I have had some experience in the past. My grandmother on my mother’s side suffered a stroke in 1992, and currently needs my aunt and uncle to care for her in Massachusetts. It some ways, I may have exhibited countertransference because I felt in sync with my patient due to previous experience with my grandmother. Throughout my shift, I actually understood was she was trying to say, while my nurse and the doctors dismissed her—in my opinion. A good learning experience I can make out of this incident is that I should not personalize my feelings for a patient. A patient may relate to someone in my life, but I should not let that affect my care for that specific patient. Every patient is a unique individual,
