Today was my first day working as a staff psychologist at the Salisbury VA Medical Center. I worked at the facility before from 2000-01, but was a pre-doctoral intern at the time. I still know a number of co-workers at the facility (especially in the psychology department) and am thrilled to be joining such a great team of people.
For the next week or so, I won't really get to do any work as a psychologist. I will be filling out forms and going through orientation. I was fingerprinted today and was sworn in as a federal employee. I am really looking forward to getting past the orientation to the actual work of serving veterans.
During orientation, some of the class asked some questions about safety issues with violent patients. Someone brought up the shooting that happened several years ago at this facility. The shooting happened one week before I started my internship (I was already living in Salisbury), so I was familiar with the incident. While accidents can happen when serving individuals with special needs, such events are very rare.
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