The presentation went much smoother than anticipated. Prior to the presentation the determining factor of whether or not the clients would participate were the clients admitted during the time of our presentation. Having the opportunity to speak with the patients who were currently admitted to the adolescent unit was very beneficial for the overall outcome of the presentation. The current group of patients were excited to do something new and looked forward to participating. After explaining our milieu project and what our activity was going to be about many of the patients gave positive feedback stating how they didn’t know the statistics that we presented on music and the positive things it does for our body. The literature we found correlated really well with the presentation because we were able to use information in which we had found to present to the adolescents. The pre test results gave a different perspective than we realized prior to our presentation. The first question on the pre test stated “Do you believe that exercise can affect your mental health?” There were a variety of yes and no responses and a few written out answers. The written out answers described that exercising affects your mental health because it correlates with your body image. The other answer said that if you don’t exercise your brain can become obese/lazy from being sedentary. These two responses really made us group members begin to reflect and think about aspects of mental health and exercise that we didn’t prior to the presentation. After the pre test asking the patients to help us move tables and make room to dance go them out of their seats which was the first step to participating. Everyone stood in the front of the room and began to dance and laugh and move freely. All of the smiles and laughter was a huge sign that the activity was successful. After the two songs were completed everyone sat back down for the post test. Before passing out the post test the patients began reflecting out loud and expressing how that activity made them feel. Many of the patients said they didn’t feel tired or bored anymore. The results of the post test were positive reactions. One of the questions on the post test that gave the most personal feedback was “How did this activity today make you feel?” a patient stated that it made her feel happy and she believed it was a good release. Others stated that it was motivating, fun and improved their mood. The last question on the post test “Do you think doing activities like this are beneficial for you and others at St. Mary’s?” All patients responded with a yes and explained that there are no activities for them to participate in like this and it not only benefited them but would benefit others as well! I as a nurse would implement this intervention into the milieu in a variety of ways. During the time in which the patients were participating was on their down time, were the patients go to their rooms and lay down. I as a nurse would offer this as an energizing activity to do during their down time as opposed to lying around and feeling unmotivated. 
	At the end of this milieu presentation I realized that these adolescents truly benefited from the deficit we found. I personally was touched by all the “thank you” and “that was fun” at the end of the activity. Being able to go into an environment which is supposed to contribute to a patients recovery and treatment and find something that is not working that needs improvement is not a simple task. It takes a lot of observations, communication and research before preparing an activity that will truly benefit the milieu. It was nice to find so much research that helped support our idea of music and exercise. The end of the presentation when we gave them home made trail mix was a personal thank you for participating. The idea was they would be able to take home the little piece of paper and one day they may be able to make that healthy snack. After reading in a lot of the files and seeing that almost all the patients came from DCFS or a single parent inspired us to show them that we care and appreciate them being there for our activity.