We are 4 weeks into the second summer semester, and busy would be an understatement. This semester we are taking Anatomy and Physiology, Integrated Health Sciences, and Diversity and Ethics (another one of those blah! classes). For the first three weeks we had a test every Monday and Thursday so every spare moment was spent studying...including 5-6 hours on Saturdays (I didn't even study that much for NCLEX!). We start "clinicals" tomorrow so the tests are starting to slow down, just adding new kinds of stress. Our rotations from now until August are mostly observational and include the OR, PAT (pre-addmission testing), PIV (starting IV's in pre-op), a day in the pharmacy and a day in the anesthesia workroom in the OR.
Our professors continuosly warn us about the "personalities" we will encounter in the OR once we start rotating through which is another point of stress.
Our class as a whole is very cohesive and hopefully our ability to work together and pull each other along will be greatly beneficial in the long run. Rachel and I have already made some great new friends and try to find a little time here and there to be social and get away from the books for a little while.
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