Day 4 (tomorrow's Friday!)

Okay, as promised, I am posting about Day 4 on the actual Day 4.

Today was a nice change of pace.  It was an all day go of professional communication.  The first part of the day was lecture, and the topics included privacy and confidentiality, and going over the nurse-client communication barriers (such as different value systems, anxiety, etc.).  Then, we did a few case studies of how we handle the situations, which were definitely tricky and hard to answer.  Each one was an ethical dilemma in itself.  So, the moral of the story from these is to know the laws in a particular state for these types of situations.

Then, the "lab" that was associated with this class took over in the afternoon.  We took a confidentiality quiz right off the bat, followed by an APA activity, making sure we know how to cite information correctly.  Then, we had a librarian come in to speak to us about the library resources and how to access information for future research papers and where to go to find relevant information.  Finally, we took an APA formatting quiz to make sure all the information sunk in.  Not a particularly exciting afternoon, although it was nice to shift gears for the day away from heavy science-type stuff.

Oh, we also had the opportunity to sign up for our support group activity.  I was one of the last to sign up, but I got into a Stroke support group fairly early on in the term.

That's that, then.  Tomorrow will be a Health Assessment lab quiz, and a short day (done at 12--YAY!!).  Then, the weekend will hopefully not be too full with studying, so I can rest, relax, and stock up on sleeeeeeep.