Today is my first official clinical day! I was up at 0500 to make sure I could get there at 0630! And what, you may ask, was the weather like? It was a baseline 3 degrees out, snowing with 17 mph winds for a windchill temperature of -17. I FINALLY got to wear my new down jacket that my mom gave me for Christmas!! It was a great day in clinicals, too! I had a great family to care for. The instructor paired us up with primipars (first-time moms) so we could have a good family to offer a home-visit to. It was very tough to get a chance to ask if they would be willing to allow us to come over, though, since there were so many people visiting! Which is fantastic for them--having a great support system is so important.
But, we got them to agree to allow us to come over and teach them some things, and basically just make sure they are doing well. And by we, I mean myself and my partner, since we are paired up for the first two clinical days and for the home visit.
And, wouldn't you know it--half of our group already got to go to labor and delivery to watch a delivery!! How amazing is that!! The instructor said that's almost unheard of!!
Since I was feeling somewhat ambitious, I headed to open lab after clinicals. I was able to sign up for my check-off on January 24, as well as the other check-off we have in February. I tried to practice a Foley Catheter insertion, and I think I did alright, I was just too tired to actually feel like I was getting anything out of it. I don't think the procedure itself is particularly difficult--it's just going to be the whole sterile field deal (whihc apparently is very easy to break) that will be difficult.
Now, off to studying and sleeping!
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