warpednormal's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - the nurse, while giving me my adacel shot, told me that whenever the world feels like it's spinning out of control...go.to.the.bathroom. no one can get you there. and breathe, collect your thoughts, and figure out what you're doing to do next. we start clinical practice next week. meaning what little we have learned in the past month and a half about spirituality, communication, blood pressure, cancer, depression and delirium, we are now supposed to apply to actual patients with actual illnesses with actual stories and realities. for the first time, my education is taking place out there, and not just in a lecture hall. for the first time, the scenarios are real, and the text is life. i met my clinical instructor for the first time today, and she was a Filipino woman who only came here about 4 years ago and is already teaching. my experience with filipino women (in work, in family!) they've always been way picky and scary. but this woman seems really nice and approachable. kind of. and she reminds me of my mother in a way, and all my aunts, and blah. so maybe that might help. still. scared shitless pretty much sums up what i'm feeling here.
4:03 p.m. - 2009-10-21 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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