Clinicals, etc.

This past Tuesday was my last clinical day in long-term care. I'm glad to have had the experience, but also glad that it is over. In my quest to answer everyone's question of, "what kind of nursing do you want to go into?" I can now say that I do not want to work in long-term care. I am glad that there are people who enjoy it and are good at it, but I am not one of those people.

Next week we do our orientation at the Alaska Native Medical Center. We will be on the orthopedic floor for the remainder of the semester. I am a little nervous about the hospital, especially after my near passing out experience. Hopefully that will go away soon. My good friend Allison told me that in order to cure myself of this ailment, I should go to the burn unit and just stand in someone's room. I don't think I'll be able to do that, but thanks for the advice!

I'm pretty excited to be taking a very mini vacation this weekend. My friend Katie who moved to L.A. in November is back in town for the week. I'm driving down to her parents house in Soldotna on Friday to get her so that she doesn't have to fly in a small plane to get back to Anchorage on Saturday (I know...I'm such a good friend). I'm excited to spend some time with her...and to cure her of her newly acquired L.A.-ness!