Last day of clinicals

Finished the last of my clinicals for this semester. We have been working in a nursing home here, one client for every two nursing students. It's gone... okay. I think it will be better next semester, when we each have our patients who we will be responsible for. Honestly, there really isn't enough to do with one person that two people should have to spend 3-4 hours doing it. Unless you want to really bug that person.

The nursing home itself was also just okay. It wasn't horrible or anything, but there was definitely a sadness to it. My client has only been there for a few weeks, and she just seemed so bored. I think people do what they can to take care of the residents' physical needs, and a bit with their psychosocial needs, but ultimately a lot of them spend a good portion of their days sitting and staring out of the window or watching TV.

But now the week is done. Except for everything this weekend, and my learning module for my online class, blah blah... Next week, only one class and then- Thanksgiving Break!!! Hooray! I need it. And once we get back, only two or three weeks and I will have completed my first 25% of nursing school. And I will rejoice and I will say it is good.

Tonight I will go home and have dinner with Mom and Clara. Then it's off to Syracuse for my doula training! Woo hoo!