I woke up early and biked in again, hating every hill and traffic light of my commute. The distance is not pleasant but I do like the hospital where I have my placement. Today our supervisor was out sick so Nikki(my placement partner) and I worked with Mike and Tom. Together we covered all of the patients on the neurosurgery ward this morning and went down to the cancer ward this afternoon. In addition to deciphering charts we were able to write notes, and assist with mobilizing patients today. This morning we spent a good amount of time evaluating the patients and determining if there was enough of a need to warrant spending time doing physio with the patients. This afternoon we were helping to cover the extra work on the cancer unit so we had plenty of time to spend with the three patients that we saw between the hours of 2 and 4. Big change compared to Allegheny Chesapeake :)
I found a new favorite flower. These are called singapore orchids. oooo!
I got home a bit earlier today and started to write my clinical paper. Kat and I took a break to go run 10Km. It was Kat's night to cook and she made noodles in a peanut sauce. It was stellar! Then back to studying. I meant to do more catching up on work this week, now I'm banking on doing work on my long weekend.
Most interesting pt of the day: A man who was diagnosed with lymphoma while in a medically induced coma and is therefore unaware of his condition or the treatment that he is receiving. Perfect for my paper on patient ethics! ...but a little scarry.
I promise I'll put up pictures of the uniforms soon. I just keep forgetting to take a picture before I change.
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