Spring Break. YES!

So incredibly needed. A break. 7 days to do absolutely nothing and enjoy every second of it. Unlike undergrad, where you'd have to return from spring break ready to turn in a bunch of projects, papers, or exams the returning week...not in this internship. Friday marked the last day of my clinical rotation so now I have a nice, relaxing week to prepare for my community rotation, which will last 6 weeks. I'll  be spending time with diabetes education, MHealthy health promotion, general health care centers, high-risk OB clinics, the comprehensive cancer center, outpatient nutrition care counseling at the hospital, HomeMed, and the pediatric cardiology clinic.

So I remember that I said I'd update everyone on my elective PICU rotation patients. The burn patient was definitely one of my best learning experiences patients during the week. Just the dynamics of nutrition approach to burn patients was incredible. The patient was put on ECMO and was still on it on Friday, but they were going to be trialling her off of it. I'm not sure how it went and I won't be able to find out until I return next week. On a better note, my preceptor was out of the office on Friday so I covered the position all by myself! It was crazy. I actually wrote the TPN's myself (and had a quick last check from another RD, of course), but had no changes to them, which made me feel very confident in what I've learned this year! It's crazy how clinicals came and went so quickly! And especially how comfortable I am becoming with everything (writing TPNs, NCP notes, working with physicians, residents, and other medical students), but still learning so much every day. I'm really getting the hang of it and I feel like I could take an entry-level position at this point. Now, if I could only find one...

But anywho, I feel like I've accomplished a lot so far in my spring break as well! So far on break I've spent lots of time with friends and family, gotten my yearly doctors checkup, went to the dentist, ran on the track at my old high school (that was a weird feeling), scrapbooked, made dinner, gave myself a mani and pedi, and started a new book! Hopefully the rest of the week is just as productive and relaxing. Perfect.


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