Day 1

My first day of class this quarter and I feel like I've learned more in 8 hours than in the entirety of the fall quarter. I now know how to classify spinal cord injuries. I can define autonomic dysreflexia. I learned - unfortunately - what an "anal wink" is.

In addition to two hours of med/surg lecture, we got to race on up to the hospital where our med/surg clinical will be. I feel a bit bad for our instructor...most of my clinical cohort's been in the same string of bad clinicals that I've had and we're all a bit jaded and pessimistic. She got us back though - she's a smart one - by giving us enough information, assignments and requirements to seriously freak the crap out of us.