Level 3 is comprised of our mental health rotation (8 weeks), pediatric rotation (4 weeks) and maternity rotation (4 weeks). This semester, I'm at Riverview and Surrey Memorial.
Finding out that I was assigned to Riverview was slightly daunting...but I honestly believe that it is a matter of exposure, or for me, inexposure. The more exposure you have and the better you understand it, the less intimidating it is. You hear all the time that you need to be open-minded as a nurse and I can honestly say that I think I'll be in situations where I'm very uncomfortable this semester, but isn't it true that you always grow the most in awkward situations? No? Is that just me? :) I think there will be times where I won't know what to say in response to a patient, but who has all the answers all the time, right?
We had our orientation today at Riverview and I was so surprised to hear that there was such a rich history behind it all. It opened in 1914/15 in Coquitlam. Back then, there weren't roads or anything leading out to it, so access was very limited. The means of transportation was via train, which only went out a few times a week! One of the things I found amazing was the fact that the staff and their families used to live on the grounds and it was actually one of the 5 biggest municipalities (back then, of course)! There was a nursing school there and the students actually lived on the grounds as well! They were a completely self-sufficient community, complete with a farm, piggery, cannery, bank, gas station, fire hall, and I'm sure I'm missing other things! I just think it's sad that it'll be closing down in the future - there's such a strong culture there...a really strong sense of family, it seems. There are lunchtime staff running groups, everyone knows each other, the staff who are working there now have been working there for a LONGGGG time.
To talk more about the other classes, I think immunology will be a LOT more interesting than microbiology - the topics seem to tie in to nursing a lot more (maybe I just wasn't so into microbi, I dunno). PBL seems like a good group, it will be itneresting to see how the semester unfolds..we have a lot of strong personalities, a lot of us are really outspoken, so it'll be neat to see how we all work together. NURS 3036 - my mental health class seems really interesting and I love love love psychology, so I'm super stoked for it.
This semester will be a lot of work, but nothing I can't overcome. :)
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