2012!!!!

Time flies when you're having fun!!...or, when you work so much that the days just all blur together haha. I just got done with my week in Internal Medicine and am now preparing myself for my last week of clinicals. Yep thats right, I only have 4 more days until im completely done! Ill work a day in surgery, a day in Urology, a day in orthopedics, and a day in OB.

On top of working full time throughout the week, I also work at the nursing home on the weekends, which means I sometimes work 12 days in a row before I finally get a day off. Its stressful but I know it will be all worth it soon.

Also, if I could vent for a second....how come so many people working in the health care field are so rotten? Like seriously some of the meanest and most hateful people Ive ever known are people Ive met while working in healthcare. Some of these people simply believe they are better than the rest of the ppl they work with and think this gives them the right to treat everyone like dirt and make snide comments every time they come into work. Even at my clinicals there are some MAs who treat students such as myself like crap or simply ignore our presence. Dear MA's who im supposed to be shadowing: Um...I'm a student and I want to learn, so don't ignore me. Maybe...Idk....TEACH me something. Take the time to explain what you're doing. Show me something new. Treat me like an equal... because YOU were a student at one point too. Also....when you fill out my evaluation forms on how I did that day, please don't write down trivial comments such as 'she needs to buy new shoes' or 'she needs to stop popping her knuckes its annoying'. Maybe write comments on how I was eager to learn, asked lots of questions, and volunteered to do most of the work so I could practice my skills....

Anyways...So can you believe its 2012? Crazy right! 2011 was a year of change and new beginnings and I predict 2012 will be full of many adventures! I want to travel the world and i'll start with Asia (btw, TWO MORE WEEKS!!)and then Brazil, Italy, London...Ive got big plans for 2012 haha!