This past semester has been another adventure in itself. This semester, as a junior at Anna Maria College, began to have a more normal feeling. It started in August when I came back early for my field hockey preseason. There was an exciting ‘energy’ among campus that lacked the past year. Our field hockey season was challenging, but we reminded ourselves how lucky we are to be back on the field. I also was lucky enough to get back on the ice for our ice hockey season. Despite the covid setbacks last year, our hockey team came out more forceful this season. We are on track for setting a historic record season in wins.

I had a phenomenal first semester of my junior year within the classroom. This was my first semester with only nursing classes, in addition, my first clinical experience. I took pharmacology where I learned about 250 medications that I will see in my career. I also took a health assessment class which involved learning about our hands-on inspection of each patient we encounter. Lastly, I took a fundamentals class that incorporated my first clinical. In the classroom, we learned about procedures that nurses could perform in the hospital. My clinical was truly my best experience. I was given one patient to take care of once a week and I learned so much from this. I worked alongside nurses to administer this patient’s medications, perform daily care, and learn how to interact with different types of patients. Next semester I will get more clinical opportunities to strengthen my technical and interpersonal skills. As Covid and our lives are ever-changing, I am excited to see what is in store for me. I am beyond grateful to MVYouth for giving me this opportunity to have these experiences. Thank you so much.