Monday, July 9, 2012


Day 1 – Clinical rotation at Hospital Ramon Garibay.

Today was the very first day of our clinical rotation in the hospital. I was a little nervous because I had absolutely no idea what to expect. I am not sure how to describe the hospital, all I can say is that it was extremely unlike any hospital I have ever been in. Tomorrow I will add more pictures of the outside and hopefully of the inside if I am permitted to.
My group and I out in front of Hospital Ramon Garibay
Sala de Hombre

Sala de Hombre
The Nursery Left Side
The Nursery Right Side

 First we had a chance to see the medical interns present their patients cases in front of about 8 doctors and other medical interns. This was pretty intimidating for them because the doctors would drill them on their assessment of the patient and although I don’t quite understand a whole lot of Spanish I could definitely see that by discomfort in the intern’s body language and tone of voice that things were not going well. Next, we had a short tour of the 27 room hospital in which we saw the surgery area, men’s area, women’s area, the emergency room, the pharmacy, radiology, and the laboratory. Oh and I almost forgot the cafeteria. The whole tour probably took less than 20 minutes. Then I was assigned for the first 3 days to sala de hombres ward, which is the room of men. Only men are in this area, #1 difference between here and the US. I had absolutely NO patients today, not one! The room only has three beds in it. Outside of the room is a nurse’s station and small prep area. I ended up with one of the other girls searching for someone to speak to. We were lucky enough to have a conversation with two of the doctors. I was simply amazed at how team oriented the doctors and nurses were, #2 difference. Towards the end of our day, I was able to see an assessment and small procedure done by the ER doctor in the ER room. I enjoyed the time spent in there because it gave me a chance to hear how an assessment and procedure is verbalized in Spanish.

 I will talk about the weekend tomorrow. My finals for my grammar and medical Spanish course are tomorrow afternoon and I have just a few more things that I want to brush up on!!
Getting My Studying Done

One thing that I always have to remember with nursing is – Teamwork is the key to success.
Favorite Spanish sentence of the day – Cuales son sus sintomas? – A question that I may need to know for tomorrow’s exam….I’ve got it now. – What are your symptoms?

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