Day 10 – Clinical rotation at Programa Medicia Clinica.

I cannot believe that we are finished with our program!! Of course now it seems like the time just flew by!! Today was a wonderful day. We spent the last day at school learning more grammar and medical Spanish. We particpated in patient/ doctor role play, so that we could get a better feel for what patients might say. Our instructor set up with another instructor for us to go and converse with a group of students so that we could practice asking our questions. They in turn asked us questions so that we could converse back and forth. This was a great learning experience. Being able to ask questions is one thing, but being able to hold a continuous conversation with someone is a completely different activity. I still have a ways to go, but I will get there.

When we got home from school we had to say good bye to our new found little brother, Jorge. He was going home for the weekend. For being a young kid, he was very respectful and welcomed us as family. His parents did a great job raising him. We spent the rest of the day with our house mother, having dinner and stopping one last time at the churro vender, they were delicious.  

Oh one quick side note. Everyday for the past 4 weeks we have had the priviledge of hearing the sound of the nearby train passing by. It graces us with its presence at least 4 times a day and /or night.

A caught it approaching

And passing by

 The stay in Guadalajara has been outstanding. I learned so much about the culture and about patient care received through the hospital. This program is a great opportunity for nurses as well as other health care providers to get a better understanding of how to interact with the Hispanic population. I want to thank all the partners of the program who helped to make this training possible.

In closing, I wanted to give everyone a….

Little Taste of Mexico

Yummy Tamales

Potatoes and Chicken

Sopa de Fideo and Chicken Salad with Corn

Chicken Flautas with rice and beans

Ensalada de Le Shuga

Sopa de Pollo

New York New York Restaurant  

Enchiladas with red sauce

Jorge had this very interesting soup 

Santo Coyote 

We were not sure what was going to come out of the box.
We were surprised to find out that it was our food.

Heather had a 3 cheese soup.

I had the traditional tortilla soup

And Larissa had the Filet with a cheese and avacado sauce.
The sides were vegetables and jalapeno mashed potatoes.

La Chalula

Flautas 

Quilumbo Restau

I forgot to take the picture before we started eating!!

Raviolis with a rosa sauce 

 Chicken Alfredo

One thing that I always have to remember with nursing is – With every moment there is always a new experience.

Favorite Spanish sentence of the day – Necesito checar su signos vitals – I need to check your vital