01/03/14
Buenas tardes,
As the senior nursing students and faculty approach our
final two day countdown we are all very busy getting last minute supplies ready
for our trip to Costa Rica and brushing up on our Spanish vocabulary. We have received our itinerary for the ten
days that we are there and will keep you all updated on our medical
missions.
Our group will have the chance to work in health clinics,
provide home visits, meet with nurses in Costa Rica, visit a local nursing
home, and even stay in a monastery the last couple of nights. In preparation of
our upcoming departure and the activities we're about to embark on, we
have also been reviewing our fall semester curriculum and community health
course objectives. Our goal is to
provide nursing care to the people of the community, analyzing their healthcare
needs, creating nursing care plans, and assessing outcomes. We will have the ability to approach
different healthcare needs for individuals of another culture. We are very excited for this once in a
lifetime opportunity that will take our clinical experience to a whole new
level.
Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers during our
trip. We look forward to sharing our experience with all of you upon our
arrival back to the states.
Angela Van Dine
It's so strange that our trip in Costa Rica is done. It feels like we have been gone for ages, when in reality, we have only been home for a few days.
ReplyDeleteLooking over this pre-trip blog post, I'm trying to recall what I had imagined our experience would have been like. What I imagined was much different than my experience.
The amount I learned on this trip is hard to sum up. I am so glad I had the chance to experience all of this with you guys. I'm grateful for everyone's enthusiasm, diligence, and hard work.
This experience was so incredibly important, and I'm so glad I shared it with you all. We made such a difference on so many lives (59!).
Thank you all so much.