It's hard to believe we've completed a month already! On the other hand, I can't believe it's only been a month!

Last week was a quadruple stress, with 3 tests and a research paper, plus our normal weekly homework. The stress was palpable in class Wednesday morning, and there was crying in the hall after the test. Not me, thankfully. I didn't do as well on that first test as I had hoped, but it was enough to pass with room to spare.

So, even though we have another midterm this week, we are all feeling like we have less of an impossible task in front of us. Just our normal homework, reading and studying for one test... doable!

I think things are about to take a turn towards slightly more challenging in our clinical labs. We've gone over washing our hands, throwing our paper towel away, making the beds (with mitered corners!), bed baths, range of motion and vital signs. Next lab will show us how to do a head to toe assessment, and the week after we will be clinical skills checkoffs.