5 days and 22 hours!

Oh man 5 days left!!! I am so anxious! At Starbucks reading my community textbook as we speak =)

Danielle

T minus 8 days and counting!!!

Happy new year everyone!!!!! Hope everyone had a safe New Years! I can't believe we are leaving in 8 days!!!! I feel I have so many emotions going on in my head right now!!! I have so much to read and prepare for the trip!! Most importantly, I feel we still need more donations! So please if you need to give anything away please consider!!! Packing day is January 7th! There is still time!

Danielle

Donations Donations Donations!

Aileen and I are still accepting donations and we would be more than happy to pick up any donations for you whether it be money, clothes, supplies, etc. You can send me an email at danielle.jocson@my.chamberlain.edu and we can set something up where we can meet!!!  We are just so grateful you guys would help us out!!

Our site does not have a money donation page, however Dave, Beth, and Jordyn who will also be apart of this amazing experience with us have one!!Here is their link: http://www.gofundme.com/1metdc?pc=fb_cr

 Whether you help us out or them we are all truly grateful for the support!!!

Happy Holidays everyone!!!!

-Danielle and Aileen

3rd meeting done

Hello blog world!

Well, we just had our 3rd and last meeting before we meet again january 7th which is going to be our packing day! I am so excited, nervous, and anxious because there is still do much to be done!!! I just got my community nursing textbook today so hopefully I can be prepared and not be behind in my class work!! I am struggling with these Nclex questions Gigi has assigned us to do! 100 Nclex questions and we need 80% or higher in one session! Ugh I am on my third attempt! I am glad we are doing this because it's a great way to prepare us for the hesi and nclex!!! Well, I have busy work to be getting done so I am off doing that! Again, we need more and more donations! After attending the meeting it was brought to my attention that we need more multivitamins! So please any donation counts! Please check our flyer for the current list of donations! Thank you and God Bless!

It's crunch time!!!

SOOOO Busy!!!! Here's an update!!

*We have been practicing in open lab to help us prepare for our trip!!!
*Finally got my vaccinations and medications all set!!! Can't wait to experience the side effects!!!
*On an exciting note! Chamberlain College of Nursing asked us for our permission to broadcast our blog on the Chamberlain websites so all of Chamberlain College of Nursing across the country can take a look at what we are experiencing!!!!! No idea this was going to happen! It all started off just wanting to blog for our journal entry assignments for class!
*Finally!!! There is still time to DONATE!!! We have all been assigned 2 families to help take care of and donate what we can to them! So please help us out to help them out!!!
Heres a little background of both families:

Family number one: Has 6 people in the family. 2 adults and 4 children. 1 (13 yr old girl), 1 (11 yr old girl), 1 (9 yr old girl), and a little boy who is 1 yr old.

Family number two: Has also 6 people in the family. 2 adults and 4 children: 1 (5 yr old boy), 1 (3 yr old girl), 1 yr old girl, and a 13 yr old girl!!

PLEASE CHECK THE DONATION LIST!!!

Open Lab Fun

Is there anything better to do on a Friday than to go to Open Lab? Don't judge -- the 4 of us (Danielle, Diane, Dave, and myself) got BOTH skills checklists completed. Full head-to-toe assessments, vital signs, wound care, patient education, and more. Oh, and we managed to snap some pics of us in action...

Danielle looks on as Aileen practices IM injections on the pad.
Look at the size of that needle! Aileen could only find a 16 gauge. OUCH!

Abdominal palpation!

Danielle helps Aileen out on her wound packing skills

Aileen listens to Diane's heart sounds during a
practice head-to-toe assessment

Dave assessing for clubbing of Danielle's fingers?
Perhaps her capillary refill time?

42 more days and counting...

42!!! We can't believe it. Time has been moving incredibly fast! We just had our 2nd meeting today where we basically got the run-down on how things are gonna go from now and all the way through the time when we return. There is so much to do, and yet I still have my current classes going on that I need to tend to. Checklists upon checklists of stuff to buy, immunizations to still get, books to buy, nursing skills checks, journal entries, and so on.

On the other hand, we got our International Volunteer Cards today as well as a biography of the families each of us are sponsoring individually. What makes this really exciting is we will each get to meet our "families" when we finally make it out there. It truly puts into perspective the purpose of our trip.

Donations continue to come in and both Danielle and I couldn't be happier. We still need your help though! We will literally be accepting any and all donations through January 6th. Don't hesitate to call or email us.