In the words of my housemate... "Let's do this"

This week has been a marathon of orientation, meeting new people, and beginning work on my unit. 

I. am. tired. ... but so very happy :)

I absolutely love Mayo... It's reputation is well deserved. They have mastered efficiency in everything from the billing department to providing bedside care ((and I LOVE efficiency :) )). The Rochester Mayo Clinic consists of two hospitals (Rochester Methodist and St. Mary's) and about a thousand other buildings filled with clinics, rehab centers, and pretty much any heath care service you can imagine.


 I am spending my summer at St. Mary's Hospital on a General Surgery floor where we care for a lot of post op abdominal surgery patients.

[[Nerdy Note- One of the physicians on my floor is one of four in the 

nation able to perform a laparoscopic whipple surgery socoolsocoolsocool]]

Anyways... One of my housemates is on the same unit, so it has been really nice to be on the floor and navigate the bus system together :)

Our First Day on the Unit :)

I have two clinical coaches (preceptors/ RNs that currently work on the floor) for the summer and both of them are fantastic; I'm so so excited to learn from them this summer. They are both extremely competent nurses and really nice too :) They have plans to take me and my housemate on a few Rochester Field Trips including the Spam Museum, yes, THE Spam Museum. 

Next week we jump into more patient care alongside our clinical coach, which I am SO ready and excited for :)