With Thanksgiving break quickly approaching, Term I of this year is truly flying by. With that said, many exciting things have been taking place on the EC campus, and many more exciting events are soon approaching.
This past month, classes have been absolutely crazy. Everyone has been busy with projects, assignments, and for nursing majors like myself, clinical. I have been on the med-surg unit at Robert Packer in Sayre, PA. This term I have had some truly interesting patients and have been able to practice many unique skills and better my technique on previously learned skills. I also got to watch open heart surgery, go to the cath lab and watch numerous patient's receive pacemakers, spend the day in the ICU and work with two intensive care patients, and soon will be heading to the ER to work with emergency cases and patients. I have had some really great experiences this term with so many different patients. Next term I will be moving to ICU one day a week, and labor and delivery on another day. I am really excited for this clinical because I have yet to have any experience in labor and delivery, and I already love ICU, so it will be great to get back to that.
In the non-nursing world, the EC campus is busy as always. As I am sure many were affected by Hurricane Sandy, EC was prepared for getting some extremely high wind and rain. Classes were cancelled for an entire day as well as the afternoon before to give professors and students time to prepare for emergency procedures in the case in which evacuations would need to take place. For some time it appeared that Hurricane Sandy was going to pass directly over Elmira, and the RAs and RLCs of the dorms were prepared with emergency procedures to protect students in the case of dorm damage and power outages. Fortunately, the hurricane changed path and all we really ended up with was a lot of wind and rain. The area had some power outages but nothing too extreme. All of the students on campus are thinking of those negatively affected by the storm.
Of course all of the students celebrated Halloween in style, and the campus sponsored a dance and various activities. Before that, EC celebrated our annual Mountain Day, or now known as Founder's Day, where students enjoyed a BBQ and played numerous games, as well as participated in the boat race across the puddle. Who wouldn't like a free day off from classes, right?! Anyways, it proved to be another fun day with good weather. The dining hall sponsored their annual themed dinner and since it was right around Halloween, there was a cash prize costume competition. Neeedless to say, the entries were competitive and very creative. Men's and women's hockey has started up, and many of the students have been heading to the rink to support the Soaring Eagle teams. Basketball has also started, and this Thursday will be the annual Hoops Hysteria event where the basketball players make their big debut and students have the chance to win prizes just for showing up! Also, Orchesis, the campus dance club and class is having their Encore performance this week. I am very excited as I am in 3 of the shows numbers and have been working hard to prepare for the performance. Myself, along with two other tap officers, also choreographed a tap number for our club members and we auditioned it into the show and it got in, so we are excited to show the student body what we have been working so hard on. As you can see, the campus is busy and there is always something going on to keep everyone busy! I think the entire student body is looking forward to having a week off for Thanksgiving, because as soon as we come back, holiday festivities begin on campus! With that said, I must get back to homework and studying!
Beautiful fall day on campus...but the leaves are quickly disappearing and I am thinking we will be seeing snow in the near future!
Ballerinas for Halloween this year!
