Hello everyone !
I’m a bit late with this post, so sorry for that. But for starters, China hasn’t been anything I thought it would be. I thought I would have a great chance of practicing my clinical skills such as cannulation, mixing medication etc, but not a freaking chance. Even Chinese students aren’t allowed to do pretty much anything. They are not even allowed to change the IV-bag if it’s empty ! We have so far been in cardiology, neurosurgery and a nursing home, in which I haven’t learned anything. The whole exchange itself has been a huge disappointment. You can check Aurora’s post for more information, I don’t bother to write the same things all over again..
We’ve had fun too, couple of weeks ago we went to Mt. Huangshan (The Yellow Mountains) and it was quite something ! Though it wasn’t as breathtaking as I thought it would’ve been, but it was worth it. Luckily we have learned one thing during this stay here, to lower our standards. In China one should never expect much. Chinese people are annoying, rude and there is waaaay too much of them. And can you imagine, we were considered rude when we asked a chinese nursing student, where she wants to work when she graduates ! But there’s only a couple more weeks left and we will spend them in Shanghai Children’s medical center, so it should be okay, but I’m not getting hopes up ;p And next week we’re heading to the Great Wall of China, so yay !
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