This one should be after the previous post. Sorry.
Today was my first day in the clinic. The staff start mornings off with devotions before they open the floodgates, and about 150 people come through the doors. I spent most of the morning pulling charts and doing EKGs (boy am I glad I work on 7East). They were very good to me at the clinic, and I think (hope and pray) that I am understanding more.
The clinic is several buildings setup in a courtyard fashion.
Yep, this is the Emergency Room. EKGs and IVs are considered emergencies here. They do have a defibrillator, but it has only been used twice (once on one of the staff).
These are all of the patient's charts, not the folders, but virtually each individual paper inside is another chart...
These are the exam rooms on one side of the courtyard. The patient's literally wait outside for hours.
Even though we are in the middle of nowhere, there is pretty good quality care here. This is a picture of our own pharmacy and laboratory. They have X-rays, ultrasounds, fetal monitoring, EKGs, and we are even doing an endoscopy on Wednesday.
Love you all,
Jen
4 comments:
Hi Jen,
Can you please take a picture of the x-ray machine?
Thanks for being a great example of God's servant.
We miss you and are praying for you.
Eat healthy and drink lots of clean water!
Stephanie H.
It looks nice- 70 degree weather? I'm jealous,getting a good sense of this from the pictures that you previously posted. Thanks
It sounds as if you are going to get true ER type of experience...everything from scrapes to antepartum to cardiac to procedural nursing. Be patient with yourself and you will do SO awesome.We are all praying for you. Love you lots! MOM
Wow Jen - it looks awesome! I'm sure that it is hard with the language barrier, but you will soon feel like you fit in even if you don't understand everything :) I'm so proud of you and glad that you are able to use your special skills and talents to serve the people there. Wish I was there! Love you.
Cristin
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