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Congratulations, you’ve been accepted into nursing school! Your dream of becoming a registered nurse is now within reach. Before you can start tending to your patients, however, you’ll need to look the part and stock up on a few tools of the trade. While supplies for students may vary from school to school, a few items are nursing student staples that will continue to serve you long after you’ve begun your career.

It’s estimated there have been 40% more data breaches in 2017 than there were in 2016. This speaks to the importance of cybersecurity and why as a career opportunity, cybersecurity continues to be in such high demand.

Taking notes for online classes can be just as difficult, as the professor isn’t always readily available to take questions in the moment due to most lectures being pre-recorded. However, note taking methods exist that help students take notes effectively without losing the context of the initial lecture.

For those aspiring to become registered nurses (RNs), here are some advantages of a BSN compared to an ADN degree.

Coming home
Your team completed their work and spent the day relaxing at Playa Manuel Antonio (Manuel Antonio Beach). The team members are packing up and will be flying home shortly. On Wednesday August 30 at 7pm in Nadeau Hall the team will be sharing photos, personal experiences and answering question. We look forward to seeing you there!

Final day of Clinic

They team awoke to an uncharacteristically cool morning today and arrived at the FIMRC clinic after a short ride well before 9am.   This was a bitter sweet morning as everyone realized that this will be the last time we will see our clinic hosts, patients, and children at the orphanage.   Many of the volunteers have gotten close to their new friends in Costa Rica and saying goodbye will be difficult.  

Day 6: Third day of Clinic

The team awoke to another hot and humid day in Costa Rica and arrived at the FIMRC clinic at around 9:30AM.    The entire team spent the morning at a center for adults with disabilities and the journal entry of team member Jessicca Girsa sums up the morning well:

“Working with young adults with disabilities has been truly amazing. They show so much gratitude for the smallest actions.  At the clinic today we taught health education, participated in musical therapy, and relaxation techniques.  We all shared one word that came to mind after our experience today.  An example of many words shared are peace, friendship, together, happiness, love, and relaxation.  Together we can make a difference, stay humble!”

Day 5: Second day of Clinic

Today the students saw more patients honing their skills at taking vitals identifying several cases of hypertension and experienced the urgency of getting an infant with breathing issues quickly through intake and to the medical practitioner for immediate treatment.