Midnight in Bridgend

Some of you may recognize that the headline of this post is a ripoff from the name of the movie starring Owen Wilson, "Midnight in Paris". Kind of a girly movie, but not too bad. It was alright, not anything to write home about necessarily though.

I just got home from my night shift, they let me go early as there was nothing to do anymore. I did all the Obs(Vitals basically; oxygen levels, pulse, temp and resps) for the whole ward on all the rounds, took up quite a bit of time considering its not just one or two patients. A students role in Wales is quite limited in comparison to what it is back in Finland. We aren't even allowed to measure blood sugar here. In that way its similar to the rules students have in America. In Wales, nurses have to undergo extra training after graduation to get rights to do I.V:s, cannulas etc. So far my experience from my placements in Finland is that the relationship between a mentor and the student is a bit more close and the mentor observes a bit more than here. Maybe that is why we get to do things in Finland that nursing students don't get to do in Wales. I'm workin tomorrow night as well, but after that I have the rest of the week off. On Thursday I'm going to go see Nero in Cardiff with a couple of mates, should be a nice trip! We are also going to Dublin on the 6th for a weekend trip since its a longer vacation then. Can't wait! I will come back looking (and sounding) like Colin Farrell. 

As far as exercising goes, I'm feeling awesome about moving more now and eating healthier. I feel like I'm playing hide&seek with my 6-pack. Unfortunately my nemesis is winning at the moment, but I'm gonna kick his ass some day now!

" Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness "