Today was the start of a 3 day Diabetes Conference that the hospital was hosting. We went to the welcome ceremony in the morning where Cathy was introduced as the featured guest speaker! I felt like a proud mother (or in this case a proud student) watching her sit up front with all the other big name speakers.
After the welcome ceremony, we got to spend some time in the ICU, Cathy’s specialty area. The ICU at the Jinan Hospital is only 6 years old, so everything was very up to date and very clean. The nurses in the ICU were extremely interested to hear about the way that we ran our ICU’s in the United States and were also very eager to tell us about their ICU. We had some really great discussions with them and got to learn a lot about Intensive Care Nursing.
While we were in the ICU, we witnessed CPR and defibrillation. This is not necessarily an ideal situation, but it was a good learning experience for Anja and I as nursing students. We had never seen a code before, and it was cool to see the nurses in action. It definitely took a lot of skill and agility; you must be on top of your game at all times while working in the ICU.
Today is Juyan’s last day in Guangzhou L We had a final goodbye lunch with him today. I cannot believe that our time with him is already over. We met him on our first day here, but the past 2 weeks flew by! He has made this trip so incredible. It really would not have been the same without him. He showed us so much, took us to many places, taught us about Chinese culture, and acted as our own private translator. He was so great. I will always remember the fond memories we created with him.
Cathy spoke today at the conference on Diabetes Nurses in the United States. She did a really great job!! There were a lot of nurses there to hear what she had to say. Lisa translated for her and everyone seemed to get a lot out of it.
Today was also our last day at Taian Midle School. Things are starting to wrap up, and I feel like we just got here. I am not ready to leave yet! I guess we still have 6 days before we depart, but that is not long enough! I never want to leave.
The students at Taian Middle School were excited to have us back again. Our goal for the day was to have a discussion with them about the changes they had been making in their lives since our previous time with them, and also to give them the survey once more to get some concrete data measuring the impact our education has had on the students.
It was very rewarding to hear the students talk about what they had taken away from our presentation. Many talked about how they exercised more, ate more vegetables, limited their screen time, and cut down on their fast food intake. How cool to be able to see firsthand the benefits of healthy living!!
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