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March Recap :)

 Volunteer Hours (March): 16 hours
                                                                Volunteer Hours (Total): 25.5 hours






We are officially in the home stretch! This month flew by so quick. We had our last full round of exams, which covered neuropharm and psychopharm. Both were very interesting topics that I really enjoyed learning about, especially the anxiety unit and the schizophrenia unit. This month has also been really busy with presentations. I had 3 presentations this month, and my last one is next week. Graduation is around the corner, so it has been exciting prepping for that experience. I am just excited to almost have my second degree! It really has been an amazing year in this program and I am so grateful that I got blessed with an opportunity to be here.

Volunteering this month has also been really fun! Our official birth companion t-shirts got here and they are cute! I got to do two on-call shifts this month and one recruitment shift. The on-call shifts were pretty relaxed, I didn't get to help with any labors but it was nice being able to network with the medical students, nurses, and physicians. With the recruitment shift me and a friend were able to secure 3 expecting mothers to the program!

Lastly, this month I got to participate at a Pre-Med conference at LSU-Med and it was an amazing opportunity. Lots of networking, and I got to participate in the simulation lab and put my knowledge to use with detecting heart sounds. Everything came back to me from our cardio unit, so it was ver fun to put the knowledge to use in a clinical setting.

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