After spending all these years studying, I finally made it to the final stage, the internships.
It will be an intensive 12 weeks working in a veterinary clinic, including weekend shifts.
I know it will be quite exhausting, but it is something I am very excited about at the same time. For this reason, I dedicated my weekend to getting everything ready for it.
NOTEBOOK
The idea of having this notebook is to have written down and organized all the clinical cases that I see during those 12 weeks. I have to do this because at the end of the internship I have to submit a report with all the clinical cases I have seen. This report must be attached with the clinical history, cause of entry, examinations, diagnosis and treatment.
It's something I have to be very careful with because if I'm careless and leave everything to the end, there will be a lot of problems!
BASIC EQUIPMENT
As I am almost a step away from graduation, I must have some basic equipment that I will use on a daily basis during my working day.
They are all important and I like to have them neatly arranged in my bag so that I don't forget anything. It would be very depressing if I forgot something on my first day of internship.
UNIFORM
I have 3 uniforms for the whole week, I can alternate one with the other as I wash them. Before I had only 2, but I bought an extra one in case of accidents such as blood, urine and feces stains (which hopefully will not happen).
Scrubs are like wearing pajamas all day long. They are extremely comfortable and have many pockets. The only flaw I can find is that sometimes they can get torn very easily because of these pockets, because if you are not careful, they can get stuck in a cabinet or a chair (I say this from experience).
LUNCH
I've been eating healthy for almost 8 months now and I don't plan to stop, so I will try to have my food ready for the week whenever I can.
As I haven't done the grocery shopping I could only leave it done for two days (I realized I didn't have any more chicken) but it won't happen again!
With this I will be well prepared for my first week of internship.
The truth is that I am very excited about this new adventure, because I am getting closer and closer to graduating and becoming the veterinarian I have longed for.
I hope to be able to share many things in the meantime, and that my homework doesn't pile up, of course. I am sure it will be a challenge, but what is the point of life if there is not something to make us overcome every day?
I will keep you updated!