We began our working adventure today and that it was....We arrived at the hospital at 8:00am to meet up with Sister Rolle who we were scheduled to meet. We found out at 8:45 that she was off sick so we luckily we introduced to many other wonderful nurses who took us under their wing and showed us around. Helen spent most of the day reading practice protocols and taking notes on how they manage things here re medications etc. She is hoping to get to do some more hands on care in the next couple of days but planned to observe initially.
A teenage first time Mom was in labour so I was able to accompany her all day and as we were just about to leave....she went fully and we were able to attend the birth of her son.....who was told by the way that she was having a girl.
Sparing the details, although rewarding in many ways, things were so backwards compared to what we experience in Calgary. We have our work cut out for us to say the least. There is a lot of pregnancy induced hypertension here, most likely a result of poor diet and obesity. We arrived this morning just after a mother had delivered by C/S after having 5 eclamptic seizures during the night! The laboring women are not given the freedom of movement and food/drink etc that we are used to seeing in Canada so that was difficult for us to witness. The nurses, midwives and doctors are kind to them but the protocols are not what we are used to and the women are woefully uneducated and uninformed during the process...
We arrived back home at 7:00 pm....tired and full of hope. No pics today - it didn't seem appropriate...
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