Quiet week at SF VA

Hi ladies, hope you're doing well. San Francisco's been all about foggy mornings and 60-degree weather lately. It's beautiful!

It's been a quiet week here at SF VA. There are 2 other interns with me for the next 10 weeks (can you believe we're done with 2 weeks?) - one is a foodservice intern, the other is a dietetic intern. They're my lunch buddies and they've been a great resource. One advice I got from them this week is to ask for more work if you feel like you're not getting enough. Because it's been a quiet week, and because it's only the second week, I didn't expect to be given a lot and I feel that what I've been doing is adequate. But in the end, you're in charge of your own experience and whether you get enough or not. So next week, better step my game up and ask to see more patients. I'll be eating my own words before I know it.

I've been doing initial assessments for the past week and a half. Writing notes is becoming easier now. This week, I started with the renal module. I saw a few patients on hemodialysis and did some nutrition education on the renal diet. It was easier than I thought it would be. At the same time, it's definitely been more unpredictable than I thought it would be.