Third quarter will be finished in a month. (On Monday, it was a month to the day.) Tomorrow and Friday represent the end of unit 1509, or Nursing in Health and Illness II. I must make at least 90% on both the test tomorrow, which is Reproductive (the system and disorders), and the final on Friday, which is over: Fluid & Electrolytes; Surgery, Home Health, and Rehab; Cancer, Blood, Lymph, & Immunity; Skin & Sensory; Endocrine System; and Reproductive System. Next week we start the OB unit, which includes the following units: Antepartum; Intrapartum; Postpartum; Newborn; High Risk; and Complicated. It's a short class (I believe about 12 days).

I think that we will have two more weeks of clinical before the end of the quarter, since we will need the last full week and then the last 3 days to complete OB. I am not sure, though, but it looks like we would not be able to fit the entire 6 units of OB into 8 classroom days. It's just not enough time to cover everything. Or, perhaps it is enough time to cover everything, but it's not enough time for us to learn what we need to know.

Fourth quarter begins 28 May, since we cannot start on Memorial Day. I look forward to it, even though I know it will be difficult because it's summer for everyone else.