week 5

I got a new computer!!! an imac(so i could be more like Dena), and this is me and Beckham

This week was great. Class really was an eye opener. We watched a film called FAT, and it made me rethink the way that I think about fat people. It really made me think of the effect that I can have just by the way that I treat people. For service learning project we did another 4-hour stent at the school. It went really well. We only have about 4 visits left.

I really am enjoying my service learning experiences. At one time in my life I wanted to become a biology teacher and this service leaning opportunity has enlightened me so that I do not want to be a teacher anymore. The kids that we have met with are unruly and they give me even more confidence with my career choice in nursing. I know that we have made in impact in at least one girls life. Her mother reported to us that after we visited her class and did the demonstration she walked around for three days asking her mom for hand sanitizer and saying often that she needed to go brush her teeth.

The future is what this service-learning project is based on. In the small amount of time that we interact with these kids we most likely will not see the far-reaching arm of our influence. As we leave these kids we instruct them to teach at least two people about what they learned and the demonstration. Through the completion of our service-learning project we will have taught over 400 children. If they truly share it will one to two people the rippling affect could reach over 1,000. So that is now what…preparing these children to make a healthier and better future for themselves and the community.

Nutrition plays a key role in everyone’s life, especially in my life as a future health care worker. It is bound to be one of the things I will run into a lot, so it is important for me to learn the physiological background of being overweight. I thought it was interesting that they said new research suggests that the intestines have a brain of its own. Overall good nutrition is something I will have to apply continually in my life as well as advocate for my future patients.