Today started by heading over to the Spanish School to make some posters on our assigned group/topic for the after school program we will be attending today. We were assigned groups of 2-4 with topics like dental health, blood pressure, nutrition, glucose regulation, height and weight, hand washing and parasites, etc. We got into ourContinue reading “Day 11- CooperarPeru (After School Program)”
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Day 10- Machu Picchu!!
Today is the day we have all been waiting for! After spending a week in two Peruvian clinics, longterm care facilities, day cares and an orphanage it’s time to explore Machu Picchu (one of the Seven Wonders of the World)! A large portion of our group chose to wake up early and do the fullContinue reading “Day 10- Machu Picchu!!”
Day 9- Enroute to Machu Picchu
Hola! Today started off by packing some things for an overnight stay at Aguas Calientes so we can head to the world famous Machu Picchu tomorrow. We took our usual couple minute walk to the buses at around 9:30am Peruvian time. We piled our overnight luggage in the back of the two buses and offContinue reading “Day 9- Enroute to Machu Picchu”
Day 8- Last day at the Clinics
*WARNING THIS IS A MEDICAL BLOG- THERE MAY BE SOME PICTURES THAT CONTAIN BLOOD* Buenos Diàs, Today is our last day in the Cusco clinics. It is an emotional day all around for many reasons. Today means our time in Peru is soon coming to an end. Our placements today were very different and fantasticContinue reading “Day 8- Last day at the Clinics”
Day 7
Hello everyone! Today is our second last day in the Cusco clinics. After having 3 days of Spanish lessons it is starting to become easier to understand people. In the CLAS TTIO clinic James and myself (Austin) were placed placed in general medicine with a very nice doctor. We seen numerous patients with many differentContinue reading “Day 7”
Day 6- A day full of Emotions
Today was a rollercoaster of emotions for the group of us visiting Clas TTIO. We arrived in the morning at the clinic as per usual and awaited our assignments. We then found out that all of us would be visiting an orphanage. There are three orphanages in town, two of which are co-ed and theContinue reading “Day 6- A day full of Emotions”
Day 4- First Day at the Clinics
Today was our first day in the Peruvian hospitals. Our group of 22 was split into 2 as we are practicing in two different clinics. The first half of the students on the trip, were working in the San Jeronimo clinic, which serves prenatal, labour and delivery, immediate postpartum mothers, and general medicine; including anContinue reading “Day 4- First Day at the Clinics”
Day 3- Sacred Vally Tour
Hola! Today was a very eventful and adventurous day. We started our day with some breakfast either at our hostel or down the street at a small local café. We then met Manfred and Callie at the bus down the street. We boarded the bus, picked up our tour guild Arlich and started our dayContinue reading “Day 3- Sacred Vally Tour”
Day 2- Arrival in Cusco
Hola, Buenos Dias! After our last beautiful connecting flight from Lima to Cusco; we finally arrived in our city of nursing practice at around 7:15am Peruvian time! We met Callie and Manfred (representatives from United Planet) at the airport. After that we then travelled by bus to street about a block from our hostel. WeContinue reading “Day 2- Arrival in Cusco”
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Before The Experience: https://austinpchapman.travel.blog/2020/02/13/before-the-experience/ Day 1- Beginning of an adventure: https://austinpchapman.travel.blog/2020/02/14/day-1-the-beginning-of-an-adventure/ Day 2- Arrival at Cusco: https://austinpchapman.travel.blog/2020/02/16/day-2-arrival-in-cusco/ Day 3- Sacred Valley Tour: https://austinpchapman.travel.blog/2020/02/17/day-3-sacred-vally-tour/ Day 4- First Day at the Clinics: https://austinpchapman.travel.blog/2020/02/19/day-4/ Day 5- clincial continued: https://austinpchapman.travel.blog/2020/02/21/day-5/ Day 6- A day Full of Emotions: https://austinpchapman.travel.blog/2020/02/22/day-6-a-day-full-of-emotions/ Day 7: https://austinpchapman.travel.blog/2020/02/25/day-7/ Day 8- Last Day at the Clinics: https://austinpchapman.travel.blog/2020/02/26/day-8-last-day-at-the-clinics/Continue reading “International Nursing Experience Blogs”
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