This semester just started but I feel like I'm in the middle/ end because of stress. I started preseason with dermatitis on the mid section of my body, due to nervousness about the semester ahead. I was able to bring Avery back to school with me this semester so I am hoping she will help me not get overwhelmed and stressed. At the start of preseason classes I was really focusing and trying really hard to take really good notes and really pay attention, I was starting to feel more confident so the itching was starting to go away. We started clinical experience Wednesday, when football arrived. I had the first practice, I was super excited because it had been over a year since I had had clinical experience on campus. This practice was going to be the start of a big change for a lot of people, Melissa is no longer working with football so it was going to be an adjustment for the students and the athletes. E&H was able to hire a new at Athletic Trainer named Cole, he's pretty awesome, and he is in charge of all the football players. The first practice was exciting but kind of boring, an in nothing exciting clinically happening. After Wednesday, I did not have any more practices until the next week, however there was a lot of organizing and filing that needed to be done so we had admin duties throughout the week. I was starting to get my stress under control than on Saturday when Laura and I were driving a moving truck stopped on the main road right out from campus than backed up right into the front of my car. After my car was towed and the insurance got involved my stress doubled and the dermatitis spread into my legs. I just found out on Friday that my car is totaled and now I have a short time to find a new car.
However, classes started Wednesday I really like all my classes it is just going to be a pretty busy semester with 17 credits and being placed with football. I love being with football, I get to see a lot of injuries some more serious than others. I have never wanted to meet my goals more than I do this semester. I have some pretty big goals that will push me out of my comfort zone 100%. My first goal is the biggest that will also continue into next semester. I will attend at least two prep sessions in order to submit to the ampersand committee. Katie, Laura, and I have decided to do our little clinical question on if tendinitis in active people is truly and overuse or if it is an underuse injury. We want to make it an amazing topic/ presentation so we can present to during ampersand day.
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In the fall of 2015, I entered into my sophomore year of college starting the Athletic Training program. I was ready to start classes, but was not anticipating classes to be as difficult as they were. The best part of the whole semester was the clinical experience I was able to gain, experience with every fall sport and the hospital with ER and wound care. However, I never studied as much as I should have and never worked as hard. When it came to exam week, I studied like crazy for my exams but put off my comprehensive exam. I made A's on my exams pulling B's in my classes, however when it came to my comprehensive exam I did not pass. I studied all Christmas break and went back to school early to retake my exam. Again, I fell just short of passing meaning, sadly, I could not move on to Clinical 2 and would be on redemption for the next semester until I was able to re-take the comprehensive exam. I was not able to gain any clinical experience, but I reviewed ever week with DC. Spring semester was going amazing, I was 100% focused on school and nothing else. I was on top of all my classes and doing very well with all A's and B's. When final exams started all I did was study and get ready for my comprehensive exam. Everyone helped as much as they could. I went into my exit more scared then ever before, I kept thinking about what happened in the past. I learned the past is in the past we have to except it and move on. Once I felt confident I was ready. I walked in, killed it and... I passed!
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