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End of the Year

So this was definitely not what I expected for my internship my senior year. Originally, I wasn't even sure where to go for my internship or what career I wanted to study. I ended up settling on Nursing and was placed in Holy Name and Mountainside Hospital. During my time at Holy Name, I learned how to be in a hospital environment and saw behind the scenes of discharging someone, admitting them, or putting them into observation. This was not nursing practice but it was still interesting for me to experience. In Mountainside, however, I scanned papers that were old tests from previous student nurses and was able to experience a simulation lab where residents try to determine a patient's disease from symptoms and previously drawn test labs. That was very interesting, and I wish we were able to see more of them. In January, however, Holy Name stopped all interns from coming if you were under the age of 18 because of the flu so I was forced to stay in school, and I stopped going