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Study Abroad in Cambodia <\/p>\n Today (Mon 5\/18) marks the end of the vacation part of our trip, and the beginning of the true work we set out for! \u00a0Today is our first day at Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital, which is located in Kampot, Cambodia!<\/p>\n They are a charity hospital whose goal is to give affordable healthcare to patients in need. \u00a0Payment of services is strictly based upon the patient\u2019s ability to pay; the poor get treated for free while the ones who can afford it pay a fee. \u00a0It is staffed mostly by Cambodians; however, many doctors and nurses come from abroad to work and help train the staff. \u00a0Our, us Belmont people\u2019s, main mission for this stop is to help further educate the doctors and nurses here, treat some patients, and help in anyway the hospital needs.<\/p>\n The beginning of the day included our first round of peanut butter and honey sandwiches for breakfast, the staple food for the remainder of our days here, and a tour of this beautiful open hospital. \u00a0They have an outpatient (child and adult) department, inpatient (child and adult), maternity, surgery, women\u2019s health, and an emergency department. \u00a0They have onsite housing, which is where we are staying, and a kitchen to feed patients and staff, where we had delicious curry and a variety of native fruit for lunch!<\/p>\n Our nurse practitioners helped in the women\u2019s clinic. \u00a0Kate (our PT grad student) was all hands on deck, with their normal PT being off today, treating various patients. \u00a0Our undergrad students did a variety of work here.\u00a0 Parts of the day some observed different wards of the hospital while others taught. \u00a0Today, in particular, we taught various skills such as CPR, how to take vital signs, head-to-toe assessment, hand washing and infectious control, SBAR (a type of communication between nurses, doctors, techs, and anyone else involved in patient care), and UTI prevention. At the end of the day, we ate dinner at a place called Victoria\u2019s. \u00a0Fun fact, the first C-section performed at Sonja Kill was done for the owners of Victoria\u2019s! \u00a0We are all exhausted but excited about the work we did today and even more excited for tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Study Abroad in Cambodia by Rachel Finn, Nursing Student Today (Mon 5\/18) marks the end of the vacation part of our trip, and the beginning of the true work we set out for! \u00a0Today is our first day at … Continue reading
\nby Rachel Finn, Nursing Student
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It was a busy day and people saw a lot of awesome things that will be lifetime stories.<\/p>\n