03.25.2009

I'm halfway through the didactics of my hemodialysis course. We're quite a big group, more than 40 in all and, expectedly, there are groups within this group, circles within the big circle.

It does not fail to surprise me that with our vaunted hospitality and friendliness as a people, the majority of us are intrinsically shy and aloof, not quick to strike a conversation with strangers. I myself am managing with friendly one and two-liners, professional queries to and discussions with my more knowledgeable and experienced colleagues, as well as smiles and gestures of politeness.

Our preceptors are all experienced and thorough professionals in nephrology and hemodialysis, save for one or two who are obviously neither nurses or doctors and who are markedly more into sales and public relations and which fact, as a consequence, is very evident in their discourse.

All in all, there is this eagerness to learn all there is to learn about hemodialysis which, in all likelihood and apart from our common aspiration to become full-pledged hemodialysis nurses, also stems from wanting to make the most out of our pecuniary and time investments.