McMaster Tour

Last week I went for a tour of the Health Sciences campus at McMaster. My first impression was that it is not as big as I had expected it to be. My second impression was… I can’t wait to be here. The place is comprised of 4 floors in a circle that are open in middle where you can see all the way down. On one side of the circle are all the classrooms and the other side mostly faculty. There is a cafeteria on the main entrance floor and a library, but what impressed me the most was the Resource Centre. The Resource Centre is a big room that looks like a hospital. There are hospital beds with patients everywhere. Yes, with patients. All dolls! And… there are nurses working there. All doing their own thing. It’s so cool. It reminded me again why I had chosen to do the RPN instead of the RN program. I wanted hands on experience. And that is what I’m going to get. I don’t  want to just sit in a classroom all day and only learn theory. I know this blog is starting to sound more like the journey of a nurse wannabe but believe me I still know why I’m doing this. Midwifery is in my heart. 


The other thing I found really cool is that everyone was wearing uniforms. I don’t know, it may sound lame, but I have a thing about uniforms. I can’t wait to get mine. Each day I get more exited about getting started. At least I feel I will be learning skills that will be useful to me as a midwife. It will feel less like I’m just sitting and waiting for it to happen. 


As I continue to study biology, to finish my pre-requisite course, I become more confident that sciences is the area I love. As I learn about anatomy and physiology I discover that I want to know even more than what I need to know to pass the course. I find myself watching endless videos and researching online all sorts of topics related to the body. This is actually very surprising to me because anatomy and physiology is the course that scared me the most when I thought about applying to midwifery. Now that I am actually taking biology it’s the course that excites me the most. I hope once I start doing it at a higher level I don’t change my mind.  


That is it for now as I continue to wait for my information package to come in the mail, which will include all the information about time tables and choosing courses. I just can’t wait!