#dietetics student

[very-sleepy-princess]

SUNDAY, 5TH OCTOBER 2025- CLINICAL PRACTICE.

I've started my clinical practice and my final semester of college - it feels so bittersweet considering that I'm closer to achieving my goals and dreams, but the reality of adulthood is hitting me 🥲. Either way- I know that all will be well and that life gets better. It's been worse before and it got better. So it will get better.

Lately, I've been working on my research project and just staying at home to relax. My clinical practice is still at the same hospital from last time - just with different people, so I hope I'll have a better experience this time.

I'm yet to complete my current rotation- but I can't wait to post about it once I'm done🫶🏾🩷

Pictured are my scrubs and a photo I took at a cafe I visit from time to time - I like taking aesthetic photos of my clothes because it makes my day a bit better.

[ros3ybabe]

*two of my cute claw clips, my skincare setup, and some lash extensions my friend recommended me to try (gotta buy some soon)

January 30th, 2026

I'm caught up on my notes for one class (for now, I just know we gotta read chapter 3 by Tuesday so I need to start on that) and need to write the second chapter of notes for the other two. I have quizzes on both chapter 1s for my two Mon/Wed classes both due on Wednesday next week, I believe, so I wanna read over my chapter 1 notes for those classes. I also want to start making a quizlet for exam 1 for my Tues/Thurs class because she's been telling us in lecture what the important things are and really hinting at what will be on Exam 1, so I wanna get a head start on that. And I have an assignment due Sunday, and 2 worksheets to finish soon too.

Thank goodness I'm going to the library here in about 30min.

here's my ideal todo list for today:

skincare + oral hygiene

gratitude journal

finish worksheet for Adv Nutrition

begin chapter 2 notes for Adv Nutrition

begin chapter 2 notes for Food Policy

begin chapter 2 notes for Nutrition Research

work on Adv Nutrition quizlet for Exam One

work on assignment for Food Policy

put away all clean laundry

remake bed properly

make grocery order for sunday

work 2pm to 8pm

should be a decent, doable day, but if I can at least get a third of my school stuff done, I'll be happy. Lots to do by Monday and Tuesday.

til later lovelies 🩷

[chimaeracabra]

Assessment

Diagnosis

Intervention

Monitoring

Evaluation

[very-sleepy-princess]

Tuesday, January 14th, 2025.

It's been a while since I posted, and a lot happened. For the past three months, I spent my days learning at a public referral hospital in my county. It had its ups and downs, and honestly, it was pretty stressful in some departments, and I felt as though I had never set foot in my classes because I felt so blank.

Overall, I'd say that it was a good experience. I learned a lot and was able to apply my classroom knowledge in the hospital. My favourite part was seeing my patients recover and tell me how much I helped them 🥹 I felt so happy in those moments.

Aside from learning how to be a professional, I learned that I need to be more confident in myself. I wish that I was also more assertive in some situations where some of my colleagues wronged me - it was pretty hard dealing with that, but I managed to get through such situations.

Aside from that, I also learned that making friends as an adult is not easy. I felt like I didn't belong in most of the groups I tried being a part of, and eventually gave up on trying to make friends with my colleagues, and I think I'm okay with that. I can confidently say that I dodged a few bullets.

Anyways, that's all for today. I'm really trying to get myself to post here and on my other blog @sliceofmy1ife. I'm also starting my final year of college, so I do feel like I have to get serious with my life, and I believe that using my blogs can keep me accountable.

I also started classes this week, but I've skipped some because I'm sick and have a report to write. I've not been very productive, to be honest, but I'm trying to fix my schedule so I can ahem... lock in 🤓☝🏾(I do, in fact, look like that emoji)

Pictured are my report (I absolutely loved the newborn unit) for documenting my clinical practice (that I'm still not yet done writing) and a flower in my backyard.

If you'd like to know about my clinical practice, I can make a post about it later!

Thank you for reading up to this point, I hope you have a lovely day/night. I hope you know that you're loved and that you are capable of achieving your goals 🫰🏾💕

[very-sleepy-princess]

Sunday, 22nd September 2024

So a lot has happened in the past week. I lost a relative who was very close to me, and I was shaken for a few days after that. I also did group and individual practicals, and it was extremely tiresome. On Thursday, I did my individual practical and finally put my skills to the test. I was able to finish quickly compared to when I was in a group. Thankfully I did well so I'm glad, now it doesn't seem as scary as before and I hope to do more in the future.

I was supposed to start my clinical practice this week. However, I still need to clear with my college to make sure that I'm qualified to go to learn from the hospital. I'm not prepared if I'm being honest, I feel like my knowledge is lacking, and I don't even have scrubs for weekend shifts. I'm also a bit reluctant to start considering that I'll be with people who I'm not comfortable with. However, I believe I can be assertive when I can or to say no when it's necessary.

Regardless, I'll eventually get past this part of the semester and learn a lot. Everything is a learning opportunity in this part of my life, and I'm glad.

Pictured are some flowers in my family's vegetable farm and some textbooks I borrowed along with ny first aid manual.

Thanks for reading uo to this point, I hope you have a lovely day or night wherever you are 🥰🫶🏾

[very-sleepy-princess]

EXAM DIARIES DAYS 4 & 5: Thursday, 23rd of May, and Friday 24th May 2024.

On Thursday, I had Nutrition Interventions in HIV/AIDS and Research Methods.

Nutrition Interventions in HIV/AIDS:

I was pretty unbothered for this paper! I had done a class on HIV and AIDS when I started college, my lecturer was very thorough. He would even read the notes out for us. So I really had a few things to read about.

I'll give this exam an 8/10, I actually smiled when I flipped the paper around to see the questions.

What I wish I had done while studying was that I changed the format of my notes! They were very cramped, and I could barely make out my own handwriting. So I'll work of that too.

My motivation for the next paper was that I had a lot of content to cover and that I'd probably come up with a topic for my research project (I'm interested in obesity, nutrition in special needs and diabetes btw).

Research Methods:

Ooh, this paper was a bit challenging since the format was slightly different. Instead of writing our answers on a separate paper, we wrote on the question paper instead. That really threw me off.

I'll rate this paper a 5/10 since the MCQS had such similar answers, and I was super confused. I also felt a bit blank for the last question even if I had read for it.

What I wish I did while studying was that I had tried to understand some concepts instead of cramming.

Today, I had management of malnutrition. I wasn't motivated to study, I fell asleep and didn't hear my alarm. So, instead of my 30 monute nap, I slept the whole night and woke up 3 hours before my exam, lol. Luckily, I did a class that covered some of the units for this class last semester.

I rated the paper 6/10. I was okay with the questions, but I got B as the answer for the first 5 questions. I started getting anxious because I kept thinking, "How can every answer be B?"

But it's okay, I chose the right answers. Another thing was that the questions were confusing, too, I was questioning if my lecturer would laugh at my answers at that point. But the paper was still fair in the end, I hope I'll pass.

What I wish I had done while studying was to mark out similar topics so that I could save time while studying. I also wished I prioritised the topics too.

Well,that's all for now. I'm glad I've finished my exams, I can't wait to just lay in bed and enjoy my weekend. Now that I know what my end of semester exams will be like, I feel compelled to study. I have roughly one and a half months to study for my end of semester exams. Let me just say that I have to get off my ass and study since I'll be in hospital next semester, not just any hospital either. My hospital of choice is a well-known one!

[very-sleepy-princess]

EXAM DIARIES DAY 3: Wednesday, 22nd May 2024

Today, I sat for my Diet Therapy 2 and Nutrition in the Lifecourse exams. I also have a mild case of food poisoning (I don't know what it is that I get food poisoning almost every month).

Honestly, it was a test of how much I could endure since I went from crying on my bed to getting dressed and leaving the house. My exams started very late but I'm just glad I showed up.

Diet Therapy 2:

I give it a 6/20.

The exam was just in the middle. There were a lot of questions from liver diseases. The thing is that the long answer question phased me! Even though I could explain it to someone, it's as though I just froze. Luckily, I was able to concentrate hard enough and answer the question, which I'm happy about.

What I wish I did while studying? I wish I had studied, unfortunately I was too tired to study last night. I woke up at 3AM because of the food poisoning, so I just slept until 6AM to get ready.

My motivation for Nutrition in the Lifecourse was that I was active in every class and did my best on the assignments given to us. I knew that I could do well for the exam.

Nutrition in the Lifecourse:

8/10. I really liked the questions, except for the long answer question since I couldn't phrase my answers in a way that I liked. But I still managed to do it, and hopefully, my lecturer will understand what I was trying to say. She's actually the sweetest woman alive!

What I wish I did while studying was to make notes. Ugh, I've not made notes in ages. I'll explain my nite taking system in another post, but I need to start making notes again

My motivation for my next papers is that I barely know some of the stuff in the notes. I've missed quite a few classes for these modules, so I'm scared that I might fail or just have nothing to write.

Pictured are some lovely flowers that grow on my campus! I googled the name. They're called bengal clockvines. One thing about me is that I love to take pictures of things that I find beautiful, which are mostly flowers and insects! Insects are my special interest, sometimes I dream of studying entomology and zoology (which was the course I was planning to apply for before I got my results). I'm guessing that maybe one day I'll tell you how I ended up in nutrition.

[very-sleepy-princess]

EXAM DIARIES.

I got my results, and I passed! I scored pretty good marks for most of my papers, which I'm happy about, lots of As and Bs and a couple of Cs for the modules that I found hard. I'm so thankful that I was able to score good marks and that I've been allowed to sit for the exams I missed next week. After that, I'll get my final transcript.

Next week, I'll sit for ICT and Biochemistry. My plan is to study for the two papers starting tomorrow, I'm yet to know the dates for the exams, but either way, I'm going to study and do my best.