Alamosa Reflection

The very first thing that comes to my mind about this clinical experience was how amazing it was. I had done a six-week women’s health class at Women’s Corrections in Alamosa. Two fellow students also participated in this as a service-learning project. Why it was so amazing was seeing these women grow in the six weeks from just being there to being active participants; they were asking questions and adding their own two cents. Another thing that pops into my head about this is how inspiring these women are. They are trying to better themselves, but are also still willing to fight after all the horrors they have experienced in their lives. The biggest thing I felt that went right was being able to be there all six weeks. It was every Thursday starting on February 9th and ending on March 16th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. I had internship in Pubelo, but the rest of my hours were in the San Luis Valley. I ended up having to travel back and forth a lot; however, it was completely worth it. One person only came for two weeks, while the other one did all six weeks with me. This confused me a little bit because it seemed like everyone should have been there the whole time, but I do not know. The other things that went right for me was my researching and teaching. I ended up doing some kind of research

Two things that I did lessons on included STDs and mental illness. I discussed with the women the different types of STDs along with pictures of some of these. Then in mental illness focused on the difference between anxiety and worry along with depression and sadness. Plus the women would ask other questions that my fellow classmate and I would answer that was based on all the past knowledge we learned since the beginning of the nursing school. Plus if we were unsure of the answer, we would look up the information for the next class. This implemented our abilities to do research and know a reliable source when we saw