I know I will be much more confident walking into a patient room than I was last year and I feel good about my clinical and assessment skills . Although I believe I have made a lot of progress in the last year, I definitely have some concerns about this clinic, especially since I was abroad last semester. One of my biggest fears for this semester is that my assessment skills will be very rusty. Although I haven't forgotten the basics of assessment, I haven't practiced the skills since last May, which is a significant amount of time. Likewise, I worry that I will be late and not have the capabilities of my fellow nursing students since I was not in clinic in the fall. I know it will be an adjustment for me to return to the clinic course, but I am reassured knowing that other students in the group were also abroad. I'm hoping that doing my maternity clinic in addition to Adult Health II will help me feel better adjusted more quickly in the hospital setting. Plus, I'm afraid of being on a cardiovascular floor. Last year, at Newton Wellesley Hospital, I was on a geriatric floor where the pace was significantly slower. Due to my anxieties related to my time abroad last semester, I am worried that I am not up to date with my cardiac knowledge. I have no idea how to read an EKG and I haven't interacted with a patient with heart disease in the last year. As I said above, I recognize that I will likely experience a learning curve, especially early in the semester and I look forward to feeling more confident as the semester goes on.