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 feared being late and not having 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 overseas. I hope 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.