Saturday started with a trip into Pine Ridge for the pow wow parade and screenings in the pow wow parking lot. I’ve been to the parade a few times now so after some help setting up the canopy, the students and Judy and a Steve went to watch the parade and I stayed back to get our screening equipment set up. We were having some glitches with our telemedicine equipment so missing the parade was a necessity.
After the parade, screenings began with everyone pitching in to fill whatever role necessary. We had a trickle of clients but continued to have tech issues. The
Thank heat was extreme which caused our cholesterol monitors to overheat. We closed up shop after about 10 screenings over a couple of hours, and I hated to hear the word “disappointed” in the discussion on the way back to the motel. But that is the way it goes here. I will take 10 screenings if even one of them got some sort of helpful health information. Today was our first real day of screenings so some hiccups are expected-hits and misses.
After a brief siesta, we returned to Pine Ridge for the pow wow rodeo. This was a great time! I especially enjoyed the bronc’s and bulls. A hit with the group to end the night.
Nursing Students at Pine Ridge 