Following Christmas, Darlene began teaching one section of her course on December 27. (During the holidays, it is currently the only one in session at the University.) She has a total of 140 undergraduate Nursing students enrolled in her course on Physical Assessment and Diagnosis.
To manage this number of students, Darlene has divided the course into three sections (or “groups,” as they are called here) of 40-50 students each. Following the daily lectures, each group is then divided into two lab sessions. So Darlene is in class, 8:30 am – 4 pm daily, including Saturdays.
Presently, with the first group, Darlene has one assistant instructor, one of her (former) students who just completed his masters’ degree in the Nursing. Eric is an exceptional young man, a hard worker, fluent in French as well as English. So he is a BIG help. I am also serving as an assistant, managing the course Grade Sheet, etc.
Darlene’s plan was to begin the first group early and get in two weeks of classes before the beginning of the regular January interterm on January 7. On that date, she will launch the second and third groups. She will have additional assistance for these two groups. A Nurse Practitioner friend, Carol Vitolins, is arriving January 3, and another of Darlene’s former students will be returning after the holidays. Violette is an exceptional young lady, well connected on campus (which is important here), and a hard worker; she will be particularly helpful in the lab sessions.
I am doing everything I can to off-load Darlene, caring for the household duties, meal preparation, etc. But I do ask your prayers for her: she is caring a very heavy load.
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