Did ya miss me?!?!

I have not forgotten about my promise to take time out to chronicle some things. In fact, I've been meaning to pop back around for the past two weeks, but I've also been getting my behind kicked royally (and loving every minute). I lucked out and got a clinical instructor that will push and push and push us all and insist we maximize our potential. I am thankful for her every Tuesday and Wednesday, but this coming Thursday I will be thankful for a break! And some good food.

Anyhow, nursing school is going well. I am officially official, as my clinical instructor says, for giving injections. That makes me excited. I'm official with doing Accuchecks as well, which means me and a couple of my classmates are a walking dream to the nurses on our floors. On any given day we're doing the Accuchecks for 8 to 10 patients and covering the insulin if necessary. The fact that we get it done without any difficulty gives me a bit of a rush.

In addition to Accuchecks and injections, last week was my week to pass meds. I usually choose pretty complicated patients, so for my med pass days I went for easier work. My instructor was having none of it. The patient I chose for Tuesday only had three oral meds. The rest were IV. We don't learn IV drugs until next semester I think. Anyway, she let me pass those three whopping meds, which ended up only being two meds because his nurse had to give his blood pressure medication early because his BP was extraordinarily high, then after that my instructor went and found my second patient for me to pass meds to the next day. Really? This patient had 10 meds, and they were not all oral!!! Talk about issuing a challenge. Go figure, I made it through that mostly unscathed and ended up loving that patient to pieces. Clinical instructor knows best!

Next up: exam on pain management, perioperative care and cardiovascular care (with emphasis on congestive heart failure)

Me trying on scrubs (which NEVER fit)

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention I have a new stethoscope coming soon! It's actually at the post office waiting for me to pick it up. I'll probably snag it after my exam Monday. My son destroyed my old one, but I am mostly to blame. I always have it around my neck and I tell him "let me listen to your belly!" so when he was playing with it, and essentially distorting the drums, he was probably just trying to listen to his belly. Good. That stethoscope will now belong to him. Hopefully he's now on the fast track to medical school. Hahahaha.