Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Med Surg I -A


Well we are starting Med-Surg next week after our Nutrition and Complimentary/Alternative Therapy test( i.e the crap we covered today in class) is over.

Its not Med-Surg 1 officially until next semester so it's kinda like Med-Surg 1-A.

The 21st we are going down to the OR!! I am so excited. We were told that since most of our patients at this point in time for "learning" purposes will be post-op we might as well see what goes on inside the OR. They are going to set up a mock abdominal surgery so we can learn the difference between the scrubs,where to walk within the sterile field, how to gown the doctor, how to sterilize instruments, do counts, etc. A fun little field trip to break up the lectures and boring as crap LTC clinical!

So Med-Surg 1-A contains: Diseases of the Urinary System, Diseases of Integumentary System,Immune Disorders, Care of the PT with HIV/AIDS, and Care of the Pt with Cancer.

Busy Busy Busy

4 comments:

  1. I was soooo excited for my first trip to the OR too. It is AWESOME...Hope you have fun! ;-)

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  2. That's not fair, they should let you see a real surgery! I got to see three, in fact it's what made me really consider becoming an OR nurse. I hope later in the program you'll get that chance. Take care!

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  3. The real ones are next semester, they want us prepared so we don't screw up in the ACTUAL OR! OR and PACU really call me too so I really hope I get to see some real surgerys too!

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  4. Have fun! When I did my rotation in the OR all I saw were endoscopies and colonoscopies!!

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