Bi-coastal cuddling

So hubby is in VA right now fixing a work SNAFU on a DOD contract. Not his fault at least,so all good there. However, he did learn that the wages there really beat what he's making here. By double! So he was talking to the guy he was working with and he's going to give him some more information. If the cost of living is comparable then it may make since.

Of course being smack in the center of school I can't really take off and move there either, plus my daughter would have a cow right now. But with a nursing degree in hand I can go anywhere too.

So do we try and do the bi-coastal thing for a while and see if the money makes it worth it? I think if he can find a long term rental hotel type place for less than $500 a month it might be worth it. Plus well, I really have been thinking of moving back toward the east coast for a year now. Just not sure of the winter idea. I don't miss winters. I do miss green and the beach!

The bad thing is that my parents moved here, cuz we were here, but mainly because they wanted to. But yeah I feel STUCK!! I don't like the idea of being stuck somewhere! And I'll feel bad if I leave. But them my mother says something demeaning and here we go again.

URGHHHHH!!I wish I could just be happy!

I can't spell...

Well I could have gotten out of having to do the last Careplan but apparently there were spelling mistakes on it and it's unprofessional if there are misspelled words or typos.

Well yeah I can see that. However, doing another Careplan isn't going to fix the fact that typos happen,spell check auto corrects into the wrong words, and to top it off has no clue how to spell medical terms. Does doing another Careplan for that reason really mean shit?

OK well whatever! It is what it is. I had already planned on doing it anyway.

But come on SPELLING?

My DX,R/t,AEB,Priorities, Interventions, & Outcomes, as well as medical and family histories are GREAT otherwise! Her words not mine.

Fuck it! Only 2 weeks of clinical left!

The Jet Set...

Apparently everyone in my family has joined the ranks of the weekend jet setters all of a sudden.

Kids fly off to the East Coast last weekend.
Dad is flying off to the East Coast today for 5 days.
Heck even Hubby is flying off to the East Coast on Monday for a business trip!

When is it my turn? Sheesh!

Ah clinical

I amaze myself at how much I can impress my clinical instructor by a few critical thinking ideas, that just seem like common sense to me.

Can't draw up 0.25ml in the dropper? Try drawing it up in a TB syringe? Not rocket science people!

Pt feels dizzy?- Nice and safe, how about getting a set of vitals to start?

I was like the student charge nurse today. If someone or the instructor needed help or a runner or something checked out, or a combative pt distracted, or an assistant for straight cath insertion, it was "Super Christine" to the rescue.

It makes me feel good to help and I suppose that is an important Core Value in Nursing!

Just call me Reverend

Exactly 1 month...

To go till the end of Block 1 of Nursing School! It seems like it has taken forever, but then again it seems like it has flown by.

Test today in theory! I need to make up some points today. I really want to end this class with an A and there is now only 1 more test and the final to do. So we'll see how today goes.

I'm also starting to look into a place to volunteer for a day over the summer. I want to keep building my resume and maybe get an "in" someplace so I can actually land a job as an LPN once I finish Block 2 in December.

Well off to do a little more review before heading out to class.

London Bridge is Falling Down...

While the kids were away at their father's wedding this weekend, the Hubby and I decided to take a spur of the moment trip. North or West? Right or left? Leave it up to fate... So we ended up in Lake Havasu. Its still "off" season for everything to be open but the view was amazing, the lake surrounded by mountains is breathtaking! Of course cuz we didn't know we were going we did not take our camera.



And here is what gorgeous children were up to! They had a lot of fun seeing their East Coast Family members and will be home tonight! Can't wait! I miss them already.