Ah the culmination of a month of Nursing School...
The much dreaded Dosage and Calculations test is over with unexpected, but hard earned results. We have a medication practicum in a few weeks. We introduced foley and straight cath insertion, and wound care. Today we went more in-depth on assessments. I bought a tool to help me with the assessment walk through. We have to do head-to-toe assessment which is a lot of stuff. My tool's Name is Assess a Ho!I will post pictures of her when I am done. I thought it'd be an unusual way to learn to landmark and be ablee to practice my skills for check off. I'll use real people when I need to hear the difference between regular sounds.
Ok well I am tired and want to go to bed now.
BTW. Daughter is fine! Her labs came back normal. She does need to make sure she gets more Iodine in her diet and maintains her fluid and electrolyte balance a bit better. But no Thyroid problems indicated.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Math test
100%!!!!!
Came home to celebrate and we played with some of my toys.
He already has a surgeon's attitude. HEHE!!
Came home to celebrate and we played with some of my toys.
He already has a surgeon's attitude. HEHE!!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Enlarged Thyroid?
Thats what the doctor said. He ran blood tests. So we'll see. She's sick again so she went to bed before I even got back from picking hubby up. Kinda freaky!!!
Getting Ready for Tomorrow
Ahh a day off from school, of course filled with all of those things that are put off until the free day. Daughter has a doctor appt. Then I have to pick son up from school then head out to pick hubby up from work. This one car thing really sucks!
So anyway, I have 5 chapters to read and review for tomorrow and a careplan to work on as a group project. We are starting Foley caths, wound care, and working more on medication administration before our practicum which is in two weeks. Not to mention tomorrow is THE BIG DOSAGE TEST. The one I need a 100% on.
I am freaking out and really stressed. By BP yesterday was 158/100 P was 108... I think I have a problem! Maybe I need Xanex? LOL
Ok well off to finish another chapter, (I'm bringing my book with me to her doctor appt)
So anyway, I have 5 chapters to read and review for tomorrow and a careplan to work on as a group project. We are starting Foley caths, wound care, and working more on medication administration before our practicum which is in two weeks. Not to mention tomorrow is THE BIG DOSAGE TEST. The one I need a 100% on.
I am freaking out and really stressed. By BP yesterday was 158/100 P was 108... I think I have a problem! Maybe I need Xanex? LOL
Ok well off to finish another chapter, (I'm bringing my book with me to her doctor appt)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
2nd Test
Test #2 is in the bag and I must say they really stepped it up a notch. I didn't do as well as I had hoped. 17/20 But hey it's a B so I'll take it.
Have you ever known an answer and written it down, but just could not process the acronym? I mean the answer was staring me in the face and I could NOT put two and two together.
CBE? What the hell is CBE... I kept saying. I wrote down Chart By Exception. Except when I looked at CBE I kept seeig CVE... AHHHHHHHH!!!!! Of course the question had SOAP, POMR, DARE and CBE. I colored in the wrong dang box!!! And it kept talking about only charting the problems or new findings. URGH!!!!
Why is it the simple questions that trip me up?
Of course I was wayyyy above the class average so I feel good, the people I was supposed to study with yesterday got 5 or 6 questions wrong each. 5 is failing.
Pat self on back, medicate BP back down to normal and move on to the next test. I'm still scared to death!
Double labs start this week and clinical is getting closer.
Have you ever known an answer and written it down, but just could not process the acronym? I mean the answer was staring me in the face and I could NOT put two and two together.
CBE? What the hell is CBE... I kept saying. I wrote down Chart By Exception. Except when I looked at CBE I kept seeig CVE... AHHHHHHHH!!!!! Of course the question had SOAP, POMR, DARE and CBE. I colored in the wrong dang box!!! And it kept talking about only charting the problems or new findings. URGH!!!!
Why is it the simple questions that trip me up?
Of course I was wayyyy above the class average so I feel good, the people I was supposed to study with yesterday got 5 or 6 questions wrong each. 5 is failing.
Pat self on back, medicate BP back down to normal and move on to the next test. I'm still scared to death!
Double labs start this week and clinical is getting closer.
Monday, January 26, 2009
They Story of us Part 2
The next day Boy-man showed up at school to bring Girl a Christmas present. They didn't speak much. But Girl slipped a note to Boyfriend, making him finally ex-Boyfriend. He seemed apathetic until later the next day.
The next day much to Girl's surprise Red called her and invited her to a party. So she went and Boy-man was there. Red was upset, but Girl had eyes only for Boy-man.
That night there were quite a few messages from ex-Boyfriend when she got home. It was nice payback since, early in their relationship, Boyfriend had decided he wanted to date Girl's best friend too.
Well, Girl and Boy-man spent the next two weeks inseparable and on New Year's Day he had to return to Georgia, then off to California, then off to Iraq. Phone calls and letters and 1 visit over the next year, was not enough to hold them together. Boy-man was turning 20 and a lot was happening to him, Girl was only 15.
They drifted apart and time moved on. He travelled the world with the Army. She grew and started a family. But they never truly forgot each other.
Time moved on, and a few Christmas's later Girl was working at the Mall when Dickhead walked in. Dickhead walked up to her register and he had a jacket on that was the name of a local bar in her town. "Was he from there?" she asked. Sometimes she really was too flirty for her own good.
" No. " Dickhead said, " My ex-fiancee lives there."
" Oh really what's her name?" When Dickhead told her, it was as if irony was playing a trick on fate.
" Oh, she dated my ex. Boy-Man" I said.
" When?" Dickhead asked. Kind of flustered at this point. When I told him he freaked. Ha! She had been cheating on Dickhead with Boy-man. Boy-man stole his fiancee. He hates Boy-man.
" Wow since our ex's got together, maybe we should date." Dickhead suggested.
I must have been seriously brain damaged because I agreed.
A few months later Daughter was on the way, and marriage was soon to follow. Son came a year later and divorce a few short years there after. Really I don't recommend getting married to someone you aren't really in love with just because you are pregnant. I also don't recommend keeping a picture of your first love next to your bed either. ( LOL )
A few months later, Girl is walking by Boy-man's parent's house. It seemed that her parent's had moved next doorish from them.
With courage she knocked on the door. His mother answered. They chatted for a while and she found out that Boy-man was getting divorced and living in Texas.
Girl decided to send Boy-man a birthday card. They hadn't spoken in 7 years at this point.
A week later the phone rang. It was Boy-man!! Her heart skipped a beat. He had actually been looking for her too.
He flew home a few months later on Valentine's Day and it was as if they had never been apart. He proposed to her. She accepted.
He came home for good in April and a year later, nearly 10 years from the day they met, Boy-man and Girl were married. Dickhead was furious when he found out that Boy-man and Girl were getting married. Not only had he lost a fiancee to Boy-man, now he had lost his wife and children. Damn old irony and fate!
BTW Boyfriend was Bestman at wedding! Except he thought it a good idea to HIT on Girl, so Boyfriend, was no longer bestfriend anymore.
It's been 10 years and we are still going strong. So the moral of the story is, you can look all around the world, but the Girl you were meant for, actually was the Girl Next Door!
The next day much to Girl's surprise Red called her and invited her to a party. So she went and Boy-man was there. Red was upset, but Girl had eyes only for Boy-man.
That night there were quite a few messages from ex-Boyfriend when she got home. It was nice payback since, early in their relationship, Boyfriend had decided he wanted to date Girl's best friend too.
Well, Girl and Boy-man spent the next two weeks inseparable and on New Year's Day he had to return to Georgia, then off to California, then off to Iraq. Phone calls and letters and 1 visit over the next year, was not enough to hold them together. Boy-man was turning 20 and a lot was happening to him, Girl was only 15.
They drifted apart and time moved on. He travelled the world with the Army. She grew and started a family. But they never truly forgot each other.
Time moved on, and a few Christmas's later Girl was working at the Mall when Dickhead walked in. Dickhead walked up to her register and he had a jacket on that was the name of a local bar in her town. "Was he from there?" she asked. Sometimes she really was too flirty for her own good.
" No. " Dickhead said, " My ex-fiancee lives there."
" Oh really what's her name?" When Dickhead told her, it was as if irony was playing a trick on fate.
" Oh, she dated my ex. Boy-Man" I said.
" When?" Dickhead asked. Kind of flustered at this point. When I told him he freaked. Ha! She had been cheating on Dickhead with Boy-man. Boy-man stole his fiancee. He hates Boy-man.
" Wow since our ex's got together, maybe we should date." Dickhead suggested.
I must have been seriously brain damaged because I agreed.
A few months later Daughter was on the way, and marriage was soon to follow. Son came a year later and divorce a few short years there after. Really I don't recommend getting married to someone you aren't really in love with just because you are pregnant. I also don't recommend keeping a picture of your first love next to your bed either. ( LOL )
A few months later, Girl is walking by Boy-man's parent's house. It seemed that her parent's had moved next doorish from them.
With courage she knocked on the door. His mother answered. They chatted for a while and she found out that Boy-man was getting divorced and living in Texas.
Girl decided to send Boy-man a birthday card. They hadn't spoken in 7 years at this point.
A week later the phone rang. It was Boy-man!! Her heart skipped a beat. He had actually been looking for her too.
He flew home a few months later on Valentine's Day and it was as if they had never been apart. He proposed to her. She accepted.
He came home for good in April and a year later, nearly 10 years from the day they met, Boy-man and Girl were married. Dickhead was furious when he found out that Boy-man and Girl were getting married. Not only had he lost a fiancee to Boy-man, now he had lost his wife and children. Damn old irony and fate!
BTW Boyfriend was Bestman at wedding! Except he thought it a good idea to HIT on Girl, so Boyfriend, was no longer bestfriend anymore.
It's been 10 years and we are still going strong. So the moral of the story is, you can look all around the world, but the Girl you were meant for, actually was the Girl Next Door!
Just another Manic Monday
Ok so its really not manic. Right now Monday is pretty much the easier of the days. I can't wait to get another car though, because the carpooling thing is slowing my roll... lol. So yeah I am waiting for my Pharm class to start and realized that I have not even opened my book since the last class, which was 2 weeks ago. Next week we have the class in a Hybrid Version so I don't have to drive here. Of course I do have to email her an assigment as required.
I was supposed to meet with some people to study for tomorrow's test, but I had to park in the middle of nowhere and hike over to admissions to drop off yet another financial aide form, and then decided to just go sit in the library and pretend to study. I did study alot this weekend even though it may not have seemed it. But overall, a little more review tonight and I think I grasp the concepts of the data that we need to be able to apply on the quiz on Tuesday. Documentation, Assessment tools, Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing, Nursing Process aka intro to careplans. Not in-depth or creating one just yet, just the steps ADPIE and all that. So I feel good about it. Maslow & Erickson too. Of course I have had Psy101 and DevPsy Life Span so these are not brand new concepts, so the info comes out of my head in the multiple choice format. I honestly don't know if I really do learn in the group study session forum.
How about you guys?
I was supposed to meet with some people to study for tomorrow's test, but I had to park in the middle of nowhere and hike over to admissions to drop off yet another financial aide form, and then decided to just go sit in the library and pretend to study. I did study alot this weekend even though it may not have seemed it. But overall, a little more review tonight and I think I grasp the concepts of the data that we need to be able to apply on the quiz on Tuesday. Documentation, Assessment tools, Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing, Nursing Process aka intro to careplans. Not in-depth or creating one just yet, just the steps ADPIE and all that. So I feel good about it. Maslow & Erickson too. Of course I have had Psy101 and DevPsy Life Span so these are not brand new concepts, so the info comes out of my head in the multiple choice format. I honestly don't know if I really do learn in the group study session forum.
How about you guys?
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