Nothing new has happened in my life with nursing.
I am enjoying my break, well sort of.
Working 9 hour days can get a little tedious, but it's the price I have to pay for money for school.
School starts in less then 4 weeks. It's crazy!!!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Sad...
Today was going fine until i got the news that i cannot work in the job that i wanted, do to some circumstances that cannot be ignored.
So once again i am jobless for the next school semester.
So once again i am jobless for the next school semester.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Almost...
I am almost done with my first semester of Nursing School!!!!!!!!!!!
Now only 3 more semesters to go.
I have loved learning everything. Actually being in a program has made me realize how much I really want to be a nurse.
Now only 3 more semesters to go.
I have loved learning everything. Actually being in a program has made me realize how much I really want to be a nurse.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
So...
Oh skills day one of the dreaded days of the semester. (the other being scenario)
I feel kind of bad for those poor students who failed skills day. Failing according to the nursing program is anything below a 75. The things that sucks about failing skills day, or anything for that factor in lab, is the remediation part of it all.
Remediation is going back into lab practicing the skill that was failed and practicing the other skills with a lab tutor. I am not exactly sure how long or how many times this has to be done. After the practicing part, the student who failed must go back in and perform the failed skill and another randomly chosen skill for the instructor, and document everything. So two skills, to documentations, one grade. Lots more pressure.
That sounds like loads of work, that I really don't have time for.
SO DID I PASS OR FAIL???
?
?
?
?
?
I PASSED!!! with a 99/100 wohoo!!!
p.s. I really don't understand how they failed any skill, they weren't difficult.
I feel kind of bad for those poor students who failed skills day. Failing according to the nursing program is anything below a 75. The things that sucks about failing skills day, or anything for that factor in lab, is the remediation part of it all.
Remediation is going back into lab practicing the skill that was failed and practicing the other skills with a lab tutor. I am not exactly sure how long or how many times this has to be done. After the practicing part, the student who failed must go back in and perform the failed skill and another randomly chosen skill for the instructor, and document everything. So two skills, to documentations, one grade. Lots more pressure.
That sounds like loads of work, that I really don't have time for.
SO DID I PASS OR FAIL???
?
?
?
?
?
I PASSED!!! with a 99/100 wohoo!!!
p.s. I really don't understand how they failed any skill, they weren't difficult.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Skills day...
I was scared out of my mind for skills day! (which happened today)
I have always hated doing things in front of people that actually know how to do what I am doing. It makes me nervous having people watch me.
During this semester we have learned an assortment of skills that are done everyday in the hospital. Every skill has steps and certain focus assessments and teachings that must be done. That is a lot of things to remember for each skill.
The ones the lab teachers told us to focus on for skills day were: NG tube placement and maintenance, central line dressing change, blood glucose and insulin administration, IM and Sub Q injection, nasopharyngeal suction, getting a patient up for the first time, and sterile dressing change. The drugs we had to know were Demerol, Morphine, and Dilaudid (pain killers); Phenergan, Visteril, and Zofran (anti-nausea meds) Humulin R and Humulin N, Lantus (insulin) and Heparin (anti-coagulant).
Once I got there at 9 am I picked a card with a color and a number, those corresponded to the skill I was assigned to perform. I got 5 minutes to check the MD orders, 20 minutes to actually perform the skill, and 10 minutes to document what I did.
My skill was central line dressing change. Now what is a central line? Hopefully all of you know what an IV is, a Central line is an IV that is inserted into the right subclavian artery and into the ascending aorta. (inserted into an artery in the shoulder and into the heart). And for those who don't know that is a sterile technique. What is sterile technique you say? Well it's kind of hard to explain. There are certain gloves I have to wear, certain kits I have to use to change that dressing, everything must remain sterile as I do the skill or I have to start all over again. Sterile technique is what is used in the operation room, so if you watch the medical shows, that is what sterile technique is (if they do it correctly, I watched one day and they contaminated the field, naughty!) If you want google central line and see what it actually looks like.
I felt a little rushed but everything worked out in the end. My instructor said that I did very well.
P.S. there are like 20+ steps for a central line dressing change.
Now I have to wait...
I have always hated doing things in front of people that actually know how to do what I am doing. It makes me nervous having people watch me.
During this semester we have learned an assortment of skills that are done everyday in the hospital. Every skill has steps and certain focus assessments and teachings that must be done. That is a lot of things to remember for each skill.
The ones the lab teachers told us to focus on for skills day were: NG tube placement and maintenance, central line dressing change, blood glucose and insulin administration, IM and Sub Q injection, nasopharyngeal suction, getting a patient up for the first time, and sterile dressing change. The drugs we had to know were Demerol, Morphine, and Dilaudid (pain killers); Phenergan, Visteril, and Zofran (anti-nausea meds) Humulin R and Humulin N, Lantus (insulin) and Heparin (anti-coagulant).
Once I got there at 9 am I picked a card with a color and a number, those corresponded to the skill I was assigned to perform. I got 5 minutes to check the MD orders, 20 minutes to actually perform the skill, and 10 minutes to document what I did.
My skill was central line dressing change. Now what is a central line? Hopefully all of you know what an IV is, a Central line is an IV that is inserted into the right subclavian artery and into the ascending aorta. (inserted into an artery in the shoulder and into the heart). And for those who don't know that is a sterile technique. What is sterile technique you say? Well it's kind of hard to explain. There are certain gloves I have to wear, certain kits I have to use to change that dressing, everything must remain sterile as I do the skill or I have to start all over again. Sterile technique is what is used in the operation room, so if you watch the medical shows, that is what sterile technique is (if they do it correctly, I watched one day and they contaminated the field, naughty!) If you want google central line and see what it actually looks like.
I felt a little rushed but everything worked out in the end. My instructor said that I did very well.
P.S. there are like 20+ steps for a central line dressing change.
Now I have to wait...
Monday, June 21, 2010
Answer...
You would want a 24 gauge needle.
The bigger the number the smaller the needle. It's completely backwards from what you thought it would be huh!
A 12 gauge needle is huge!!! that would hurt so so so bad. It would be like sticking a normal size drill bit into your subq tissue or a muscle. OUCH!!!
The bigger the number the smaller the needle. It's completely backwards from what you thought it would be huh!
A 12 gauge needle is huge!!! that would hurt so so so bad. It would be like sticking a normal size drill bit into your subq tissue or a muscle. OUCH!!!
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