Hey I know it has been almost a month since my last blog... but things here at school are really busy. I hardly have time to do much of anything.
Classes are going... some are great others I am having issues with, but hopefully I can pull through and make the grades.
Russell, my little brother, is 18 today! Wow. He is all grown up. It is really weird to think that this time next year he will be on a mission for the LDS church.
Clinicals are fun. I have enjoyed L & D and day surgery.
For nursing next week I get to travel down to Salt Lake City and Provo/Orem and tour hospitals! Ya... not. This is going to be a fun filled three days, in which I have to miss Micro and English, in which I am not so fond of missing. Why do they do this to me?
Next week is my competency day-- which is really scenario they just changed the name. My semester of students had such issues with scenario that they changed it. Well my semester has such issues with everything. All every ones does is complain and complain about howthings run and about grades. We are so mean and several teachers are not fond of my classmates. We are bad.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Mom & Babe...
For one of my clinical sessions I get to go to the mom and babe unit. For those of you who don't know that is... well I will explain. It is the postpartum unit, which is in lame man terms- where mom and baby go after delivery.
On a regular medical/surgical floor a head to toe assessment is required on every patient every shift change. On the mom and babe unit another assessment is added called BUBBLE: breast, uterus, bladder, bowel, lochia (bleeding), and episotomy (if they tear or are cut by the MD). I basically have to ask questions related to these with the exception of the uterus because I have to palpate it. You didn't know that the uterus can be felt did ya? well it can. The top portion of the uterus is called the fundus and it can be palpated during pregnancy once the uterus becomes an abdominal organ instead of a pelvic one. (P.S. that is how the measure growth during pregnancy, from top of the symphis pubic to the fundus... so when you hear people saying I measure such and such cm... that is what they are talking about). Usually after birth the fundus is above the umbilicus (belly button) all I have to do is massage it in a circular pattern, which causes the uterus to constrict and shrink back down to size. The fundus is either firm or boggi. IT NEEDS TO BE FIRM!!! Any questions?
If I could spend my whole clinical with the babies I would. I love them, they are just so cute. Every baby before discharge has to have a heel stick test. Of course babies cry during this but they can be easily distracted by Sweet Toot. Sugar!!! When they cry, a few drops can be placed in their mouth and suddenly the crying stops. It's kind of fun to watch how suddenly the switch in mood occurs. Before discharge babies are given their first Hep B vaccine if the parents consent to it. Because babies are small this shot is given in the vastus lateralis (muscle on the leg). i have given three of these to babies. After I finished giving the shot I bend the leg and tickle his or her feet or I drop Sweet Toot in the mouth. The mood changes immediately. I love babies!!!
I have yet to see a baby born but hopefully I will get to go to labor and delivery soon.
On a regular medical/surgical floor a head to toe assessment is required on every patient every shift change. On the mom and babe unit another assessment is added called BUBBLE: breast, uterus, bladder, bowel, lochia (bleeding), and episotomy (if they tear or are cut by the MD). I basically have to ask questions related to these with the exception of the uterus because I have to palpate it. You didn't know that the uterus can be felt did ya? well it can. The top portion of the uterus is called the fundus and it can be palpated during pregnancy once the uterus becomes an abdominal organ instead of a pelvic one. (P.S. that is how the measure growth during pregnancy, from top of the symphis pubic to the fundus... so when you hear people saying I measure such and such cm... that is what they are talking about). Usually after birth the fundus is above the umbilicus (belly button) all I have to do is massage it in a circular pattern, which causes the uterus to constrict and shrink back down to size. The fundus is either firm or boggi. IT NEEDS TO BE FIRM!!! Any questions?
If I could spend my whole clinical with the babies I would. I love them, they are just so cute. Every baby before discharge has to have a heel stick test. Of course babies cry during this but they can be easily distracted by Sweet Toot. Sugar!!! When they cry, a few drops can be placed in their mouth and suddenly the crying stops. It's kind of fun to watch how suddenly the switch in mood occurs. Before discharge babies are given their first Hep B vaccine if the parents consent to it. Because babies are small this shot is given in the vastus lateralis (muscle on the leg). i have given three of these to babies. After I finished giving the shot I bend the leg and tickle his or her feet or I drop Sweet Toot in the mouth. The mood changes immediately. I love babies!!!
I have yet to see a baby born but hopefully I will get to go to labor and delivery soon.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Well...
So this is kind of embarrassing to say but I can educate anyone about the human reproductive system and anything they would like to know about contraception. That is what I learned about last week in OB class. Which is a good thing because my roommate keeps asking me all sorts of questions about sex etc... like I would know stuff about that. She thinks I am an expert in everything medical. Which is not true!
My first clinical is Thursday in Labor and Delivery at the local hospital. It will be 12 hours long. Hopefully I will be able to understand whatever is thrown at me.
Well nothing else has happened thus far.
My first clinical is Thursday in Labor and Delivery at the local hospital. It will be 12 hours long. Hopefully I will be able to understand whatever is thrown at me.
Well nothing else has happened thus far.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Here I go again...
Today is my last day of freedom till July 22, 2011.
School officially starts tomorrow and I am going to be a busy busy busy person. I will have time for school and school. Yep that is about it.
My schedule:
Monday:
1130-1230 - New Testament
1400-1500 - Microbiology
1515-1615 - Advanced Writing/Critical Think
Tuesday:
0700-1900 - Clinical
Wednesday:
0745 -0945 - Nursing 202
1015- 1115 - Nursing 205
1130 -1230 - New Testament
1400-1500 - Microbiology
1515- 1615- Advanced Writing/Critical Think
Thursday:
Not sure what is going on with this day ???
Friday:
0745-0945 - Nursing 203
1400-1500 - Microbiology
1515-1615 - Advanced Writing/ Critical Think
Doesn't my week sound like loads of FUN? I think not, however, this semester I am learning all about OB and Peds, which is what I want to work in so I am hoping that I actually like this semester nursing classes.
Well more to come on what I actually learn.
School officially starts tomorrow and I am going to be a busy busy busy person. I will have time for school and school. Yep that is about it.
My schedule:
Monday:
1130-1230 - New Testament
1400-1500 - Microbiology
1515-1615 - Advanced Writing/Critical Think
Tuesday:
0700-1900 - Clinical
Wednesday:
0745 -0945 - Nursing 202
1015- 1115 - Nursing 205
1130 -1230 - New Testament
1400-1500 - Microbiology
1515- 1615- Advanced Writing/Critical Think
Thursday:
Not sure what is going on with this day ???
Friday:
0745-0945 - Nursing 203
1400-1500 - Microbiology
1515-1615 - Advanced Writing/ Critical Think
Doesn't my week sound like loads of FUN? I think not, however, this semester I am learning all about OB and Peds, which is what I want to work in so I am hoping that I actually like this semester nursing classes.
Well more to come on what I actually learn.
Monday, December 13, 2010
YAHOO...
I made it!!!
I have officially made it through my second semester of nursing school. I am no longer a freshman!!!
Classes were way harder this semester but I do believe I am pulling off all A's which is an achievement. I think my favorite class this semester was Bro. Atwood's Psychiatric nursing class. He is a very nice, funny, and reasonable teacher. I actually wanted to go to his class (unlike my other nursing classes).
Christmas is almost here!!!
I get to go home on Thursday... no homework for 2.5 weeks.
I have officially made it through my second semester of nursing school. I am no longer a freshman!!!
Classes were way harder this semester but I do believe I am pulling off all A's which is an achievement. I think my favorite class this semester was Bro. Atwood's Psychiatric nursing class. He is a very nice, funny, and reasonable teacher. I actually wanted to go to his class (unlike my other nursing classes).
Christmas is almost here!!!
I get to go home on Thursday... no homework for 2.5 weeks.
Monday, December 6, 2010
State Hospital South...
So State Hospital South wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Most of the patients on my Unit seem with it, however when I read their chart I see how bad they really are. It is really interesting to see what some people suffer from. Sometimes I can 't even comprehend why they think that way. I hope that all of them get better and are able to go on and live normal and happy lives like the rest of us.
All in all it was a good experience but I most likely will never work as a psych nurse.
All in all it was a good experience but I most likely will never work as a psych nurse.
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