A little less hand holding?!?!

That’s right. A little less hand holding.
This was a great last couple of weeks for clinicals.
Last week, I had an adorable client who reminded me of my great-grandmother. I really start to feel like a full-fledged nurse for the first time because I got to advocate for my patient. I set up consults to [...]

Knock, Knock

How sad am I? I tried to WOW Ishaq with a hilarious joke from school today.
Let me know what you think.
In lecture:
Instructor- “So this antibiotic reduces the reliability of birth control. So remember this equation…. Tetracycline+BirthControl = BABIES!!!!”
The whole class cracked up. Myself included.
So I told this comedic gem to Ishaq and was greeted…a stare. [...]

Guess Who’s Back? Back Again…

Hey! Basically, we’re getting down to the wire and my attention has been thrown full throttle into projects, papers, and tests.
The last test, I didn’t do so hot on…meaning more throttling at full force.
Also, clinicals is wiping me out. Now that the specialties are over, we are doing full patient care and charting for 8 [...]

Week 2 of Oncology

I had a patient that had everything but the kitchen sink wrong. From various psychological and psychosocial issues to an extremely advanced form of cancer to an advanced stage of an autoimmune disorder…I saw it all.
It was interesting to see the social stigma when it came to the autoimmune disorder. Some people refused to [...]

Oncology Floor

I spent this last week on the Oncology unit. I had to be at my school so that we could carpool at 0545. What a shock to my system! I’m a complete night owl and waking up early is always difficult. Waking up and being ready to work that early is even harder.
Oncology went better [...]

Feel-Good Moment

How scary is it to be admitted to a hospital? I don’t know. Knock on wood, I’ve never been.
I had a patient who had to go to surgery for a cyst and is pregnant. Terrified she was- and with good reason!
I was talking with my schoolmate about babies today and was reminded of her.
She had [...]

Result

So I didn’t pass the test. But, apparently only 6-7 people in our class made over an 85. I got a 79 which is the best you can do when failing. Bah. If only I had got one more question right.
It’s okay. They said it was tricky and a complete different format than we were [...]

Simulation Lab

Well, today I’m at clinical in the simulation lab at school. I have to be honest, the Sim. Lab frightens me to know end.
Why? At the end of last semester, we had a simulation lab without ever being told what one was or what to expect. We actually didnt even know we were going to [...]

My brain is dead.

Soooo, I probably bombed that first test. Things aren’t looking promising based off of that group test.
Ughhhh.
How unfortunate.
Like mid-70s is what I’m thinking. Or hoping for. I think around a 75? If its worse I’ll just curl up in the fetal position.
Anything below an 80 is failing.
Screw you first test of the semester. You too [...]

Test #1

Tomorrow is our first test of the semester. It’s covering operating room (pre-, intra-, and post), cancer, fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance.
All that smushed into 50 questions.
fmylife.
It’ll be okay, right??