REL 315 Research Proposal

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~Sarah~

Wow

This past week everything has been hitting me hard and the stress is kicking in. I did my teaching project at the clinic with my group. That was a great experience! We taught people from Nepal. It was great to be able to teach people and feel like I made a difference! I had my first exam this past week, I passed! So that's good. I had my check off for trach care and I passed that with flying colors! Now, we are learning hematology and cardiac. This next test is going to be even harder!

Sunday!

Awww Sunday! What a lovely day, but I am at work! Thw weather is finally cooling off a little. This week I have my IV insertion check off on Tuesday. Alsp, on Tuesday I go to a clinic and do a group project. We have to teach basic handwashing, flu prevention, oral hygiene, and fppd safety to the patients there. That should be fun. Last night our group meet up and we finished the poster boards and the paper we had to write. It was a good meeting.

Wonderful Day!!!

I had a fantastic day today! I passed my head to toe check off, received my school loan, and got out of class early! Awesome! And then I went to Target and found a bunch of awesome stuff on clearance! I was ubber excited about that. This is my 3rd week of school and I can't believe how fast the time is flying! On October 5th I go to Mayo Clinic for my clincials. I am very excited about that! Next Tuesday I have my IV check off at 7am! Wow, that's soooo early!!! Just have to practice doing IVs about 100 times or more before I will feel comfortable with it. Then I can pass! Tomorrow is the GASN (Glendale Association of Student Nurses) meeting. I plan on going to that. Now, off to bed for a long 8-5 day at school tomorrow!!! Ahhhh the joys of being a nursing student!!!

Block 2!!!

Today was my first day of block 2! My teachers seem very nice. We had a lecture on head to toe assessment. Tomorrow we have one on IVs. Today they gave us a lot of information and I felt like my head was going to explode slightly. lol. We get to do a teaching project at a clinic to refugees from Africa. That is going to be fun! I am excited for this semester!

End of Block One

I sit here thinking of all the things I have learned this past semester. I know it has been about a month and a half since school ended, but the reality of all of this is just starting to settle in and I love this feeling. I love this feeling I have of knowing that I am following my dream and am going to be Sarah Glinos, R.N.! For example today I was explaining to someone how a catheter stays in place in the bladder and how it works. It just hit me at that moment that I know the stuff I learned well enough to teach someone else and it was an amazing feeling. It's such a powerful thing to be able to educate someone. This past semester I have seen and smelt things that I don't want to remember but I do. I learned to deal with uncertainty and change in a second.

Any who, enough with the emotional BS! So summer is here in Arizona. Hot hot hot!!! My summer started off with a pinched nerve and 6 weeks off of work. It was cool to spend time with the family but now that I am back to work I am happy. MONEY! The kids are at their mom's house for 6 weeks and I miss them dearly. I have been delighted with the company of my two dogs, Sam and Snoop, while I am missing the kiddies. I am taking two online classes that are so way easy compared to nursing school. I started reading Go Ask Alice today and that book is very good. It has sucked me in.

Luis and I took the kids to Rocky Point. We all had a really good time.

That's Joshua playing with his sling shot and Jasmine in her new dress.

Spring Break!

It's finally spring break! I have been waiting all semester for this! Today I am going to see Alice in Wonderland with some friends from school and Jasmine is going to go with me. Tomorrow night I have dinner with some neighbors. Then on Wednesday I have a study group in the morning. Then Thursday I am getting married and on Friday to Sunday I will be in Rocky Point. Woo Hoo. This week is going to rock.