Fluids and Electrolytes OH MY!

Wow, I can';t believe the last time I updated was Feb. 15! Tims is flying! I had my second exam on Monday I did pretty good on it, I got an 82%! Which is great. Today I had my clinical and that was fun. I worked on my care plan yesterday for about 9 hrs. It was alot of work I also passed my head to toe assessment today! I am very happy about that. Tomorrow I have lab and we are going to be do intra muscular injections. I have to cool little injection pad to practice on. On top of all this I have going on, I am starting to get a cold, which sucks. I so didn't want to wake up this morning and go to clinical but I had to. I did take a very long nap once I got home. This week we have started fluids and electrolytes. It's a difficult topic. Most of the lecture was over my head, so I really have to study that.

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Today was a great day. I got to go see my cousin, so that was really cool. I missed her. I wrote my paper that is due tomorrow. I am now sitting here working on my care plan for Wednesday. Trying to put all pathos for the disease together and understand how they all link together. The kids have been driving me a little buts today, acting like wild people. I ahve a quiz tomorrow. Wish me luck! Nothing else is new. Have a great week!

Sarah

Ahhh The Weekend!

Finally the weekend is here! I have made it thru another week! This past week has been when all the pressure has hit me. I went to work yesterday 8:30 am to 7:30 pm! Such a long time! Today I have off. The kids are at their moms so its a nice little break. Today is my Valentine's Day. Tomorrow I work 5am to 1:30pm. Then after work I have to go to my clinical site to get my client's medical history because I have to write a care plan for Wednesday, when I go take care of my client. Thank goodness we have Monday off from school, so I can take all day to write my first care plan! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Ohhhh Yah

Ohhhh yah I forgot to say that I got an 86% on my first exam!

First Day at Clinical

Today was my first day at clinicals. I was so nervous because it was something so totally new to me. I have sooo much to learn! I got to talk to a few clients and choose the one I will be taking care of for next week. I have to do a plan of care and know everything about my client. At the end of the day I was breathing so fast and could feel my heart about to jump out of my chest. I never thought I would feel like that. I didn't expect to feel like that, but now this is for real because I have someone else's life in my hands. Nursing school is so different from regular school because if I do something wrong I could hurt someone and I don't want to do that! All the nurses were super nice, so that's really good. If we had a question they were so helpful. Overall, today was a little overwhelming but I made it thru!

Me as a blind patient so my partner can feed me

Finally Thursday!!

It's finally Thursday!!! I passed my vital sign check off today! I was so happy and still am!!! Today in class we brushed each other's teeth, fed each other, and gave each other bed baths. It was so weird to have someone else brush my teeth and feed me! Now, I will know how my patients feel. I studied with some friends at the library for a little. Overall, I had a great day at school!

Feeling the Stress

I am so full of stress today! I had my vital sign check offs today and I practiced so much for it. I thought I had it down. I failed the blood pressure part, everything else I did perfect on. First I let the air out to fast. Then the second time I second guessed myself and said the systolic was 108 because I thought 96 was too low and it turns out it was 96! Man, I felt like crying! I have to redo it tomorrow. Also, the blood pressure cuff was different than the one I practiced with. I just had to remind myself that this wasn't the end of the world. I just felt so disappointed in myself but after talking to my friends in class I realized its ok, I will get it tomorrow. I did get a 10 out of 10 on my math quiz on Monday, so that's great. And we have an exam next Monday, which I am totally stressing out about. All the questions are going to be NCLEX style. Just a lot of stress today! I need a bubble bath and some wine!

The LS Building where all my nursing classes are