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Thursday, March 27, 2008

 

test ahoy

I scheduled my NCLEX-RN exam today. I will be taking it on April 30. Now I kind of feel like peeing my pants in terror... not so much because tests are scary to me, but because it means I have a hard date that I cannot procrastinate about.

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

 

ALL DONE

And that is that!

I graduated on Thursday. It was the strangest feeling. Possibly because I got drunker than I have ever been in my LIFE on Wednesday with my classmates. I've been trying to make up with my liver ever since.

I have a lot of mixed feelings right now - I'm glad to be done with school and its tests, papers, and other hoops through which I had to jump... I'm both excited and terrified about starting my new job in a couple months... I'm very relieved to have some free time to myself until the job starts... I'm oddly anxious and sad about not being around my beloved classmates all the time, and am trying to feel out the right way to stay in touch with my favorite people without being annoying and clingy. The one thing that I am NOT troubled about is taking the NCLEX. I know it's a big deal, and I know I need to prepare for it, but I am completely confident that it will be fine.

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Monday, March 17, 2008

 

one more!

I'm feeling so much better today. I still have an alien mucous creature living in my nose, and I make funny sounds when I cough, but my energy level is normalizing and I don't feel like I need to sleep 80% of the time.

I had my last regular test at school today - it was surprisingly not that hard. Or maybe I studied effectively, although since all my studying was done while high on cold medicine, I'm not convinced that's the answer. The good news is that all of my classmates who were worried that they might not pass the class did really well today and are most likely going to be fine and graduate with us!

Now I'm off to go on a hot date with my husband.

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Sunday, March 16, 2008

 

mmmmmmmmmmm

LUSH -- Fragrance: Silky Underwear Solid Perfume

Wow! I've been waiting for this perfume for years, ever since my first trip to a Lush store in Victoria. I adore the scent of Silky Underwear powder but I'm not much of a powder wearer... this is the perfect product for me!

Now I just need to go downtown and hit my local Lush.

Friday, March 14, 2008

 

six days

I only have six days to go. I am much sicker than I have any right to be - coughing up gross stuff and everything. Ridiculous. I did not let that stop me from going out after clinical with my classmates tonight, though, because it was the very last day of our very last clinical!!! Thank goodness.

All that I have left for the quarter are two more exams for med-surg. They're going to be tough but I fully expect to pass them and graduate. I know several of my classmates are sweating it, though.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

 

fault

I overheard an interesting point of view tonight at clinical. A patient was admitted to the floor, apparently had been nauseated and over-sedated in the ER, came to the floor and complained of major pain, then began to projectile vomit. Lovely. The nurse was advocating strongly for the patient, saying "I need pain meds for this patient, they are hurting badly" and generally agitating to get the patient's meds ordered right away. But then behind closed doors, I heard the same nurse saying that she didn't feel any sympathy at all for the patient, because the chronic pain issues are the result of blown-out knees secondary to morbid obesity. In fact, the nurse said something along the lines of, "I feel sorry for the patients with brain tumors because they didn't do anything to bring it on, but the ones with problems from obesity I don't feel sorry for at all because they made that choice."

Wow. That's not very compassionate. And it made me wonder: Is this attitude okay? Does the patient with morbid obesity deserve less sympathy than anyone else? The nurse didn't appear to TREAT the patient any differently... but her attitude was pretty clear. And I also wondered if it's even fair - once someone gets overweight for whatever reason, it is really really hard to lose, especially if you have blown out your knees and can't exercise effectively.

What do you think?

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

 

feets

World's Softest Support Socks

Beloved classmate M* gave me a tip about these new support socks she just got and says are extremely comfortable. They look excellent and aren't even spendy! Want.

Saturday, March 08, 2008

 

hey, shut it!

In Our Own Words: Anti-Complaining Campaign

I think this is a great idea. One of the reasons I'm so excited about my future job is that because it is a new unit, I will be able to have an immediate effect on the culture of the unit. The number of people from my class who will be on the unit is up to 4, with a few more still in the interview process. All of us who have been hired are non-complainy people, so I hope that we can carry that positive vibe forward!

Thursday, March 06, 2008

 

two weeks

Graduation is two weeks from today.

My last med-surg clinical is halfway over.

I think I'm finally starting to understand how to administer IV medications. Stupid IV pumps.

I've got 3 more exams and 1 more nursing process paper to write in the next two weeks.

One of my very favorite classmates got a job on the same unit as me! She may not be able to work days with me initially, but we'll be going through orientation together. That makes me really happy - she is the one person in my class who I am certain I would have been friends with even if we weren't in nursing school together.

Yesterday afternoon one of the boys in my clinical group said, "Hey guys, two weeks from now we'll be standing in [Classmate A]'s yard with beers in our hands." Unbelievable.

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