One day left. Yep, that's it. Working in this nursing home has had its ups and downs. I've enjoyed working with my patient, but I feel as if I haven't been able to get through to her or help her in any mind blowing way. Having only worked with her for 3 days I didn't have much time to sit down and get to know her. It sucks, but I guess that is how clinicals work. It doesn't help that when I got to clinicals the CNAs had already done all of my work for me. :( There was no bonding over AM care because baths/grooming etc was already finished.
Also, she was at other facilities half the time I was there so I spent that time helping the people in my group with their patients. Because of this I knew more about their patient than my own and I grew closer to them. O_O It's weird, but that's how it was. The people I met are sooooo nice. This one lady's husband comes to visit her and the way he treats her makes me envious. You can tell they are in love even after all of these years. That's just one of the reasons why going to clinicals every morning has been enjoyable. Other people there are very nice. I've only been there 3 days but I feel like I've learned so much from these people in such a very short time. <3
Well, 2nd rotation starts on Wednesday so I'm off to the hospital to do wound care, etc. Hopefully I'll do better here. Can't say right now if the people within this hospital will be as nice as the residents within the nursing home. I can hope, right? XD
Me
Monday, October 26, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Clinical Orientation and Exhaustion
Today was clinical orientation. I woke up at 5 thinking that I had to be at my clinical site at 7. Hahaha. I checked my planner and realized I had to be there at 8. Oops. I stayed up instead of grabbing another hour of sleep because I was too excited to go to sleep anyway. 6 a.m. rolled around and I started pulling myself together which consisted of a long shower. My scrubs looked nice, my hair looked great so everything was fine with the world.
Umm, lets see. I arrived at my clinical site at 7:35ish. Traffic was horrid, but okay for the most part. I didn't know if I was parked in the right place because I never received an email about parking from my professor. That was my own fault because I emailed the wrong woman three days ago and didn't realize my mistake until this morning. >.<
So I sat around in my car and waited until I saw some classmates. One showed up and I flagged her down. A few more showed up. Around this time I was beginning to feel a bit better about myself. Then we all realized we had parked in the wrong place (another student went and asked) so we had to climb back into our cars and move. We ran into our clinical instructor and she led us inside the nursing home.
The 4 hour orientation was a bit overwhelming. We played a scavenger hunt where we had to find where everything in the place was. This building was huge so it took me a while to find everything even WITH 6 other girls there to help me. He got trained how to use a gait belt and then after a talk with the other clinical instructor about how we'd be graded we got our patient assignments. I got to look at my first chart today. It was amazing and overwhelming at the same time. I never knew a chart could hold that much information about a person. The thing weighed about 8 lbs. LOL. We found out why our patient was there, what meds they were on etc. All in all it was very eye opening. I'll never complain about a mild headache again. These people are very, very sick. It's really sad, but it's my job to take care of them and I will. XD
So, yeah. That's my first day at clinical. It wasn't really eventful. Afterward I had another skills lab to get to, so after lunch at my sister's I went to that. When I finally got home I attempted to study, but instead I slept for 5 hours straight. I've never been so tired in my life. Nursing school is wearing me out. I literally fell asleep with my face pressed against my pharmacology book. I'm about to go study a bit more now so I won't fall behind more than I already am. Tomorrow I don't have class so I'll be catching up on all the web stuff I need to finish and these papers I need to write. This semester is almost over. I can see the light.
ONLY 3 MORE SEMESTERS TO GO!!
Me! XD
Umm, lets see. I arrived at my clinical site at 7:35ish. Traffic was horrid, but okay for the most part. I didn't know if I was parked in the right place because I never received an email about parking from my professor. That was my own fault because I emailed the wrong woman three days ago and didn't realize my mistake until this morning. >.<
So I sat around in my car and waited until I saw some classmates. One showed up and I flagged her down. A few more showed up. Around this time I was beginning to feel a bit better about myself. Then we all realized we had parked in the wrong place (another student went and asked) so we had to climb back into our cars and move. We ran into our clinical instructor and she led us inside the nursing home.
The 4 hour orientation was a bit overwhelming. We played a scavenger hunt where we had to find where everything in the place was. This building was huge so it took me a while to find everything even WITH 6 other girls there to help me. He got trained how to use a gait belt and then after a talk with the other clinical instructor about how we'd be graded we got our patient assignments. I got to look at my first chart today. It was amazing and overwhelming at the same time. I never knew a chart could hold that much information about a person. The thing weighed about 8 lbs. LOL. We found out why our patient was there, what meds they were on etc. All in all it was very eye opening. I'll never complain about a mild headache again. These people are very, very sick. It's really sad, but it's my job to take care of them and I will. XD
So, yeah. That's my first day at clinical. It wasn't really eventful. Afterward I had another skills lab to get to, so after lunch at my sister's I went to that. When I finally got home I attempted to study, but instead I slept for 5 hours straight. I've never been so tired in my life. Nursing school is wearing me out. I literally fell asleep with my face pressed against my pharmacology book. I'm about to go study a bit more now so I won't fall behind more than I already am. Tomorrow I don't have class so I'll be catching up on all the web stuff I need to finish and these papers I need to write. This semester is almost over. I can see the light.
ONLY 3 MORE SEMESTERS TO GO!!
Me! XD
Sunday, October 4, 2009
It's about to begin. XD
Hmm, playing catch up...
So, I've been passing all of my tests which is awesomely amazing. I passed all of my Professional Clinical Nursing skills test so I'm done with that until the spring. XD Doing the urinary catheter and the enteral feeding wasn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be, but that was on a dummy. I'm sure the real thing will be a lot different. >.<
So this Friday I picked up my scrubs, which were $84.96 for 2 by the way. I got my nursing student ID so I'm all set for tomorrow. We have to wear our scrubs to show the professors what we'll look like on Tuesday. That's the day we actually start clinicals. I can't wait. XD
I'm trying not to let the nervousness get to me, but it is. I wonder what my first patient will be like. I'll be responsible for them for the next 3 weeks. Will I be able to take care of them the way I should? I hope so. We'll see.
Well I'm off to straighten my fly away hair. I have to look my best this week.
Me
So, I've been passing all of my tests which is awesomely amazing. I passed all of my Professional Clinical Nursing skills test so I'm done with that until the spring. XD Doing the urinary catheter and the enteral feeding wasn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be, but that was on a dummy. I'm sure the real thing will be a lot different. >.<
So this Friday I picked up my scrubs, which were $84.96 for 2 by the way. I got my nursing student ID so I'm all set for tomorrow. We have to wear our scrubs to show the professors what we'll look like on Tuesday. That's the day we actually start clinicals. I can't wait. XD
I'm trying not to let the nervousness get to me, but it is. I wonder what my first patient will be like. I'll be responsible for them for the next 3 weeks. Will I be able to take care of them the way I should? I hope so. We'll see.
Well I'm off to straighten my fly away hair. I have to look my best this week.
Me
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