Both this weeks and next weeks assignments for school are done and turned in. The first assignment was writing 4 NCLEX -RN style questions to turn in. They had to be good so I hope they are. I would post them but someone might use them and then there might be trouble. The second assignment …
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2nd clinical day- APH
My clinical on Tuesday was good. I had a pretty simple patient who was there for vomiting and diarrhea. A baby. All I pretty much did all day was do vitals, weigh diapers, change a bed sheet, pain checks, did q2 IV site checks and hung some Rocephin (200mg delivered over 30 minutes) Cute kid …
Fertility
Infertilility affects so many women these days. I decided to educate myself a little bit. Here is what I found out. Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Luteinizing Hormone is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland in response to stimulation by gonadotropin releasing hormone, the same hypothalamic releasing factor that stimulates follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) release. LH affects gonadal …
Into Podcasts? Taking a HESI exam or the NCLEX-RN exam??
Into podcasts and studying for a HESI or for the NCLEX-RN exam. Good podcasts available here by AnnelieseRN. Check them out!! http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/22608
First exam in Maternal Child done
First Exam in Maternal child health is done!! I didn’t think it was murder like some of my classmates say but it was difficult. I think I did alright though. The grades have not been posted yet. I did make the mistake of rounding up on a gtts/min calculation but whatever. I got the other …
3rd and final day of OB clinical
Yesterday was my 3rd and final day in the OB clinical. Today I followed a patient from C-section, through recovery and back to the unit and I also took care of her baby. I was able to watch the c-section because I wasn’t with the baby nurse. I was with the circulating nurse so I …
2nd Day of Clinical
Today was a great day in clinical. I was assigned to a postpartum nurse and we had three patients. Two in the beginning then we added one when we were discharging one of the other. I was able to two two head to toe assessments of newborns and one head to toe assessment on a …
First Day of Clinical
My first day of clinical was mostly uneventful. I was assigned to OB triage and had one patient. I helped out with giving a baby an IM injection of the Hep B vaccine right in it’s little Vastus lateralis which is one of the meatier parts on a newborn. I watched also an assessment …
Hesi Achievement test.
Wow! This was kind of an emotional day. I car pooled to the west campus with 2 of my classmates, Ria and Tiffani and Ria and I had a yummy tropical smoothie for breakfast. We took the big HESI achievement exam today. I didn’t do as well as I hoped although I did pass. Just …
Exam 2
Today we took our 2nd exam. It was 85 questions, five of those being dosage calculation questions. (I aced those). there were some questions that I was very unsure about. And I spent about 2.5 hours on the test. Grades were posted about an hour ago. I managed an 84%. Not too shabby. I am …