I went to my mental health make up day today. Even though I am very interested in mental health disorders I was less than enthused to be going there today. I don’t know if it was because its almost the end of semester and I’ve had some time off where I did nothing nursing. Or …
Nursing
For the ones I wanted
I was busy in the emergency room Right away this morning when I got to work. Registration was starting at 7am and it was five til and I had two nebs and an arterial line to put in. What is a girl to do? I started the two treatments and while I was waiting for …
Clinical Catch up
Wow, I haven’t said much on this blog since my exam. I don’t recall if I said I did poorly on it or not. Well, I did according to nursing school standards my score is failing. (76). I am ashamed an nervous about the rest of the exams.(2) My last day of clinical was kind …
Not so good
I essentially failed my last exam. The grades came out today. What is a “C” for normal college students is an F for nursing students. (anything below at 77% is an F.) I got a 74.67%. That leaves my average as a B. If I do very well on the other exams and my other …
Clinical Update Day 7
Clinical Day 7 was a pretty busy one for me. I had two patients with similar stuff going on but they were very different and they kept me busy all day. And we didn’t even give medications! This coming week we will. I had done all my nursing diagnosis for the one more needy patient …
Clinical update – Day 7
This week was my 7th patient clinical day. This was the first week that we took two patients. I felt ready to do that. I picked two what I thought to be interesting patients. they were in rooms next to each other and of different age groups. Both with abdominal pain diagnosis but for different …
Colon Polyps
A polyup is a mass of tissue that protrudes into the lumen of the bowel. Polyps can occur anywhere in the intestinal tract and rectum. They can be classified as neoplastic (adenomas and carcinomas) or non- neoplastic (mucosal and hyperplastic) Non-neoplastic polyps, which are benign epithelial growths are common in the western world and occur …
Update -clinical day 5
Not a great day. My head really wasn’t in it this morning. I had my ass in a snit about something entirely unrelated. I woke up this morning and for whatever reason it was eating at me. This situation has since been resolved. My patient today was difficult. Wasn’t wanting me to do anything to …
Rectovaginal fistula
A rectovaginal fistula (RVF) is an epithelial-lined tract between the rectum and vagina. CAUSES 1. Perineal lacerations during childbirth, especially those due to episioproctotomy, predispose patients to RVFs. Failure to recognize and correctly repair perineal lacerations, or secondary infection of perineal lacerations, further increases the chance of RVF. 2. Crohn disease and, ulcerative colitis have …
Clincial update – clinical Day 4
My forth patient clinical day was pretty low key. My patient was fairly easy. No foley, no PCA, no IV fluids. I didn’t know this when I picked him. He had a foley, a PCA and IV crytalloids running when I chose him. He had an interesting case and one that I thought would have …