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Disappointing and scary part 2
When I went to make the appointment with the teacher to talk about my dosage exam test score the teacher told me that I only got three wrong so I don’t “have far to go”. I could miss 2 questions and still pass. So on Tuesday I am going to see her to see which …
Exam score
I earned an 82.67 on my exam. Not terrible, not overly great. great and above the cut off for having to make the appointment with the teacher to “talk to her” It’s still a C believe it or not. The grading scale is tight. 92-100 is an A, 85-91 is a B, 77-84 is a …
today in class
It’s been a long couple of days. On Wednesday, we had our first exam. We had to be on West Campus (35-40 minutes away at that time of morning) and in our seats by 0650. Ria arrived at my house at 0520 and Jennifer Ria and I left my house at 0530. We arrived …
Nursing Humor – You might be a nurse if……
*You can drink a pot of coffee and still go to sleep in the morning. *You believe every patient needs TLC: Thorazine, Lorazapam, and Compazine. *You can’t see it; it’s probably not there. *Your sense of humor seems to get more warped each year. *You think it is acceptable to use “penis” and “vagina” in …
Interesting Article- Sharing Medical Costs With Strangers, Sort Of
Sharing Medical costs with Strangers, Sort of. It is so true that people use the ER for primary Care because they either a) have no insurance or b) are under insured. Health care costs are sky rocketing. I think that this idea of a faith based sharing plan is an interesting one. Read it and …
Nursing Care Plans
This week we are working on our first nursing care plan. A nursing care plan consists of Assessment subjective (what the patient says) objective – physical assessment of patient Nursing Diagnosis These provide a basis for selection of nursing interventions. Example: “acute pain related to (r/t) pressure on spinal nerves as evidenced by pt oral …
Almost half way through…
Today was my check off for changing a Cental line dressing with Cardiac assessment and Male and Female Foley catheter insertion with Abdominal assessment. I did fine on the two I did. It was a coin flip to which I had to do. I ended up with Female Foley Catheter instead of central line dressing. …
Booted from Lab –oops!
Went into the lab today with Ria to practice for the check offs tomorrow. It will either be Central Venous Catheter Dressing change (with Cardiac assessment) or Female Catherization with abdominal assessment. (We get to flip a coin to see what we have to do so need to be prepared for both.) I got booted …
Today in lab.
Today I was able to get three check off’s done. One Major (NT suctioning/ Trach care) and two learning assistant check offs (Administering Eye/Ear drops and Rectal/Vaginal suppositories and transferring a patient with a lift.) I was not nervous today about the check off. For the major check off you only had to do one …