Nursing Student

Everyone Take A Look At This Funny Nursing School Blog!

http://whatshouldwecallnursingschool.tumblr.com/

I showed it to my professor after our final and she walked away laughing! It’s great!

Almost Done!

My Sophomore year ends this Saturday. I’m officially done with my first round of clinical rotations. It was one of the best experiences I’ve had in College yet. I remember every single one of my patients and I doubt I will ever forget them. They were all unique and amazing people.

I am not sure if I am working for a hospital this summer or not. I still have to go home and check out the local hospitals. If I do, I will continue to write this blog and update about what I am doing and all the things I am learning. If not, I probably won’t be posting as much. I will pick up and continue with my Junior year in August. I’ll be doing Clinical 2 days a week on a Med Surg floor!! (exciting!) And I will be entering my first Med/Surg class. (Hopefully it goes well). 

I wish everyone the best of luck with finals! Study hard and remember summer is right around the corner. Thank you so much for all the support this past semester. It truly means a lot to me <3

sunshineanddaisychains asked: You answered your own question :) The patient did not bleed a lot in surgery because the surgeon cauterized the blood vessels as he was cutting. A least that's what I was told when I went to the OR. I love Grey's too!! :)

ahhh! hahaha I didn’t even know they did that when they went in! I was in such awe at the beginning that I didn’t notice much haha. Greys is amazing!

I GOT TO HOLD A UTERUS!

I went into the OR last week in clinicals. In my surgery, the woman was getting a hysterectomy. (Note: I know nothing about the patient. We were not given any patient information this week, we were just randomly assigned to an operating room and told to watch). 

The procedure only took about an hour and a half. It was a lot shorter than I had thought it would be. Also, something I found interesting was when they opened her up, she didn’t bleed a lot. I forgot to ask the surgeon why that was because I was in awe at the whole thing but if anyone knows and would like to inform me, send a message! I would love to know why that is.

During the procedure they cauterized a lot of fibers around the uterus that was keeping it attached. This was my first time experiencing cauterization. I had heard that it smelled horrible and that it made some people nauseous. Honestly to me it was like something was burning but not flesh. Like if you burnt popcorn or something lol. And the smell went away very fast. But after they removed the uterus and ovaries, they put it in a silver tray and the surgeon came over and told me I could hold it and mess around with it.

It was awesome! So squishy and really warm to the touch. (I’m guessing because it was just removed from a woman’s’ body). There were a few cysts on it. One was the size of a ping pong ball. They were apparently harmless but might have caused some pain. They were a little harder then the actual tissue itself but not too hard. The ovaries are also bigger than I thought they were. They are about 1 inch long. It was half the size of my thumb and the entire uterus was about half the size of my fist. (Tiny!!) For an organ that can cause so much grief to people, I was expecting it to be a little bit bigger lol. 

After I held it I talked with the surgeon for a bit about hysterectomies and why woman chose to get them done. He told me a little bit about what other surgeries were like and how learning to perform surgeries was difficult but amazing. He told me I should consider being a scrub nurse since I was so excited to see the inside of a body. He said many students that come in generally either have to leave or they pass out. I was just so excited. (any Grey’s fans out there?!) 

Yeah that was my experience. I’m slowly dying this week however. It’s finals and I feel so unprepared. I’ll be spending hours in the library. So good luck to any other students out there taking finals as well, we all need it!

Clinical Day 8

Hey guys, I know I haven’t been on in awhile. With crazy weeks, cancelled clinicals and everything else that has been going on, it’s been quite hard to get on to tumblr. 

Anyways, today I got to see my first test performed on a patient of mine. I won’t describe the patient or the patients condition but I will tell you about my experience in with the test. It was a TEE (transesophageal  echo) Basically I walked along side my patient down to the procedure room. We entered the room and immediately the nurses had a million and 5 questions for me about the patient. Surprisingly, I was able to answer them all. The nurses were very nice and friendly. They talked to me and the patient about the procedure and what we could expect. Then they began to set my patient up for it. A heart monitor, automatic blood pressure cuff, IV, and a bunch of wires that I forgot to ask about. The patient was asked to breathe through a nebulizer, it looked like a smoking pipe. The Doctors came in and began to talk to the patient. Then more people that were gowned up and looked very professional came in and introduced themselves. The patient was very nervous until they received the anesthesia. The procedure was maybe 5-10 minutes. What they did was slide a scope down the esophagus to examine the heart with an echo from the inside. It was very cool. They showed me the valves and the and different sections of the heart. They were looking for any signs of infection but they didn’t notice any. After they removed the scope, the patient woke up and was very tired. I didn’t get to stay much longer, my class was almost over and I still had to report what I saw to my instructor. As I was leaving I stopped in the patients room to check on them. The patient was sound asleep so spoke quickly to family members about how brave the patient was going into the procedure since family wasn’t allowed in. 

Over all I thought today was a great learning experience I was very happy to see my first test be preformed and I’m so excited for more to come!

thenewgradrn asked: i absolutely love your passion for the nursing profession!

Thank you so much! :)

I really do enjoy nursing a lot. It really makes me happy and I try and take my time to understand my patients and get to know them. Its just what I love doing! :)

Another HW Question?

Two nurses collaborate in assessing an apical-radial pulse on a patient. The pulse deficit is 16 beats/min. What does this indicate?

A) the radial pulse is more rapid than the apical pulse

B) this is a normal finding and should be ignored

C) the patient’s arteries are very compliant

D) not all of the heartbeats are reaching the periphery

Thank you so much everyone! Its good to feel like I’m not alone when I’m so confused on some things I’m learning. :)