February 2012
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Clinical Day: 6
Today the patient I was given refused care so instead I went around the floor and helped various others with whatever tasks they needed. I performed a few accu checks, administered some insulin, cleaned a patient, watched a dressing change be performed on a patient who had received a hysterectomy, drained a JP drain, watched an IV be hooked up, made some beds, took vitals and then practiced...
That Moment when you're finishing up a care plan...
yeah thats me right now :)
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Anonymous asked: How long have you been studying nursing for? I am in my final 3months at the moment :)
Anonymous asked: You're right about confidentiality being important, and I think its awesome that you addressed the issue and committed yourself to making sure that you didn't harm a single patient by infringing on their rights. You are doing a good job, keep up the hard work!
Anonymous asked: I know that you don't give names ect but do you not feel that you are still impeding on nurse-client confidentiality by putting some of this stuff up on the internet for anyone to see?!?!?!
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Clinical Day: 5
Today was probably my favorite day so far. We were assigned patients last night and we picked up our patient information. I did a Care Plan with the diagnosis being Fall Risk. I was up until 1ish last night finishing it all up and this morning I was in the hospital by 6:45. I immediately went to go check on my patient and asses her vital signs. She was a very lovely elderly woman with dementia....
justkeepbreathingthroughitall asked: oh god its comforting to know someone out there is suffering with nursing just like me. and by suffering i mean loving the whole career but dying with the amount of work x)
Anonymous asked: What made you decide to become a nurse? :]
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Clinical Day: 4
Yesterday was my very first day taking care of a single patient by myself. (Well without my instructor or other nursing students with me). It was so exciting. Sunday afternoon I went to the hospital with a few friends and we picked up our patient information sheet, wrote down charting info and left. While the Superbowl was on, I made my drug cards, wrote up my care plan and got an article for my...
kelseyfindingbeauty asked: What year are you in nursing school?
blackisyou asked: Omg i DO love learning about everything. I took my own blood pressure in lab today and I was so excited. I wanna buy my own sphygmomanometer and take everyone's BP. Just had a vital signs test and all that's stuck in my head is PERRLA lol
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kenzalicious349 asked: What are care plans? I see so many posts from nursing students about how awful they are, but I have no idea what they are haha :]
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Home for the weekend and practicing Physicals on...
My brothers put up a fight at first but I think they began to realize that its going to happen no matter what. In lab this morning we learned how to asses the ears nose mouth and eyes so I only practiced those skills. It was actually very easy on my 1 brother and my Dad. I was able to use the ophthalmoscope and asses the optic nerve, the veins/arteries and the fovea. They were clear, easy to move...
Anonymous asked: I love following you. Your blog is seriously my favorite one. I'm a nursing student as well and its so unbelievable how I can relate to all this! Love you!
gaymergeek asked: You are fantastic just saying I'm on an entry to nursing but I expect to do a 2nd year before I apply to a university here in Scotland. But oh my God you are right we have no life and Care plans are DIRE! But the rest of it is so rewarding and worth it. =)
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blackisyou asked: Oh that's pretty awesome. Did you do the LPN school at all? That's what I'm doing now before I go through RN school. It's all so interesting to me. :)
January 2012
46 posts
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Clinical Day: 3
Today was my 3rd day at Clinicals and my first day interacting with a Doctor. To be honest, I was so disgusted by the way the Doctor treated and acted around the patient. She was a slightly over weight woman who had recently undergone surgery. She was in pain but had refused her morning pain meds. I went in to change her linen and give her a bed bath with another student and all was going well....
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Passed the 100th follower mark sometime last...
Thanks to everyone that is following my blog. Its so encouraging to know that there are so many people just like me experiencing this difficult course. I know it will be so worth it in the end :)
blackisyou asked: I just started following and I saw a post abt clinical. What level nursing is this? LPN or RN school?
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Thought this was pretty nice: 5 Reasons to Date a...
Originally posted by http://swaggervin.tumblr.com/
1. They can be the best cure for hangover and the most adorable first-aid provider in town.
Are you going to date a nurse? Well, I’m gonna throw all my worries and stresses away if I were you. No need to fret hangover because an expert will be on your side and ready to give you effective ways to get over it. Of course, your dear nurse...
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Met my 1st Male Nurse
Him: Have you met the patient in that room?
Me: Yeah I just gave a bed bath. It took a long time though.
Him: Yeah shes a f***ing pain in the balls.
Me: .......
Him: Princess has to have her way though! Good learning experience!
Anonymous asked: How do you balance nursing school AND a job? (if you have one haha)
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Clinical Day: 2
Today was a lot more fun than the last day.
It began when my friends and I walked into the hospital and straight to our conference room. Immediately our instructor said we would be seeing our first real patients with another classmate and we would be taking vital signs for the first time.
um…..terrifying might describe what I felt. We haven’t learned all the vital signs yet, we...
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Blacking out the Blog
Stop SOPA, call your representatives and let your voice be heard! Tumblr is a free blogging site that lets us express how we feel and express who we are. We will not let the US government take that away from us.
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Fundamentals Discussion
Professor: Well you see, there are many psychosomatic disorders and there are many disorders that can also be caused by the presence of stress in ones life. Can someone give me an example?
Random guy in back of class: Yeah. Last week we had our first day of class and on that first day we took a test that we had to achieve a 90 on. Well because of how much stress studying for that test caused me, I got diarrhea. Is that what you mean?
Professor: ...........
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Well Back to Classes Tomorrow.
I had a nice 4 day weekend which is something that won’t happen again for the semester. My teacher miraculously cancelled my Friday class and classes were cancelled on Monday due to MLK day. I enjoyed going home and seeing my family for a bit and then heading back to school. It was a good weekend. :)
Nursing all day tomorrow!
Anonymous asked: I want to get a tattoo on my cutting wrist.A small, simple one that says, "Destroy What Destroys You" in a pretty font.But I'm planning on becoming an RN. Will having this tattoo hurt my chances of being hired? It's not just a stupid last minute decision tattoo, it has so, so, so much meaning to me.
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college23girl asked: I'm a nursing student blog ;D
annasaurusrexox asked: Hey hey! What is your least favourite thing about nursing school???
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Health Assessment homework.
Today was my first day of health assessment. It was actually a nice class especially considering it was the same teacher that taught my class nursing concepts last semester and no one got an A because of how confusing and hard she made the class. As a nursing class we all gave her a horrible evaluation due to the fact that we all felt as if we learned nothing. But in this class she seems to have...
Anonymous asked: Is the math in nursing school really difficult? I'm honestly terrible at it... I've been going to tutoring for a year but it still isn't my strong suit. I'm worried that it will prevent me from doing well when I go to school :/
realmofpossibilitiy asked: I am a high school senior and I attend a technical school for the first 4 periods of the day, and I am studying licensed practical nursing there. I will graduate from it in March of next year. And then i plan on going for my RN. Anyways I love your blog! And i was just wondering if you knew a website with good nursing scholarships/grants?
kenzalicious349 asked: I'm so happy I found your blog! I'm a junior in high school and I'm planning on going to nursing school to be an RN. You're really the only one I've found on here :D
