This was a tough practicum week for me. It was day 7, 8 and 9. I don’t know what it was, me being tired, taking the whole team for the first time or the complicatedness of my patients. By complicated I mean, they had chest tubes, drains, fresh incisions and the charting! The charting was …
Practicum
Nursing and Hydration
No one ever told me that I would not be able to keep myself adequately hydrated as a nurse. During my practicum shifts I have found my self with signs of dehydration- Thirst, dry mouth, dry skin, tiredness, sunken eyes (or is this from nursing school and getting up at 4am?) I have been so …
Practicum Day 2 and 3
This week I had practicum day two and three. I had trouble getting to sleep the night before day two and I yawned all day. Despite this it was still a good day. I did more patient care today but still no charting. I have all the med’s I was allowed to give to all …
1st Day of Practicum
My first day of practicum was last Wednesday. I arrived before my preceptor and another nurse was kind enough to log me into the computer system so that I could look up labs for the patient(s). When my preceptor arrived, we took report on her 4 patients. The first day is really orientation to the …
Yet another orientation.
Today was orientation for my last nursing class before graduation, which is in 53 days (including today). First thing in the morning at 0830 we had our HESI comprehensive exam my score was something like 1187 and the conversion score (the one that is counted for class) was a 99.99%. When I hit the submit …