My first day of clinical was mostly uneventful. I was assigned to OB triage and had one patient. I helped out with giving a baby an IM injection of the Hep B vaccine right in it’s little Vastus lateralis which is one of the meatier parts on a newborn. I watched also an assessment …
Hesi Achievement test.
Wow! This was kind of an emotional day. I car pooled to the west campus with 2 of my classmates, Ria and Tiffani and Ria and I had a yummy tropical smoothie for breakfast. We took the big HESI achievement exam today. I didn’t do as well as I hoped although I did pass. Just …
Exam 2
Today we took our 2nd exam. It was 85 questions, five of those being dosage calculation questions. (I aced those). there were some questions that I was very unsure about. And I spent about 2.5 hours on the test. Grades were posted about an hour ago. I managed an 84%. Not too shabby. I am …
Successful day
Today I had two hurdles to overcome. First was the retake on the dosage exam. I passed this time. I made a silly mistake otherwise I would have gotten 100%. I forgot to round up my drops per minute (gtts/min) from 2.5 to 3 drops per minute. I knew it as soon as I left …
Proposed changes to HIPPA
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/05/20110531c.html
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 …
Today was the dosage exam. I did really well on the practice exams I took last night at home. It is required that you get a 92% or better to meet pass the exam without having to take it over. I don’t know what my actual score is because the way we were notified of …
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 …