My last two days of clinical were this past week. Monday was my last clinical on the CHF/ Pulmonary Edema floor and Wednesday was my last mental health day. Monday went okay. The instructor ran it like practicum and I took a single nurse and her team. The day seemed really short but more like …
Clinical
It’s crunch time
Its getting to be end of the semester (or rather our mini semester) This week is going to be very busy. Two clinical days and a whole lot of other written work for this week and three days to do it in. Plus, I’m suffering from residual effects of this damn cold I had last …
Snot is My Life
With a title like that I bet you all thought this might be an RT related entry. It isn’t although that would be a great title if I wrote an RT blog. 🙂 I went to clinical sick this week. I had a sore throat that came on Saturday afternoon and stayed through Sunday. I …
Second clinical day.
I had a great second clinical day. (Monday) I had two patients who were both interesting and challenging. One was of advanced age and one a hematological disorder. There was an immediate chest pain emergency when I arrived on the floor after pre- conference. So I got to see that treatment protocol in action. It …
Firsts
I had my first clinical last Monday. I went the day before after I got to leave work at 3pm for the approximately 45 minute to one hours drive to the clinical site to pick and record my patient information. I got there and like 4 of my classmates were also there so we were …
Motivation or lack thereof
Wow, this week I’m just not terribly Motivated to do work for nursing school. I am wishing and hoping for motivation to do more than the bare minimum. I’ve done no reading. Just a little research on cardiogenic shock for my discussion board. I had to do a power point presentation on hemodynamics as well. …
Clinical Catch up
Wow, I haven’t said much on this blog since my exam. I don’t recall if I said I did poorly on it or not. Well, I did according to nursing school standards my score is failing. (76). I am ashamed an nervous about the rest of the exams.(2) My last day of clinical was kind …
Clinical update – Day 7
This week was my 7th patient clinical day. This was the first week that we took two patients. I felt ready to do that. I picked two what I thought to be interesting patients. they were in rooms next to each other and of different age groups. Both with abdominal pain diagnosis but for different …
Bad first day
Ever find yourself on mental overload? That was me this week- total mental overload. I worked all weekend and was able to get some “learning questions done” while at work on diabetes. I got 10 of the questions done In a couple of hours. Great, ahead of schedule. And yes I literally scheduled my week, …
Clinical day 6
Today was the last day of clinical for the semester. I was at Arnold Palmer on Tower 6. I had a 2 year old patient with failure to thrive. Cute kid. The day was simple and easy. The classmates and I went over to Legends Bar and Grill for lunch. That was fun. I have …