Final thoughts on Fundamentals and a few other things.

I really enjoyed this class. The only thing I wish was done differently were when the slides were posted. I think the slides should either be posted the day before or there should be enough time to write everything down in class. If I can't have the slides printed and can't keep up then I feel like any little thoughts I write down are all disorganized and I won't remember exactly what I'm talking about. That was my only problem.

I'm pretty happy with my grade. I got a B in the class but I'm 0.43 points away from an A which kills me a little. I'm hoping it'll be rounded but don't think they round.

But I'm so excited for tomorrow!! I can't wait to start learning about injections and IVs. I actually got my flu vaccine today and wanted to ask the walgreens lady a ton of stuff about it but decided not to bug her.

YAY!!

I'm so excited to be done with my first nursing class and to have passed it!! I can't wait to get started on the next class. =]

Can't believe Fundamentals is almost over!

Wow time sure has flown by! My clinical went very well this week, much better than last week's. I really enjoyed helping our patient with everything she needed. And I'm so excited to use the med system that TMH has. I think it's so cool! Studying has been going good I guess. I feel a little behind on it but I'm sure I'll be ready come Wednesday. I did take a break to watch the FSU game with some friends last night. What a great game and I'm so excited we're ranked 16 now! Woot woot!

Stressful Clinical this week.

So this clinical wasn't the best one for me. My patient was resting most of the time so I felt like I was slacking cause I had nothing to do. I ended up trying to help the nursing techs. But when my patient was awake she wouldn't tell me what she needed and just asked me to get a nursing tech. And when it came time to do my assessment she said she wasn't feeling good and didn't want me to do it. Ms. Taylor ended up having to do the assessment while I watched which completely freaked and stressed me out. But I'll practice assessment on my roommates to be prepared for next week. Hopefully I'll have a patient who's more willing to have me help. So I've just been sort of bummed out today and something that I was hoping would cheer me up ended up not helping my mood and possibly bringing it down. I just can't wait to start the new week and get my mind off the past 2 days.

TMH Rehab

I enjoyed clinicals this Friday at TMH Rehab. All our patients were really nice and the one we took vital signs on was very excited to have nursing students. I got to practice 2 bed baths and made quite a few beds. We did forget to lower a bed and put up on of the rails on a bed and I had to put back on the isolation gown to go do it. I do wish that there was a little more to do. Our patients were mainly resting or at therapy so there was a lot of down time for us. I am really excited for next week's clinical though, especially because it's the afternoon shift and I don't have to be up at 5 am!!

Midterm Done!

So I gotta say, yesterday before I studied with Nikki I was stressing out a little. I felt like i had so much more to learn and felt so behind. But we went through the Fundamentals Success book that had a lot of questions like the test. I was able to figure out most of them and that really calmed me down. And for good reason. I did pretty well on the test. I think I got an 88 maybe higher depending on if Mrs. Damelio drops one of the questions. I am happy with that for my first test in nursing school. But will definitely start studying earlier for the next test. Tomorrow I have my lab which should be interesting with learning bed baths, brushing patients teeth, and shaving. And I don't have a clinical this week so that will give me some time to work on the paper since my parents are coming into town Friday.

First Clinical Done!

So first off, I am very proud of myself for getting to the clinical 15 minutes early. I am NOT a morning person and also have a tendency to run late. But it helped that I gave myself 45 minutes to get there. I was pretty nervous about meeting my patient but after hearing that some of us would be working with dementia patients I calmed down a little. I think I just had this feeling that I was going to be assigned one and that worked for me since my grandmother had dementia. I am used to interacting with someone with dementia and felt very patient and understanding with my patient. I really enjoyed my day with her and she was very sweet. However, I did have trouble getting enough information to write my paper. I think it'll be a little harder with less information. But with one clinical under my belt, I think I will be a lot less nervous for the next one.
Now on to studying for the midterm. Hopefully I will do very well on it. That would be such a confidence booster.