Saturday, August 28, 2010

Time to think

It's finally the weekend and I have had the chance to reflect on my first week of school. Three words that would describe it are overwhelming, exciting, and challenging. I can definitely see my work cut out for me.

 On top of 6-9 hours of class or lab each day, we have a quiz in every class each week (5) and assignment due for each class (5) and multiple readings for each class. Not to mention preparation work for the next week and clinicals. I don't believe the word "bored" will be in my vocabulary this semester!

Overall the first week was crazy, and I'm excited to see how I handle this challenge and how it changes me and makes me grow up. I think it will be a fun ride! First clinicals are this Tuesday and I will be starting at 7am at Lewiston Rehab which is very close to my house. We get to choose an "anchor" resident and we get to examine them, do a health history check, drug research regarding their condition(s), and the fun part, we get to know the patient. We do a full work up on them, and we are with the same patient the whole 5 weeks of our LTC assignment. I am excited to finally start doing RN work compared to CNA work, I think it will be a big learning experience!

I am excited to start practicing my calling!

I will post again soon!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Whirlwind

      The first two days have come and gone! Monday we had prof. role development, and health assessment, both two hours each back to back, then we had both labs for these classes after lunch back to back! The sure keep us busy on Mondays. Tuesday we oriented for our clinical from 9am-4pm, and then I headed to work. Wednesday will be similar to Tuesday, as it is our other clinical day. I found out that my clinical site is: first 5 weeks at Lewiston Health and Rehab, for day shift. The second 5 weeks is acute care in Grittman Medical Center in Moscow ID, for evening shift. I'm really excited about clinicals, I think they will be a blast and a huge learning experience. Thursday we have pharmacology, (and prof role development lab II), which I think will be awesome because we learn our drugs, and everything about them. I think this info will be very useful in our jobs. Friday we have medical surgical nursing, which should be another tough one but again, very interesting!
    Overall, nothing too interesting has happened yet, but when it does be sure that I will post it! Goodnight all and I will be back for a new post soon!

Monday, August 16, 2010

New Beginnings!

I am starting this blog to keep my friends and family updated on my trials and tribulations in nursing school. I will be posting some funny, happy, sad, and bizarre experiences from my career here, and hope that in reading this someone, anyone, is entertained, or maybe even learns something! This will also be a place to vent some frustrations as well I am sure. Anyway, nursing school begins next monday, the 23rd. Clinicals don't start until the second week of school, but classes start out at a run the first day! I will be posting often (hopefully twice a week) in the evenings before bed. Happy (future) reading!
Until then, Goodnight!

-CJ