T. Bennette, SN
Wow! Time flies by with no consideration! When did October go and why is December so close? Family class has been an adventure with insecure teachers, crazy classmates, sick kids, grumpy parents, screaming women laboring, etc.
Wound care is.... .... ....
This quarter is almost over and the next almost come. Soon to be able to say only 5 quarters left in school! yah! So, exciting! :-)
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
8am
S. Berning, SNAnd that's pretty much all I have to say about 8am classes.
Vacation is almost almost officially over-in about an hour it will really truly be the start of the fall term of my junior year in nursing school. Although at the moment I'm admittedly being more than slightly neurotic about life in general I generally see starting school again to be a positive step...except for the whole 8am thing which sucks. fact.
Back to it...
T. Bennette, SN
After a VERY short summer vacation (only 4 weeks) we are in anticipation of classes once again beginning tomorrow. All I can say is vacation was WAY too short and classes start WAY too soon!
Junior year here we come!!!! :-)
I am sure we will be FINE...
Freaked Out
Insecure
Neurotic
Emotional
After a VERY short summer vacation (only 4 weeks) we are in anticipation of classes once again beginning tomorrow. All I can say is vacation was WAY too short and classes start WAY too soon!
Junior year here we come!!!! :-)
I am sure we will be FINE...
Freaked Out
Insecure
Neurotic
Emotional
Monday, August 18, 2008
I See A Light---I Think!
T. Bennette, SN
One and a half weeks until freedom, oh beautiful freedom. Oh how nice it will be to wake when I want and sleep when I want! I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel, grant it there is also a train heading my way, but hey... Finals (the train) are next week and I am no where near feeling ready for them, but they will come and go as everything else and I am mostly resigned to my fate---especially since four weeks of vacation follow!
Today we got to use our amazing dressing care skills today. My car's automatic window would not roll up and it was raining...so we searched high and low for anything we could use to cover it, to protect my poor car from the wet. We were able to find as our supplies: tin foil, plastic grocery bags, and duct tape. There was only enough tin foil for half the window, so we used that and two grocery bags taping them all together. I was doing to the window care while Sarah (my assistant) provided the strips of tape. As we started she looks at me and asks "so how do you want to do this...like dressing changes?" How weird is that? I was putting a wound dressing on my car! poor thing!
oh, by the way--if you didn't already know--life is awesome! I can hardly wait for vacation and all the fun I plan to have to make up for missing this summer. Travels, friends, hiking, biking, etc here i come! :-)
One and a half weeks until freedom, oh beautiful freedom. Oh how nice it will be to wake when I want and sleep when I want! I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel, grant it there is also a train heading my way, but hey... Finals (the train) are next week and I am no where near feeling ready for them, but they will come and go as everything else and I am mostly resigned to my fate---especially since four weeks of vacation follow!
Today we got to use our amazing dressing care skills today. My car's automatic window would not roll up and it was raining...so we searched high and low for anything we could use to cover it, to protect my poor car from the wet. We were able to find as our supplies: tin foil, plastic grocery bags, and duct tape. There was only enough tin foil for half the window, so we used that and two grocery bags taping them all together. I was doing to the window care while Sarah (my assistant) provided the strips of tape. As we started she looks at me and asks "so how do you want to do this...like dressing changes?" How weird is that? I was putting a wound dressing on my car! poor thing!
oh, by the way--if you didn't already know--life is awesome! I can hardly wait for vacation and all the fun I plan to have to make up for missing this summer. Travels, friends, hiking, biking, etc here i come! :-)
Drama and Estrogen
Sarah Berning. SN
It's Confession Time. Being in an estrogen dominated environment was the one aspect of nursing school that really scared me before I started. I don't know why it concerned me so much because I've grown up always surrounded by other girls...but on the other hand-maybe that's why I was so scared! I guess I've just always had the feeling that a class full of girls would have waaaay more than it's fair share of drama-and guess what? I was right. It's not all bad and certainly lends itself to some very amusing moments-but sometimes I would give a lot to be an engineering major and bypass all this estrogen! Especially when we're all packed into a tiny classroom...and especially when we're in a tiny classroom right before finals week...and especially when we're packed into one tiny classroom right before finals week and our hormones are all peaking at once!! In fact, it got to the point last week that there was so much drama in class I started really look forward to our end of the week clinicals. For some reason my exam exhausted mind thought clinicals sounded like safe place to retreat and escape from all the gossip. Ha. When I showed up to the hospital on clinical morning I realized (all over again) that the hospital is literally the grand central station of gossip and drama!!
And another comment-why have I never been coached on the correct way to approach doctors? Why do people assume all student nurses are humble, polite and sweet girls with zero attitude? Why has no one ever considered that some of us might have really smart mouths and really bad observational skills? Why has no one considered any scenarios where a doctor comes up to the little student nurse and is totally rude and the student nurse doesn't notice that the doctor is a doctor until its just a leetle too late and she's already totally told him off?!...not that this suggestion has anything to do with personal experience or anything like that...
On a positive note, I officially have my next two years of school completely scheduled out-which is a very secure place to be! It's weird to have my classes all the way through senior year already marked out...I'm not used to this level of organization and planning!! It makes graduation seem so very very far away and yet close at the same time.
On another positive note- I really really like all the aspects of nursing that have to do with patient care. I really like working with my patients and I really like all the medical aspects of caring for them so those are the two major parts of nursing that are absolutely great!
It's Confession Time. Being in an estrogen dominated environment was the one aspect of nursing school that really scared me before I started. I don't know why it concerned me so much because I've grown up always surrounded by other girls...but on the other hand-maybe that's why I was so scared! I guess I've just always had the feeling that a class full of girls would have waaaay more than it's fair share of drama-and guess what? I was right. It's not all bad and certainly lends itself to some very amusing moments-but sometimes I would give a lot to be an engineering major and bypass all this estrogen! Especially when we're all packed into a tiny classroom...and especially when we're in a tiny classroom right before finals week...and especially when we're packed into one tiny classroom right before finals week and our hormones are all peaking at once!! In fact, it got to the point last week that there was so much drama in class I started really look forward to our end of the week clinicals. For some reason my exam exhausted mind thought clinicals sounded like safe place to retreat and escape from all the gossip. Ha. When I showed up to the hospital on clinical morning I realized (all over again) that the hospital is literally the grand central station of gossip and drama!!
And another comment-why have I never been coached on the correct way to approach doctors? Why do people assume all student nurses are humble, polite and sweet girls with zero attitude? Why has no one ever considered that some of us might have really smart mouths and really bad observational skills? Why has no one considered any scenarios where a doctor comes up to the little student nurse and is totally rude and the student nurse doesn't notice that the doctor is a doctor until its just a leetle too late and she's already totally told him off?!...not that this suggestion has anything to do with personal experience or anything like that...
On a positive note, I officially have my next two years of school completely scheduled out-which is a very secure place to be! It's weird to have my classes all the way through senior year already marked out...I'm not used to this level of organization and planning!! It makes graduation seem so very very far away and yet close at the same time.
On another positive note- I really really like all the aspects of nursing that have to do with patient care. I really like working with my patients and I really like all the medical aspects of caring for them so those are the two major parts of nursing that are absolutely great!
Almost Done!!
Sarah Berning, SN.
It's the week before finals
and all through the class
are red blood shot eyes
and wheezy death gasps.
....not really! :)
It's the week before finals
and all through the class
are red blood shot eyes
and wheezy death gasps.
....not really! :)
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
"Normal"
S. Berning, SN
Ok, so the past few weeks have truly been nothing but "drama" and that's getting to be pretty normal. The drama of finishing classes (equals finals), starting classes (equals tests), doing wacky things like making cakes late at night(and i'm going to note right now that mine had waaaay more frosting than hers!) and studying at the river (which, btw was also my idea). I am beginning to feel like nursing school is starting to become the norm-just like being a student nurse hopping around the hospital is starting to feel pretty normal.
I was pretty surprised when I looked at the calender today and saw that we only have three more weeks until we're done with our first term of nursing! I do feel like I've come a long ways from the first couple weeks of school-thank goodness! Giving injections, catheters, assessments and iv's are no longer mysterious or frightening and (to be honest) I really kinda enjoy giving meds-which is totally surprising.
I am getting really tired tho. I haven't really gotten sick yet but I have experienced some really awesome weekend crashes where I literally sleep for almost the whole night and day. Today I only napped for a couple hours;) after we were done with our morning of testing and then I rushed around to do some house keeping. It's amazing how fast a little dorm room can deteriorate! Tomorrow is another clinical day and that's becoming super normal. I can honestly say that I no longer get nervous-I'm not exactly excited but I'm definitely not scared anymore!
So I guess the summary of this post is that I'm getting comfortable-at last!!
Ok, so the past few weeks have truly been nothing but "drama" and that's getting to be pretty normal. The drama of finishing classes (equals finals), starting classes (equals tests), doing wacky things like making cakes late at night(and i'm going to note right now that mine had waaaay more frosting than hers!) and studying at the river (which, btw was also my idea). I am beginning to feel like nursing school is starting to become the norm-just like being a student nurse hopping around the hospital is starting to feel pretty normal.
I was pretty surprised when I looked at the calender today and saw that we only have three more weeks until we're done with our first term of nursing! I do feel like I've come a long ways from the first couple weeks of school-thank goodness! Giving injections, catheters, assessments and iv's are no longer mysterious or frightening and (to be honest) I really kinda enjoy giving meds-which is totally surprising.
I am getting really tired tho. I haven't really gotten sick yet but I have experienced some really awesome weekend crashes where I literally sleep for almost the whole night and day. Today I only napped for a couple hours;) after we were done with our morning of testing and then I rushed around to do some house keeping. It's amazing how fast a little dorm room can deteriorate! Tomorrow is another clinical day and that's becoming super normal. I can honestly say that I no longer get nervous-I'm not exactly excited but I'm definitely not scared anymore!
So I guess the summary of this post is that I'm getting comfortable-at last!!
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