Pharm, Pharm, Pharm. Today we had a substitute teacher instead of our regular professor, because she is apparently out of the country doing a conference in China. And I probably didn't mention this before, but I am nonetheless intimidated by the fact that she is an MD, PhD. Yeah, wow. I regard her already as a very educated woman who will know her stuff and will be an excellent resource.
But, the lecture today was great by our stand-in professor. She was really knowledgeable and pinpointed the most important pieces of information to cover. It's a lot of information, though. And, the best part is, pharmacology is a hybrid class, meaning half of it we are supposed to do outside of class on our own. So yes, it is somewhat intimidating and overwhelming at this point. But, it is doable. If classes before have been able to do it, so, too, can I.
And after lunch, more med/surg lab was in order. Because we didn't have enough fun the first time around! So, more practice on parenteral medication administration. So, three IM sites, three subcutaneous sites, and usually one intradermal site. Practice, practice, practice. I'm not really worried about the intradermal, which is like giving the tuberculin test (testing for TB). Come to think of it, I can't really think of any other uses for intradermal injections....
Oh well, so a few different techniques for each and special considerations for finding each appropriate site. The only part I'm worried about is selecting the size and gauge of the needle. I'm still a little fuzzy of how that works, although it's coming together bit by bit. And, open lab was helpful for practicing the actual procedure for how check-off was going to work, which was really nice.
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