CAUGHT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My boyfriend has been harassing me about not being caught up on my blog, and has given me reminders of how far behind I am. Of course, he was behind on READING for about a month, but just caught up the other night. So, since he got caught up, I figured I should get caught up, too. Plus, I wanted to be caught up before clinicals, so I could spend a fair amount of time working on writing about my experiences!
Tomorrow (well, I guess later today) is my first actual clinical, so I'm very excited about that. I get to be on a telemetry floor again, with mostly cardiac patients and some pulmonary patients, which will be exciting. I am in the right place for the surgical rotation to possibly see an open heart (how amazing would that be?!?), but if that falls through, I will at least get to see a cardiac catheterization and help place IVs.
So, enough about what is to come -- let's get down to today.
The exam was intense. I studied, but I felt so unprepared when I was reading the question. It was NCLEX-style questions, which have like 3 right answers but you have to choose the best right answer. In some cases, though, I felt that all the answers were wrong, so I was choosing the best, least-wrong wrong answer.... if that makes sense. It was tough and definitely made me think a LOT about where I would put my priorities and how much more I need to think about the question before choosing an answer. And, not to read into it too deeply, because I think that screwed me up a lot today.
Then, we had 4 hours of lecture on the endocrine system. Wow. I didn't think we could have spent any more time on it than we did last term in TWO classes. Add four more to it, and wooo-- you've got a LOT to know about it! However, I do see the reasoning behind it, because diabetes is such a huge issue and one that is fairly common.
And, since we were lucky and class got out early, I was able to spend some time with my partner for community health so we could put together our teaching plan for next week (we have to teach school-age children about handwashing), as well as cover some of the presentations we need to put together. Good stuff. I feel a lot better after having met.
I have an idea about teaching handwashing to kids, and I want to see it work. I saw this teaching plan that talked about having Glitterbug Potion that has stuff that shows up under a black light. I would LOVE to do something like that but not have to spend $20.00 for the "potion". I could make something like that by myself, right? Uhmm, no, not so much. Not yet, anyways. But my boyfriend gave me a few new ideas to try, so I will give those a go tomorrow after clinicals.
And now that I am caught up, I am going to bed. Wish me luck, tomorrow!!
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