Since we had a holiday on Monday, we had to have class today (Wednesday) my normal day off. Which means that the other clinical groups only have one clinical day this week, while we still have two. Worry you not, though--it will be balanced out in two weeks!
Today we had a quiz. And wouldn't you know it--the professor had quesitons on it that were not from the chapters we had to read. It was only after we protested this that she said she would consider altering our grades because it was unfair to have had questions that we weren't told to study for. The e-mail she sent out later, added insult to injury, as she said she was being generous to do so. This coming from the professor who claimed she hadn't looked at or revised the quiz questions on the medication quiz in five years. This threw some of us off--because one of the questions in particular had a correct answer that was no longer in practice!
In any case, we had simulation today. And let me tell you, I felt completely shattered afterwards. Confidence? Broken. I don't believe I was ever cocky or overly confident--but I felt I was at least competent in being a nurse, and I didn't feel that way after this simulation at all. But, the professors said we all did a good job.
The scenario was a woman coming in to the hospital because she hadn't felt her baby kicking as much. SHe was found to have hypertension, so she had to be admitted. She had to have a Foley placed, as well as an IV. Then, the lab work returned that she had HELLP syndrome (hemolysis [breaking down of blood cells], elevated liver enzymes [from the blood being broken down], and low platelets [not able to clot as well]). When it got to my group of five, she had a hemorrhage, and I was the medication nurse. Everyone said I did so well with the calculations and medication administration, but I was shaking and honestly felt like I wasn't doing good at all.
Oh well--it's time to shake it off and get ready for clinicals tomorrow!
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