Jan. 23, 2012

Another exam today, and once again, we were mislead.  We all received an e-mail the DAY BEFORE the exam telling us to study from the reading guides, as these were what the test questions were drawn from.  So, I completely ignored the extensive review guide.  And wouldn't you know it--about half of the material wasn't on the reading guide and there were a lot of very in-depth, detailed questions.  I find it hard to study for these exams, because even though I do the reading and then review the reading guide, it still seems as though the questions are just drawn from somewhere completely different.  In any case, we then had a very short lecture on the birthing process, followed by more case studies.

Today was also the first day in Nursing Research.  We already had to do a discussion posting online, which I went ahead and did a week or so ago.  Then, as seems to be the norm, we had a quiz today.  Then, we had group work over the information from the quiz, which was basically looking up some information on a website and compiling it to hand in.

After class, I had to get into open lab, which started late because the person who was supposed to be supervising didn't show up.  Foley Catheter practice.  It's really not that difficult, procedurally.  What's difficult is not breaking sterile field--because you can do it so easily without even noticing!  After practicing, I feel more prepared for check-offs tomorrow.  What a long day!!

Here's what I woke up to yesterday, by the way:

I was planning on cracking the window... but I changed my mind....

Oh, and I forgot to add something from a few weeks ago!  There was a frog down in my sump area.  Unfortunately, he died overnight from when I noticed him; otherwise, I probably would have fished him out and got a terrarium or something for him (or her, I suppose).  So, here is yet another creature I can add to my repertoire of strange pseudo-pets.