Twelve Hours Down

I had my first 12 hour preceptorship shift in the hospital yesterday.  It was good!

I loved not being under the tutalage of a clinical instructor.  They are always in the student's business, telling you what to do all the time.  In a regular clinical, each student is assigned one patient, and you have to write a careplan (aka paper) on your patient, and my careplans ended up being between 10 and 12 pages every week.

In preceptorship, students follow one staff nurse around the hospital for 96 hours in a semester, and write journals about how it made us feel, oh, and a presentation on an interesting patient.

12 hours down, 84 more to go.

My preceptor told me I was almost an expert in giving Lovenox shots.  I think I probably gave 8 of them in one shift.

I'm getting excited about graduation!

Only 104 days!!!

After 12 hours on my feet, I was aching.  I've been doing yoga with a DVD with my friends the past couple of weeks, and decided that even though I was tired, it would be a good idea to do some yoga.  After 20 minutes doing yoga, I felt sooo much better.  Definitely going to do that again.

"And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace." Ephesians 6:15

Look At All The Pretty Colors

Finally got up the gumption to color coordinate my 3-ring-binders and notebooks for school.

Mondays are green/blue.  Tuesdays are purple/flowered.

As OCD as that sounds, it really is a step down from my normal craziness.

Usually, the weekend before school starts, I color coordinate, print syllabi and outlines and Power Points, then put everything in stacks according the what day I will need them.

I don't go as far as to color coordinate highlighters though, that's just too crazy for me.

But the first week of classes is over, and I just now put my stuff together.

I almost thought that I wasn't going to color coordinate the binders, but I decided that it is too early in the semester to be lazy, and organization will be helpful later.

111 days until graduation!!!

I'm tired of school already though.  I'm ready to graduate.

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40:31

It's Almost The Beginning Of The End

School starts Monday.  My last semester of undergrad.  My last semester of nursing school.

The culmination of the past 4 or 5 years comes down to passing these 4 classes.

Nervous?  Dramatic?  Who me?  No...

I found out where my preceptorship (the clinical where I follow one nurse around all semester) is going to be, but I'm not going to post it as to not make everyone jealous of me.  It was not what I requested but I prayed for favor and for the Lord's will to be done, so it's gonna be banging.

Oh, and, I scraped my elbow the other day, and it hurts, and it makes me look like a 8-year-old who just got inline skates.

"The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way." Psalm 37:23

Let's Review

Last year I post some New Years Resolutions.

1. I think I did okay writing funny blogs.  I could definitely do more.  Here's one.  And another.
2. I have one song that I'm working on.  So I guess I should get moving with that.
3. Exercise is again going to be a New Years Resolution.
4. I read a few pages out of my MedSurg book this semester.  Does that count? No.
5. This I did.
6. I had people over!
7. I got the grades!! But I'm not gonna post them.
8. Success.  Usually.
9. During Finals I did study at the library.
10. I pray I see Father God move in big ways this year.

That's the review.

Now for new some new goals:

1. Be patient with myself and others.
2. Finish nursing school/get my license/be a great nurse.
3. Remember that God is in control.

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8