It's Too Early For This

So it's snowing.  Like legit snowing.  There are currently about 2 inches on the ground, and still snowing, but it's not sticking, it's just being wet.  It's not even pretty snow.

It's not even Halloween yet, and it's snowing.

It's not even a school day.

Our electricity is out at our apartment too.  But we did get to take hot showers because the water heater is heated by gas, not electricity.  So that's nice.  And we went to a friend's house to do our hair for the dinner for my roomie's fraternity tonight, so thank you!!

My feeties are cold though.

"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." Acts 1:8

Make Up Your Mind Katie

I once posted that I wanted to get grades that I would be proud to post on by blog.

And now I have gotten that grade!!

But now I don't want to post it because I don't want everyone knowing my business.

Thanks for everyone who prays for me.  I need your prayers.

"The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew him his covenant." Psalm 25:14

We're #1!!!

For clinical this week, instead of going to the hospital, my clinical group got "volunteered" to help with an open house for high school students.

We had to be there at 0730.  An hour later than clinical would have normally started, so that was nice.

The teacher who was in charge of the open house, whom I'll call The Boss, told us what was going on that day.  The Boss said the 8 of us nursing students would have about 4 students each hour to talk to, teach, and inspire.  We would have a pretend patient/scenario that would help us make the point and connect the dots for the high school kids.  One of the things we would do with the high school students was do an IM injection on the dummy.  I'm sorry, SimMan.

The Boss said over and over, Don't let them stick themselves!  And if they do come and get me right away!

I'm thinking, I get it, no needle sticks.  Okay.  Let's get this moving.

The students started showing up at 0800.  We started talking about drugs and injections at 0801, and was ready to inject the SimMan at 0802, then she stuck herself.  The first girl stuck herself.  My first student.  The first one.  At like 0802.  Like they had only been there for a few minutes, and she is already hurt.

Yeah, and she didn't even know it.  She had gloves on and there was blood in her glove, but she didn't realize she had stuck herself until I pointed it out.

Did I say it was the first girl?

Me: Hey Boss, she stuck herself.
The Boss: What? Your're kidding.
Me: I don't kid.

I was tired when I got there, but I really perked up after that.

The only good thing was that her mom had attended this field trip so she saw the whole thing go down and said she wasn't surprised because she was "accident prone."  Poor girl.

It was good to get the stick out of the way first thing in the morning.

"But the tongue of the wise is health." Proverbs 12:18

Thanks Dude

So Steve Jobs is dead from pancreatic cancer.

It's sad.

I got my first Apple product about a year and a half ago for nursing school.  I have a drug book and encyclopedia and other great stuff on it.

Thanks Steve Jobs for making my life a little bit easier.

"But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." James 3:17

Changing My Mind

New thought process:

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." Philippians 4:8

Choosing to trust God and not go crazy thinking about everything that is in my head.

So:  "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Romans 12:2

And lastly: "For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Hebrews 13:5.

This Is It?

This isn't what I expected nursing to be.  There is so much paperwork.  I wanted to be a nurse because I did not want to sit behind a computer alllllll day.  But somehow, my life is reduced to computer work.

I really shouldn't complain about writing papers and all, because all students have to write papers or look at Power Points.  But I didn't realize that I would have to drag a computer around with me all day while working at the hospital.

I get it though, If you don't document it, it isn't done.  And I get, Don't think of it as a hassle, just think of documentation as good nursing and as a part of your job.

But I still get annoyed when I feel like all I do is look at medication orders and patient histories when I feel I lack in good assessment skills, the real nursing stuff.

And, yes, I spoke with the clinical instructor about it, and hopefully she will help me tomorrow.  I'll try and update you on it.

I guess I didn't realize that nurses seem to just hand out medications and document that they did as such.  A robot could pass out medication.  I didn't pay all this money and spend all this time to become a robot with warm hands.

I think that I thought there would be more hand-holding and less typing.

Please tell me I'm wrong, and that it gets better.  Maybe I just have the senior-itis.  Or maybe I'm just not on the right floor.  Or maybe whatever.  I just hope it gets better.  It has to get better.

I did enjoy following the middle school nurse around today though.  She was not chained to the computer (but maybe to the phone, she seemed to make a hundred phone calls while I was there, but at least she was interacting with people).

"And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.  For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." Habakkuk 2:2-3

That's Not What I Meant

So I was in clinical the other day and the conversation went something like this:

Me: *whispering* What is that smell? OMG, it's awful. Do you smell that?
Adam-My-Fellow-Nursing-Student: *whispering* Smell what?
Me: *whispering* That smell, its terrible.  It all up and down this hall.  I don't think it's a patient though.
Adam: *whispering* I don't smell it.
Me: Like gas, idk. *shouting down the hall* Brittany?  Do you smell that awful smell?
Brittany-My-Fellow-Nursing-Student: *shouting down the hall* No.
Me: *shouting down the hall* It must be my period.


Me: I mean, like when you can smell stuff more when you are on your period.

"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer." Psalm 19:14

*Names changed to protect the identity of the student.