~another month almost gone~
Gosh this semester is going by super fast. I can't believe graduation is right around the corner. I haven't posted in awhile because I have been super busy which is probably why time seems to be flying by. Lets see in the past month I have did quiet a few things.
First off I had the first peds clinical. Wow very interesting! My patient was a 4 year old who really just needed to be sent home. There had been no signs of illness other than abdominal pain that had been gone for three days now. This child really threw me through some loops. First of all anytime ANYone walked into the room she screamed bloody murder and jumped off the bed trying to hide under the bed IV tubing and all. This child would scream constantly until whoever went into said room left. You could hear this child ALL OVER THE UNIT! Imagine trying to perform an assessment on a child thats screaming at the top of their lungs AND fighting you nomatter what you do. I tried everything to calm this kid down and nothing worked absolutly nothing. I tried just about everything I could remember from our book about how to get them to chill out but I had no luck this child wanted nothing to do with anyone. The poor respiratory tech just trying to evaluate her finally gave up after 30 mins and when we walked out she said thats the worst child she has ever seen in thiry years lol nice way for me to start peds I didn't mind the child it didn't bother me she was so upset. I was surprized my nerves were still intact at the end of the day and I didn't have the urge to scream lol
I love working with babies because that is my passion. My goal right now is to get a position in the NICU, but working with older kids is also fine by me as long as they don't all scream like that
I had the first peds test this month. Let me tell you I was not a happy camper when I seen that grade. I studied for HOURS for this test like three hours a day for three WEEKS. That is a lot of studying! When I took that test I might as well have closed my eyes and picked A, B, C, or D and I would have had a better chance getting it right. I ended up making four points above passing which really got me upset because I had put so much time into it. I am grateful to pass because not many did BUT we all put SO much time into that test and still did horrible. The instructor says grades always get better on the second test but that still doesn't make me feel better about all those wasted hours studying.
I also had my second medsurg test this past week. I did wonderful on this test. I got a 92!!! I don't want to jinx it but that clas is going so smoothly so far.
May is coming up pretty fast so I have been trying to put in some applications. I really want this job in the NICU so hopefully I can get that, but if not I have a friend who can get me a job in the ICU if I want it. I think that would be a great opportunity, but I am not sure if I would like it just starting out. I'm not saying I won't take the job, but I would like to feel more comfortable taking care of someone in the ICU. I don't know if I will be comfortable with my skills just graduating to jump into the ICU but maybe it would be a good way to keep learning and I really think I could adapt and learn quickly.
First off I had the first peds clinical. Wow very interesting! My patient was a 4 year old who really just needed to be sent home. There had been no signs of illness other than abdominal pain that had been gone for three days now. This child really threw me through some loops. First of all anytime ANYone walked into the room she screamed bloody murder and jumped off the bed trying to hide under the bed IV tubing and all. This child would scream constantly until whoever went into said room left. You could hear this child ALL OVER THE UNIT! Imagine trying to perform an assessment on a child thats screaming at the top of their lungs AND fighting you nomatter what you do. I tried everything to calm this kid down and nothing worked absolutly nothing. I tried just about everything I could remember from our book about how to get them to chill out but I had no luck this child wanted nothing to do with anyone. The poor respiratory tech just trying to evaluate her finally gave up after 30 mins and when we walked out she said thats the worst child she has ever seen in thiry years lol nice way for me to start peds I didn't mind the child it didn't bother me she was so upset. I was surprized my nerves were still intact at the end of the day and I didn't have the urge to scream lol
I love working with babies because that is my passion. My goal right now is to get a position in the NICU, but working with older kids is also fine by me as long as they don't all scream like that
I had the first peds test this month. Let me tell you I was not a happy camper when I seen that grade. I studied for HOURS for this test like three hours a day for three WEEKS. That is a lot of studying! When I took that test I might as well have closed my eyes and picked A, B, C, or D and I would have had a better chance getting it right. I ended up making four points above passing which really got me upset because I had put so much time into it. I am grateful to pass because not many did BUT we all put SO much time into that test and still did horrible. The instructor says grades always get better on the second test but that still doesn't make me feel better about all those wasted hours studying.
I also had my second medsurg test this past week. I did wonderful on this test. I got a 92!!! I don't want to jinx it but that clas is going so smoothly so far.
May is coming up pretty fast so I have been trying to put in some applications. I really want this job in the NICU so hopefully I can get that, but if not I have a friend who can get me a job in the ICU if I want it. I think that would be a great opportunity, but I am not sure if I would like it just starting out. I'm not saying I won't take the job, but I would like to feel more comfortable taking care of someone in the ICU. I don't know if I will be comfortable with my skills just graduating to jump into the ICU but maybe it would be a good way to keep learning and I really think I could adapt and learn quickly.
posted by ~RN~ @ 4:33 PM
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