Amazing Clinical Day

So for the last year we have spent time in long term care facilities doing basic patient care. this was okay for the first level which was literally the nursing basics or the foundation that was needed to progress. as we got closer to Level 2 i was excited to shift gears and start working in the role as an LVN. unfortunately, that didn't happen. the only change in clinical's from level 1 to level 2 was some of us were allowed to pass meds. when i say some of us i mean like 2-3 people out of a group of 10. in all reality at the beginning of level two and during a good portion of that level we maybe got to pass medication twice. then a huge shift in teachers came. we lost all our clinical instructors and had a full flux in them. then our nursing director left and we got a new one. then... at this point the only instructors we had left were two of the ones we started with...then one of them left, she was offered a job at another school as a director (don't blame her for leaving). I am not a person that does well with changes so this huge flux in the staff and people i knew how to learn from were gone! part of me was ready to give up because academically i wasn't sure i could overcome this change. Amazingly enough and with gods help i stuck with it and endured the change.
In Level 3 which we began 2 weeks before Christmas break i thought things have to change now. but... they didn't only for a couple of people but many of us were still in long term care. we have rotated in and out of long term care and part of me felt defeated and that we were still doing the same thing we had been doing from the beginning.
But yesterday changed that completely. Our instructor felt we were not getting enough practice as a true LVN so she found a way for us to do that. everybody got two patients. our responsibility to that patient was to do exactly what an LVN would do. this included an initial Head to toe assessment, passing their medication, recycle medications when they run out, hang feeds, sign med book, check tidal volume and other vent settings for out patient and make sure they are accurate, accucheck and insulin administration as appropriate, morning vital signs, and any other needs that required an LVN such as calling the pharmacy with medications that ran out, chart on changes that occurred during our shift and give report to the nurse who was covering for us during lunch. all in all i felt very accomplished and like i could truly handle the day to day tasks of the average LVN!
I know that god truly put me in this profession to make a difference and i will work the rest of my life to make a difference and carry out his plan for me!

Reasons I Love My Husband

1. He makes me Smile
2. He works hard to make our life better
3. He has high expectations for himself
4. He does the Laundry
5. He knows how to make me laugh even when im mad
5. He loves me unconditionally
6. He makes my Lunch for the day when he is home and i have to be at school early
7. He loves the church
8. He encourages me spiritally, physically, and emotionally
9. He loves kids even when the're not his
10. He can Cook
11. He loves my Family
12. He has patience with me... especially when i mess up
13. He tells me he is proud of me when i do good in school
14. He drives when i dont want to
15. He helps me at work when we have too many babies for me to handle alone
16. He watches TV shows i want to watch even when he hates them
17. He has an eternal perspective
18. He does the Dishes
19. He takes out the trash
20. He cleans up the Dog poo and the hamster cages cuz i hate that smell
21. He has the most amazing kisses
22. His hugs make me feel warm and safe
23. He gets up in the middle of the night just to walk me to the bathroom
24. He has great patience
25. He is just plain AMAZING!


LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART BABE AND I WILL FOR ALL ETERNITY!

Nursing School Level Three

I Haven't updated my blog in a while but this just seemed necessary. We (meaning my nursing class) have just begun our third term we started it the last week in November. the classes got off to a start with a bang first subject to tackle was genitourinary. really didn't seem like a hard subject and i have to admit it really wasn't everything was pretty straight forward. if i hadn't had the disease or condition myself i knew someone who had. our final for that class was the last day before Christmas break. i did okay I'm proud of it and passed the entire Class with an A so in all honesty that's all that really mattered to me. we started the endocrine system or the hormone system. this subject is not going well. Its whooping my butt to say the least. Everyone in the class failed the 1st midterm and i have to admit i got that test and didn't have a clue about even one answer on that test. when we got back from Christmas break i was reassigned to Sunset Manor as my clinical site. my heart sunk when i found this out mostly because this site scares the crap out of me. everyone in the facility has a trach or a breathing tube coming out of their throat and connected to a ventilator machine which is basically breathing for them. They don't interact with you and most of them are vegetables that their life is sustained by medication and their breathing machine. i worked hard to make this work to gain something from it. so i volunteered to pass medication and take care of one patient. it was worth it the teacher was so patient with me as i somewhat struggled to pass my medication the right way. she spent a whole hour working with me and helping me to feel comfortable (what a blessing). needless to say the week as far as clinical's went well. we began pediatrics on Wednesday, it was okay but i have to admit i was so board i don't know why just the history is not really my thing i want to know how to make it all better. Needless to say Wednesday morning didn't really go all that well. level three continues until we graduate. We still have finals pending for Endocrine, Pediatrics, OB, Mental Health, and Leadership. wish me luck!!