Monday, July 23, 2007

Transition time!

Everything starts changing this week!

And by everything, I mean my class schedule. Which, right now, is pretty much everything to me.

"Health Assessment and Promotion" wraps up this week. We have the practical lab exam today, and our final exam and final paper due on Wednesday.

I'm also finishing the lecture and practical lab portion of "Nursing Competencies I." The practical lab exam for that is early Tuesday morning. I've been having nightmares about bedpans and bed baths, so we'll just have to wait and see how it goes.

Friday marks the beginning of "Nursing Competencies II." This is the class that previous cohorts claimed made them feel like "real" nurses. It's when we learn how to give injections, draw blood, administer IV medicines, and stick nasogastric tubes down the mannequins.

I have yet to tell my classmates that it once took 5 nurses to hold me down for a routine booster shot. Here's to hoping I don't have a repeat performance!

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I'm like the little engine that could -- nursing school style.