#bsn student

[mod-cia]

ATI don’t you dare time out the module I am literally interacting with it right now-

IDLE FOR TEN MINUTES MY ASS 

[very-nearly-witches]

Me: I should be more careful with my money.

Also me: Buys 5 books, tickets to see Planet Earth 2 live, pays over £200 to jump out of a plane, buys loads of fabric even though I don’t have a sewing machine, practically lives off of Starbucks coffee...

I have a problem.

[perks-of-being-a-nurse]

taking IVs out of tiny humans

As a second year nursing student in my program I can take out IVs, but not insert them (this is something we learn this fall and I’m SO EXCITED). I’ve taken out quite a few IVs in the past year. It’s a skill I feel very comfortable with. In the winter semester this past year I was on a surgical floor with a lot of patient turnover, so I had the chance to take out a of of people’s IVs.

I continued my streak of (almost) always discharging my patients on paeds during my practicum. I took several IVs out of several small humans. 

The first IV I (tried) to take out on my first day was in the ER. I had an eight year old patient with abdominal pain and vomiting. She was diagnosed with gastritis, and discharged. She had an IV (I don’t know why, she wasn’t dehydrated, I don’t think she got any medications, she didn’t really need it, but WHATEVER), and I was going to take it out before she left. I went into her room with the nurse I was working with and explained to her and her parents what we were doing. I started taking the dressing off, and she started S C R E A M I N G. I didn’t know what to do, nothing like this had ever happened to me before. She was screaming and crying and she did not want me to touch her. The RN I was working with ended up taking it out. (Great start lol).

Most of the IVs I took out were out of babies. Kiddos under the age of two. Not really talking a lot, not necessarily understanding why I was doing what I was doing. Most of them were under the age of one. I love babies. They’re great. So cute. They all screamed or cried a little bit, but generally I think it went well.

The last IV I took out was on my last day of practicum, or very close to it. The last week sometime I think? It was another eight year old, but one I knew better. She had been my patient for a day and a half, and I had a really good relationship with (I think.) I explained what I was going to do, and she was a little bit nervous about it. She wanted to do it in 20 minutes, I said 5, and we settled on 7. I came back in actually exactly seven minutes. My instructor came with me, I can’t remember why, but it was good and chill. I talked her through everything I was doing, and she handled it well for being so nervous. I gave her a clean IV catheter and extension thingy with the needle taken out to take home, and she thought that was pretty cool. It was so much better than the first time!

Way more different and varied than taking IVs out of adults. A real wild ride.

[survivingnursinginthephilip-blog]

Nursing Stories : I once admitted a kid for dislocating his neck attempting to eat a banana

The kid was fine. Just a bit scared of the medical personnel who came close and had many opinions on bananas afterward.

But documenting that admission and charting had me chuckling to myself all night.

It was one of the times I thought Nursing wasn't all about the buisness of misery and all that. Lol. Any funny Nursing stories?

[theglowstickchronicles]

Hey nursing students,

tell me your expectations for clinicals, what you want from your (clinical) instructors, and any tips/advice you have.

10 internet points to each response.

THANKS

[perks-of-being-a-nurse]

bus (mis)adventures

I missed my bus this morning.

soooooo early morning busses in my city (at least the ones I take) are always early because there is less traffic and they don’t need to stop at all the stops since people aren’t always there. I was on time for the bus I wanted, but it was early so missed it. I can adapt, I can roll with the punches, so I got the next bus.

I don’t think I’ve ever taken the 6:25 bus to the hospital before, like ever. I’m on the bus, it rolls through downtown, and this guy gets on. I recognize him but I can’t immediately place him. he sits down in a seat accord from me, and then it hits me: he’s a resident! he just finished his paediatric rotation and I did a sim with him in the fall run by an MD I know.

we have a nondescript conversation, exchange names, mention paeds, nbd. but you guys, he smells SO GOOD. I guess I’ve never been close enough in the hospital to smell him and he’s always in scrubs, not the very nice buisiness-casual peach shirt he’s wearing (peach is one of my favourite colours imo). usually I’m not attracted to people I don’t know personally, but I want to go on a date (and possibly more) with this stylish, nice-smelling, medical resident.

my morning just got a little bit better.

[perks-of-being-a-nurse]

day 2: what are you excited for?

this semester I am excited for a lot of things! it’s really great. I’m only taking four classes this semester. it’s the least amount of classes I’ve ever taken, so I’m excited about that and I hope it’ll be a little more chill than some previous semesters. I’m also excited to move out into my own apartment this semester. In the winter a close friend of mine is moving in to be my roommate which will be a ton of fun. I’m also going to be working this semester, so I’m excited to have a little bit of extra money.

[perks-of-being-a-nurse]

day 1: goals for the semester

so, I was planning to start this like a week ago aaannddd I didn’t. but! here I am now. I am going to be doing universi-tea’s back to school challenge. heres day one!

I have two main goals for this semester, and they aren’t directly about school.

goal #1: cook and eat healthy food that I like! I have this goal for two reasons: I want to eat healthier, and bringing my own food is way cheaper than buying food either at the college or the hospital. I am moving out of my parents’ house, so I can buy and cook food that I like, and be in control of my food in a way I haven’t been before. when I was Up North and cooking for myself, I ate semi-okay (better than I expected) and I ate lunch every day and dinner most nights. I’m excited to cook whatever I want to eat!

goal #2: get more sleeeepp. I do not sleep enough during school, I know that about myself. I am not a morning person, and that makes early morning clinicals extra hard for me. I want to try and switch my sleep schedule earlier so it’s easier to wake up early. I also need more sleep for like health and stuff.

also, I am going away for a week, so I may not post any more of these for a little bit. I’m going to try and write a few of them and queue them, but we’ll see what happens lol. thanks for reading!