Saturday, October 16, 2010
Midterm mark...
I'm so happy that this week is over!
We had midterms on Tuesday, and I have to say that it was pretty difficult. I got an ok grade but of course there is always room for improvement.
This week was the most over whelming for me since I've been in nursing school. I had a horrible night Thursday because I had a confused patient that was taking up a lot of my time. I had two patients that both had a lot of meds. For my one patient, his meds were scattered all throughout the shift. So I felt like that was all i was doing all night, along with changing my incontinent and confused patient down the hall. I finally got a chance to go to dinner so late. I came back expecting that the RN i was working with was going to give the 1900 med since I was at dinner. She didn't. So that med was late. It was just a lousy busy night. I felt so flustered and unorganized. Nothing was going the way i wanted it to. My first opportunity to give an IV piggyback went down the drain when I flushed her IV and it began to leak. I just wanted Thursday to be over.
Friday was better. Not as busy, but I was scrambling to get my careplans ready to turn in by the end of the night. So along with the two i was working on already, I had to pick up a 3rd patient because one of my patients when home when i came on shift. My professor has been on my ass about finding interesting things to do on the floor, and she's been constantly questioning me about everything. It's horrifying for me to not know all the answers but it's also a good thing because it really gets the information ingrained in my head. Duhhh!!! Assess gag reflex! Gosh i felt like a total idiot for blanking on that one! She's really intimidating because i don't quite know what she thinks of me. But regardless, she's a great teacher.
I find myself dwelling on things that I should have done differently. I should have less social talks. I should have utilized my CNAs. I should have been more assertive. I should have spent more time researching my labs. I could go on and on. I know this is a bad thing. I need to learn to move on. It's a new day. A new week. I guess sometimes I really feel inadequate. I'm really hard on myself because I pride myself at being good at everything I attempt. I just have to realize that it all comes with experience.
My hope for next week is to be more organized, and to plan ahead. I can do this. 5 more weeks of med-surg :)
We had midterms on Tuesday, and I have to say that it was pretty difficult. I got an ok grade but of course there is always room for improvement.
This week was the most over whelming for me since I've been in nursing school. I had a horrible night Thursday because I had a confused patient that was taking up a lot of my time. I had two patients that both had a lot of meds. For my one patient, his meds were scattered all throughout the shift. So I felt like that was all i was doing all night, along with changing my incontinent and confused patient down the hall. I finally got a chance to go to dinner so late. I came back expecting that the RN i was working with was going to give the 1900 med since I was at dinner. She didn't. So that med was late. It was just a lousy busy night. I felt so flustered and unorganized. Nothing was going the way i wanted it to. My first opportunity to give an IV piggyback went down the drain when I flushed her IV and it began to leak. I just wanted Thursday to be over.
Friday was better. Not as busy, but I was scrambling to get my careplans ready to turn in by the end of the night. So along with the two i was working on already, I had to pick up a 3rd patient because one of my patients when home when i came on shift. My professor has been on my ass about finding interesting things to do on the floor, and she's been constantly questioning me about everything. It's horrifying for me to not know all the answers but it's also a good thing because it really gets the information ingrained in my head. Duhhh!!! Assess gag reflex! Gosh i felt like a total idiot for blanking on that one! She's really intimidating because i don't quite know what she thinks of me. But regardless, she's a great teacher.
I find myself dwelling on things that I should have done differently. I should have less social talks. I should have utilized my CNAs. I should have been more assertive. I should have spent more time researching my labs. I could go on and on. I know this is a bad thing. I need to learn to move on. It's a new day. A new week. I guess sometimes I really feel inadequate. I'm really hard on myself because I pride myself at being good at everything I attempt. I just have to realize that it all comes with experience.
My hope for next week is to be more organized, and to plan ahead. I can do this. 5 more weeks of med-surg :)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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