6 posts tagged “hesi”

I got an 88.91 on the HESI exam. I attribute most of that to good guessing, because as I was taking the test, I felt like I did not know anything. Well, I'd see the question and think "huh...I used to know that" and would give it my best shot. So, better than straight up guessing, but nowhere near actually knowing the answer.

Today I worked, but only until 12:15 or so. There were 5 of us on, and when I mentioned to the charge nurse that I was tired because it was coming up to finals, she said that after AM care was done I could probably leave. So leave I did. Which is nice because I am sleepy, but bad because that was my only day this week and instead of 12 hours I got 5.5.

I went to school for my CBI checkoff at 1:30. My clinical instructor, Jessica, was there so she said that she would take me. I told her that I am less comfortable with this skill than any other skill this semester. So she did a demonstration of all three types of bladder irrigation for me. Now this was good because after the demonstration I realized that I had no idea what was expected of me for that skill. This was bad because if you get a demonstration from an instructor, you can't be checked off that same day. I had to sign up for another time on Thursday morning before the final review. That's okay, I guess.

I came home and took a nap for an hour or so. I decided to get Taylor when I woke up at 4:45 because I didn't want to have to get up again to pick her up before 6. On the way home I checked my voice mail and I had one from Jessica asking me to call her about my CARP assignment. She said that it had to be emailed today or else I would have an incomplete for my clinical course. Sigh...I had planned on doing it tonight or tomorrow, although I knew I really should send it in today. So when I got home, instead of going back to sleep I sat down and did my paper. It's not my best work, but I'm pretty happy with it.

I've also done some HESI modules to prepare for the HESI exam tomorrow morning. I'm going to do a few more after I figure out what to make for dinner.

I really, really need a nap. Although I took one yesterday, I went to bed pretty late last night and have more or less been awake since 6:45 this morning (I slept in between hitting the snooze bar until 7:45 or so). I had my Final Evaluation for Clinicals this morning at 8:20. I passed, of course, and my instructor had some very nice things to say about me. The only weakness she mentioned was PIE charting, as I (and most of my class) forget to document the evaluation part if it's only something like 'patient understood instruction' blah blah.

Anyway. At 1:30 I have a checkoff in skills lab for Continuous Bladder Irrigation, which is why I'm not sleeping right now. I still have to read/learn it right quick before I go.

Also today I have to study for my HESI exam tomorrow and I really should write my IPR that is kinda due today (kinda in that the prof said to turn it in "next week" last Tuesday, but my syllabus says it's due a week after you go to CARP). Whatever. I just want to nap.

I am so freaking tired! I know, this is nothing new for me but I've actually been getting a good amount of sleep this week. Tuesday night I got 12+ hours, Wed I got...maybe 6 or so (which is less than I prefer) but then last night I got 8 so I don't know why I feel like my head is about to fall onto my keyboard.

Except perhaps that I've been sick for a week. I don't know if I've continued to run a fever because I haven't taken my temp since Tuesday AM when it was 101F. I'm just not giving my body enough chance to recharge, I suppose, and I won't in the near future either. I would love to go home tonight and just go right to bed but I have too much stuff to get done.

I have a test on Wednesday and we have to show proof that we've completed half of the course requirements in the HESI and MedsPub modules or else they don't even let you take the test. HESI I can deal with. They say, complete 8 modules. MedsPub says, "Complete 90 minutes in this section", which is stupid. Last night I signed on and then let the annoying voiced lady talk while I cleaned up the computer room (which is such a welcome improvement. It was a shithole.). When she finished one page, I'd click to the next, and in that way I got a lot of the required time out of the way. I still need to study for the actual test too.

This weekend is going to be busy.
Saturday:
8:30-11:30am Skills Lab Class (and check off on CVL flushing and dressing change which I have to study for tonight)
1:30pm-?? My grandmother's 80th birthday party
7:30pm-?? Monster truck show at the stadium (I'm excited! Alex got the tickets free from work and I've never been to one before so it should be fun!)

Sunday Alex has his motorcycle class from 7am-3pm I think, so I shall sleep, study, and go see my grammie somewhere in there since she is selling her condo and they close on Wednesday. :( Oh and I also have to do my paperwork for clinicals on Monday.

I just. need. to SLEEEEEEEEEP.

Seriously. I feel like I'm going to fall over.

Today was Semester II orientation. I found out that I am doing clinicals at the VA Hospital. This is sucky for a couple reasons: no one from my old clinical group is there, and it's all the way in Palm Beach Gardens (at least a half hour away and that's with NOOOOOOO traffic on 95). As for the VA itself, I've heard both good things and bad, so I guess we'll see. Unfortunately I'm not working in this area after graduation, because I've heard good things about being a VA nurse. Although they don't have OB anyway, so I guess that wouldn't work.

I printed out the syllabus for each of my classes and started skimming through them. Not really a good idea. All that does is freak me out looking how much I have to accomplish in the next four months. Chest tubes and ostomy care? Ewwww. I also found out that I will rotate to a detox center for one day, and I will also have a shift where I act as the Charge Nurse(?) and head up the team of student nurses. Everyone gets a turn at this.

I will have 6 exams this semester before my MedSurg HESI and my final exam. A couple papers due for clinicals (same as last term, IPR, CHAT, DHAT) except we are expected to be more thorough this time.

Today I need to:
Take down the Christmas tree so it can go out with the trash in the morning

Tomorrow I need to:
Buy a couple books and sell my books from last term
Clean out my notebooks and/or buy new ones for this semester

This weekend I need to:
Assemble my clinical supplies
Wash and iron my uniforms
Start reading
(maybe)Do a VA runthrough so I have some idea how to find the lobby

Tomorrow morning is my nursing lecture final. I am somewhat comfortable in my knowledge for it. Laura and I studied last night, today, and tonight. We listened to her lecture tapes for Fluids and Electrolytes. I'm not going to stress over it. Either I know it or I don't, and I'd have to do spectacularly bad to fail the class, and that's all I really care about at this point.

Thursday I have my HESI exam, so today I did all the case study modules. It helped me prepare for my final and that's all the prep I'll be doing for HESI.

Now Pharm. I've been using a 'Review for the Final Exam' that was posted on WebCT since Friday. TODAY someone posts on the discussion board how they've been using it also. My PROFESSOR replies, "Oh, I thought I took that down. It's from last semester" and removes it from the site. So. Have I been using a review blueprint that is outdated and is going to fuck me in the ASS because the test will have different content? I guess I'll find out Thursday, since my teacher isn't in any sort of fucking HURRY to respond to the handful of us FREAKING THE FUCK OUT about this whole thing. I hate this teacher with the fire of a thousand suns.

That is all.