7 posts tagged “papers”

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.

Another day gone, still NO WORK DONE towards school crap. Test is one day closer, still no studying done. I did go to CARP today, and I have to say that I got a lot out of it and I'm really glad I went. Don't feel like going into it now though, cause I'd be here awhile (and if I'm not going to get work done, I should at least get a good night's sleep).

I DID get a haircut today. I hadn't had one since August, not even a trim. This is because I am lazy and don't trust anyone not to mess it up. But I got a postcard for a salon near my house and decided to try it. I really, really like it. I got face framing layers and then layers in the back also. I only lost two inches of length off the bottom. I'm very happy with it.

The fun part was sending this picture to Alex via text:

with the caption "Got a little carried away"

He responded with "OMG"

I called him and just started laughing. I had just pulled back the long parts and left the layers around my face. Hey, if it wasn't for him my hair probably would be almost that short, so I think I'm justified in messing with him once in awhile.

Tomorrow I have no school OR work so I need to get up on my studying for the test on THURSDAY!!! Then after the test on Thursday, I need to do the two assignments I have to turn in next week (the IPR for CARP is going to be much easier than I thought, thank God) so I can enjoy my anniversary weekend.

Now off to bed. I am running myself into the ground.

I cannot even describe how little I want to go to CARP tomorrow. I forget what it stands for, but it's basically a substance abuse treatment center. I am sorry, but I have dealt with enough substance abusers in my life. Enough for two lives, maybe.

While I am there I will converse with a patient, give "therapeutic" responses, and after I leave I will write a paper detailing our conversation in verbatim, with side notes about which category of "therapeutic responses" my feeble replies fall into. If I decide I wasn't appropriately helpful, I can then detail which response I *should* have given instead. It is a giant fucking pain in the ass, and quite possibly one of the LAST things I would do in this world, given the choice.

Listen, I have all the respect in the world for people who have addictions, admit that, and seek help. But I have to admit that my viewpoint is colored by the addicts I have known who haven't.

Yay! I got the Nurse Extern Job!

Boo: It pays less than I thought. A couple other hospitals are paying $15/hr. This job will pay me $10/hr for part-time, $12/hr if I am per diem. Basically if I'm per diem, I can say, "Nah, don't feel like working", and in turn they can say, "Nah, we don't need you to work today." The woman in HR said that I will still be scheduled for my two days, but if they are not busy, per diems are the firs to be sent home. I will be doing per diem. I'll take the chance for 20% more on my check.

Yay! I will be doing CNA duties, along with skills I am learning in school. They also may have me helping out the charge nurse as a unit clerk, and I was told I could take the Beginning EKG Interpretation class and then take my test to be a monitor tech as well.

The past two days I have been doing my rotation as Client Care Manager at clinicals. This means I've had to get to the hospital at 6:30 am (an hour early). And right after the time change too! Super. Basically, I was not assigned patients. Instead I helped assign patients to my classmates and then checked in with them throughout the day to get updates on their patients and help them develop ideas for their careplans and documentation. There's a bit more to it than that, but you get the gist. Now instead of doing the paperwork I normally do each week on one of my patients, I have to write a short paper on my experience. You know I'm doing that shit Sunday night.

Anywhos, I am BEAT. Sunday night I couldn't get to sleep until after midnight, and then I woke up at 2am with poopy cramps. My alarm went off at 5am. I need to go sleepy nie nies now.  

This morning I went to Cardiac Rehab for 2 hours (thank GOD there is no minimum time requirement this term). It was actually pretty interesting. Basically, after patients have heart surgery, bypass, stents, etc, they are referred to CR for about 3 months. They work out on treadmills and stuff while they are hooked up to heart monitors. After that they can join the maintenance program, which is just like joining a gym. Those old people were in better shape than I am, I'm sure!

ALSO I finally got an email back from Patty asking me to call her to set up an interview! I did and she said that either she or the clinical coordinator will call me back this afternoon with a time. She said that I come highly recommended by both Candace and Debbie so she doesn't think it will be a problem to get me in. She also said that the shift would be 7a-7p so I said I would like to work 2 days a week then. Fingers still crossed, but YAAAAAAAAAY! This is a HUGE weight off my shoulders.

Still slightly stressing that I have a paper due Monday (won't take long to do though) and then a test on the 21st which I should have been studying for but haven't. Ah well.

This is Spring Break, I should not be so stressed.

First of all, I have no job. Now, as it's Spring Break, it's not a bad week to be unemployed, but I'd like to know that next week I will have a job again. I called HR last Friday and asked that they forward my resume and application along to the PCU Director, Patty. Today my dad asked if I was going to call the hospital and follow up. Call WHO, exactly? HR again? What is the sense in that? Well, as it happens I still have my e-tenet email access, so I emailed Patty directly to ask if she got my application and if not to let me know and I can forward my resume to her, or call HR again if she'd like. So, fingers crossed. I'd really like to get moving on this.

Next, I have a paper due on Monday for my 'community experience'. Basically, the school wants us to get a chance to see different nursing roles outside of acute care. Last semester I went to the Birthing Center at Good Sam (which was nice, because I was already working with the DON of that unit). Now technically, this isn't what the assignment called for, but my clinical instructor kicked ass and she knew that's where my interest was so she let me do it anyway.

Friday I called Cardiac Rehab at JFK (because I know that's one of the approved sites) to see if I could observe there. I left a message for whoever, and then called back yesterday and got someone on the gym floor. They said I had to speak to Sue in education, so I called her, and she said that there was a Health Fair going on soon and I could do blood pressures and get an "actual community experience". Well...I hate doing blood pressures. I've gotten better at it, but anyway. The other thing is that I am a huge procrastinator and HELLO my paper is due Monday. I did call the coordinator anyway, who has not returned my call as of yet. I called Sue back today and told her my deadline, to which she sighed and said, "Oh, you people! Leaving things till the last minute!" But whatever, she set me up to observe at Cardiac Rehab on Thursday. Ahhhh. So that's one thing down.

Spring Break was so much better in high school.