The List
Emergency!
Clinicals have been interesting lately. I spent a few days in the ER. Things get really busy in the evenings! I was able to do an in and out urinary catheter on a woman, and I started 7 IVs. Well, I attempted 9, but only successfully started 7 of them. [...]
Still A Nursing Student
Several people have written to ask me how things are going. This has been a heck of a year, lemme tell you! One of the reasons I’ve been stressed out is because I’ve been experiencing significant abdominal pain pretty much every time I try to eat anything. Over the Christmas holiday, I went to the [...]
One More Chance to Mend
In this nursing program, passing requires a 78 minimum average. If you fail one class, you have to repeat every class in the entire semester. Going into my final this morning, I knew I was barely passing my lecture class. As I sat down in front of the computer, I tried to give myself a pep [...]