We start Clinicals this week. I am super nervous about this because I am so used to functioning at a nurse level... now I have to pedal it back to "student nurse has to have everything checked off by teacher first" and "you can't give a single medication without your instructor in the room with you" level. The other stress causer: Care Plans. I'm not that worried about it because it's not that complex, but depending on the patient you are assigned, they can get pretty intense. Wish me luck!
Monday, June 3, 2013
TURD (Tallahasse Upper Respiratory Disease) aka THE SICKNESS
I was so proud of myself for avoiding all the respiratory crap going around town... then I made the mistake of being outside while Michael was mowing the grass... I have 2 allergies. 1: Wasps 2: Freshly cut grass. Yeah... I'm a genious. My thought process was "Oh, our lawnmower doesn't blow the grass out to either side, so I should be ok to stay in the pool with Makenna while he mows." Yeah... no. Thursday I woke up with a sore throat and by that evening I was a snot/mucus factory. Yuck. I still thought it was all due to the grass. Well I guess the inlammatory process getting activated by the allergie lowered my immune response and WHAM Friday I woke up to a full blown URI. I muddled through the day and called my doctor that afternoon to ask them to call in some antibiotics for me. I got shot down super quickly on that one. "I'm sorry Mrs. Fredrickson, but you'll have to come in and be seen." Now just when exactly would they propose I do that? The only time I'm not in work or school, they aren't open!! I was in the process of figuring out a solution to the problem when I went in for my weigh in. My awesome doctor there heard me coughing hacking and gave me a script for a Z-Pak!!! He is awesome and saved my life! I still suffered all weekend, especially yesterday, but I woke up from my good nights sleep nap (Makenna has a molar coming in and last night was hell on earth complete with a whopping 2.5 hours of sleep) feeling like a whole new person. Now I just need to get some sleep tonight and I'll be good to go!
We start Clinicals this week. I am super nervous about this because I am so used to functioning at a nurse level... now I have to pedal it back to "student nurse has to have everything checked off by teacher first" and "you can't give a single medication without your instructor in the room with you" level. The other stress causer: Care Plans. I'm not that worried about it because it's not that complex, but depending on the patient you are assigned, they can get pretty intense. Wish me luck!
We start Clinicals this week. I am super nervous about this because I am so used to functioning at a nurse level... now I have to pedal it back to "student nurse has to have everything checked off by teacher first" and "you can't give a single medication without your instructor in the room with you" level. The other stress causer: Care Plans. I'm not that worried about it because it's not that complex, but depending on the patient you are assigned, they can get pretty intense. Wish me luck!
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Sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling well. That really stinks but that's such a blessing that your doctor at the weigh in came to your rescue. Good luck on your clinicals! You'll do great.
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