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(Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1289316 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:23:00 +0100 1289316 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/06/im-baaaaddddd-blogger.html I've been so busy. You'd think working 3 days a week would give me all sorts of time free. Hah!About a month ago, I switched over to nights. Which I like. I like the not so crazy atmosphere, and the night shift nurses are pretty cool. However, I feel that for every shift I work, I lose two days. What with all the sleeping, and simply the fact that I go into work on one day, and come out the next. Then the sleeping, again. Working with the kids is great. I enjoy it. It is a bit of a challenge trying to figure out the babies. And all the stuff I am supposed to remember. The parents can really be challenging. But overall, I don't regret my decision to go peds. Over the past two days I got my PALS certification, which a nice thing to have. Doing the certification was a bit crazy, because I am the newest nurse there, and I got made team leader more than anyone. (Hello!?!?! I don't know anything!)Today is my last day of orientation. I am hoping to get a full load of 5 patients. And now that I have my own pyxsis access, and access to the computers, I hope to run my team my way, since I won't have to wait for my preceptor for everything. Nice. Then tomorrow is sink or swim day. I am terrified. But I think I should be ok. I am just really worried, since my preceptor is a charge nurse, she kept getting put in charge or we would get acute kids, so I have not had the chance to work a full team very well. I haven't had a chance to see what I can really do. I miss my co-workers from VEU. I go by and visit from time to time. I talk to my BFF every day, and see her a few times a week. (a sharp decrease) And my best school friend every few days. So I have some support from friends, because I am having a bit of culture shock. I am at least 10 years older than all the nurses I work with. So, I feel quite lonely at work sometimes. I have developed a huge love of Starbucks. Not the coffee, but they have really good sandwiches. And the vanilla bean frappucino. YUMMMM!!!!I am going to register for class on Monday to start working toward my BSN. Because, yes, I am a sucker for punishment. But it will be nice to take classes that have nothing to do with nursing for a while. I have a lot of basic requirements to fill in before I will be ready for the nursing programs. So, that's what's going on. Still alive. Still kicking. Just adjusting, still. W. :o) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=692413 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:08:00 +0100 692413 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/05/in-dark.html Name who sings a song by that title, and get a prize!!!! Or at least, get to say that you know it. (No Google Cheating)I have one more week of day shift extravaganza, and then next Wednesday, I'm gonna hear the sweet sound...coming down...on the Night Shift! That means I have to somehow find a way to make myself sleep during the day....Like staying up till 8:30 AM won't do that.So today's purchases included....black out drapes, new sheets, and Advil PM (or whatever time you need to sleep).I have physically adjusted to the LONG shifts, and I no longer feel like I have been mugged at the end of the day. However, I am so dog tired, that I get home, eat, and am out like a light by 9:30-ish. That is after not actually leaving the hospital till after 8 pm, and a half hour commute. Started my first IV on a little boy (first try!!), tried to assist with a catheter insertion on a 3 year old little girl who was having none of it. After 1.5 hours of screaming, wiggling, and a not too unimpressive Linda Blair-type levitation, she peed into a sterile container in 3 seconds flat. I have learned so much in the 3 shifts I have worked, and I was fortunate to have a great teacher. This week, I spend one more day in acute, one day on the floor, and one day doing charge with my clinical coach. Then it is over to nights. I am loving what I do. Really. And there really is no getting out of doing unpleasant tasks like you can as a secretary. The patients rely on you for care, and you have to be ready to give it. You can't put them off, or in a drawer. There is no out of sight, out of mind, because they are in your mind even on your days off. I have developed a terrible scrub addiction. Husbeast think since I only work 3 days a week, I need only 3 sets of scrubs. Um, like I am going to wear the same outfits every week? Has he not lived with me long enough to know me better than that? Still, I don't think 8 sets is outrageous. I had a very nice Mother's Day. I had thought I was going to have to work, but it turned out that I was not scheduled after all. So, I got breakfast in bed, and taken to lunch. I got a pda as a gift so that I won't have to lug around books in my bag, and software to put in it. (drug book, rnotes, labs & diagnostics) Went to see my grandmother. Got a guilt trip from my own mother. Hope everyone else had a nice mother's day as well.W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620450 Mon, 14 May 2007 21:25:00 +0100 620450 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/05/thanks-everyone.html I'm sorry it has taken me so long to post again. Besides the stress, the shock, and then orientation and getting used to the 12 hr shifts, I have been kind of running around like the proverbial chicken sans head.Ok, so first.....The test. IT WAS TERRIBLE!!! I came out of there feeling like for sure I failed. I wanted to throwup, and then to cry. The machine cut off at 75, and I internally screamed, "NOoooooo, give me more questions! I swear I know some stuff." Then to add to my self-torment, I went and got a little buzzed with my best friend whose team just split against one of the worst teams in the conference. She sat and berated herself for not coaching well (meanwhile they are now at the regional tournament), and I kept looking up things in my books that I got wrong. Hoosier asked me what to expect on the test. All I can say is, expect anything and everything. Every person I have spoken to has had a different experience. Some had a ton of pharm, some had a lot of prioritization, I had a lot of pick all that apply, and MS questions. I have found that so far, if you come out feeling like you failed you probably passed, and if you come out confident you did well, you might have failed. At least that has been the trend in my group.So, Saturday was shot, didn't sleep at all that night. Everytime I closed my eyes I was back in that damn testing room. Sunday, I moped around the house. Monday, I dragged myself to orientation, for sure that I was just wasting my time in even starting, since I was going to be unemployed by Wednesday. Monday, I checked the Pearson site, and it said my results were available. The best $8 I ever spent was getting that pass score. Tuesday and Wednesday was spent in nursing orientation. I practiced phlebotomy and IV starts on a rubber arm. Learned about codes (and was surprised to learn that all the doctor does is stand in the room and bark out orders. Those darn medical dramas are so inaccurate.), ekg's, and the computer system. Thursday was my first shift. My clinical coach was not there, so I ended up working on the pediatric hematology/oncology floor. Lots of sickle cell and leukemia kids. Being that the kids are chronic, it was amazing to me to see kids so educated in their own medical conditions. THEY told ME how they take their meds, what they were for, what best helped their pain, etc. Amazing but terribly sad. Then I was off until this past Tuesday. The weekend was filled with softball, and I got to run the scoreboard both days. (About damn time. I was getting tired of yelling at the people to add balls, strikes, and runs to the darn board.) Friday night went bowling with best friend at a really cool but very expensive bowling alley. ($24 for one game!!!!) Then we got a pizza and hung out at her place. Monday, we had lunch together. And then she was off to regional tournaments, and I went to work. Realized yesterday that I missed a customer service orientation that I was supposed to attend Tuesday. Once again on Tuesday, my clinical coach didn't show up (this is discouraging), so this time they paired me with a nurse who is not a clinical coach, but agreed to take me on, that was working the acute care kids. She is great, and we work really well together. We had 3 patients, 1 that was being dc'd, a very hormonal teenage boy with seizure disorder, and a child that was a near-drowning victim that is in a persistant vegetative state. The last child was a heartbreaker. When you go in the room you see a beautiful child that seems to sleep all day. They required a lot of work, and we spent most of the day caring for they.We got an admission at 1700 of a baby that had been sedated for a CT. They brought him up to us for observation, and we fed him, and changed him, and he was suffering from nothing more that terminal cuteness. Then he went home at 1800. Wednesday started out in chaos. I got all my stuff ready to go in the car, and realized that I parked to close to a wall to get me, and my backpack, and lunch bag out of the car. So, I thought, well I'll just get the stuff out from the other side. Except......I forgot to unlock the passenger door, and my keys, phone, badge, stethescope, pens, EVERYTHING were in the backpack that was sitting on the front seat. Of course. Husband came to rescue me. Thank goodness. Then I lost an earpiece on my stethescope. And my pen stopped working. Thank goodness all the crappy stuff happened to me, because patient-wise it was a much easier day. My PSV child was breathing much easier than the prior day, and we had a baby that was in for observation (another case of terminal cuteness) for sleep apnea, and the teenage boy, again. Another nurse had asked us to keep an eye on one of her patients who was a boy with short-gut that had been in the hospital for a long time, and the parents, who were familiar with my preceptor, asked that she remain his nurse, since he had had his nurses changed on him an awful lot as of late. So she agreed to take him on. Well, turns out that child needed a lot of care, and I was basically left on my own with the three acute kids. My preceptor said I did a great job. I also got to assist on an IV start on a 5 day old baby. (So CUTE) I know I still need to get organized. I need to get my system for time management. I need to learn to talk to the families, and be confident in my responses (although, my preceptor told me that I said all the right things). I need to remember EVERYTHING I need to get when I am planning on completing a task. (I always seem to forget something.) It seems that the hour between 1800 and 1900 flies by, and while I am trying to get all my charting caught up, all of a sudden the next shift is there, and it is time to get report. I have learned that sometimes doctors can get really nasty if they don't get their way. (Such a bad story, that I wish I could share)Also, figured out today, that I have been clocking in with the wrong code. Ugh! I work tomorrow and Sunday. After that I have no idea what my schedule is. Time to bother the clinical nurse specialist. Hope all is well out in bloggy-land. I need to get caught up in my browsing. I have not read in two weeks! Speaking of reading....It is SO nice to be able to read for pleasure, again. W. :o) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620451 Fri, 11 May 2007 15:38:00 +0100 620451 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/05/passed.html After probably the most stressful week of my life, I took, and passed, my boards! I am now a registered nurse. I started orientation yesterday at the pediatric hospital where I will be working. I am terribly excited, and estatically happpy. Thank you to everyone out there in cyberland, that gave me support and pozzivibes. I will be doing some much needed updating to this blog. My links are all terribly old, and need to be updated. Be back soon.W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=585487 Tue, 01 May 2007 10:19:00 +0100 585487 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/04/t-minus-2-days.html I take my boards in 2 days. I am studying like a fiend. Right now my life is work, study, and softball. My best nursing school buds have all taken and, except one, have all passed. This gives me hope and adds to my anxiety at the same time. Tomorrow is my last day at VEU. I am heartbroken to leave. I am excited and nervous about the new job on Monday. I am already frustrated with the new job, because aside from orientation, I have no idea what my schedule is, and I need to make arrangements for my son. When I contacted the person who is in charge of the scheduling, I got a lot of attitude. Not very encouraging. So that is where I am, now. Update to follow Saturday night. W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571540 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:09:00 +0100 571540 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/04/still-hanging-in-there.html Still studying. Gave my current employer the bad news. I go on Monday to fill out paperwork. I go on Friday 4/13 for my physical. My last day here is 4/27. I start at the hospital on 4/30. In the meantime, I am using my sick time as fast as I am accruing it. This past weekend, I went away with the softball team to Florida Tech in Palm Bay. I think I might like to move there someday. Close enough to everything, far enough away to not be too close. My team swept the three game series, because they rock! Spent the evening on Saturday at the family home of one of the players, along with the team. They are really good people. Sunday it was back home and back to reality. Monday, I took D. to my mom for Spring Break. They are traveling to Naples, and will be back on Sunday. Last night, I had an emergency hotel decorating/airport mission with best friend. She had a BIG RECRUIT for the softball team coming in, so we went to decorate the room, and then to the airport to pick her up. Got home at 1 in the morning. SO TIRED. So much to do in these next few weeks. I have the above at the hospital, plus we have our annual Athletic Awards banquet, I am going out to lunch next week with my bosses, there is going to be a going away luncheon for me on 4/20 from the whole department, about 8 softball games at home, and a study/pizza party this weekend. Plus we have course evaluations (boo hissssss) all next week, as well. While I am excited about starting my new career, I am sad to leave this place. I love the people I work with, I enjoy the university atmosphere, and I have made some really awesome friends over the past two years. So it is a bittersweet time for me. I need chocolate. W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=520692 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:05:00 +0100 520692 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-so-want-studying-to-end.html I am so ready to be done, that I feel like moving my test date up. (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=510070 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:21:00 +0100 510070 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/03/apparently-i-have-no-life-at-all.html Movie Meme (zoinked from I Wish I Were Buffy)According to the supposed rules, if you've seen over 85 of these movies, then you have no life.(X) Rocky Horror Picture Show(X) Grease(X) Pirates of the Caribbean(X) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest( ) Boondock Saints( ) Fight Club(X) Starsky and Hutch(X) Neverending Story( ) Blazing Saddles(X) Airplane(X) The Princess Bride(X) AnchorMan(X) Napoleon Dynamite(X) Labyrinth( ) Saw( ) Saw II( ) White Noise( ) White Oleander( ) Anger Management(X) 50 First Dates(X) The Princess Diaries(X) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement( ) Scream( ) Scream 2( ) Scream 3(X) Scary Movie(X) Scary Movie 2(X) Scary Movie 3( ) Scary Movie 4(X) American Pie(X) American Pie 2( ) American Wedding( ) American Pie Band Camp(x) Harry Potter 1(x) Harry Potter 2(x) Harry Potter 3(X) Harry Potter 4( ) Resident Evil 1( ) Resident Evil 2(X) The Wedding Singer (I own this.)( ) Little Black Book( ) The Village(X) Lilo & Stitch(X) Finding Nemo( ) Finding Neverland(X) Signs(X) The Grinch( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning(X) White Chicks(X) Butterfly Effect(X) 13 Going on 30 (I own this.)( ) I, Robot(X) Robots(X) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story( ) Universal Soldier( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events(X) Along Came Polly(X) Deep Impact( ) KingPin(X) Never Been Kissed(X) Meet The Parents(X) Meet the Fockers( ) Eight Crazy Nights( ) Joe Dirt(X) King Kong( ) A Cinderella Story(X) The Terminal(X) The Lizzie McGuire Movie( ) Passport to Paris(X) Dumb & Dumber(X) Dumber & Dumberer(X) Final Destination( ) Final Destination 2( ) Final Destination 3( ) Halloween(X) The Ring( ) The Ring 2( ) Surviving Christmas( ) Flubber(X) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle(X) Practical Magic(X) Chicago( ) Ghost Ship( ) From Hell( ) Hellboy( ) Secret Window( ) I Am Sam( ) The Whole Nine Yards( ) The Whole Ten Yards(X) The Day After Tomorrow( ) Child’s Play( ) Seed of Chucky( ) Bride of Chucky( ) Ten Things I Hate About You(X) Just Married( ) Gothika(X) Nightmare on Elm Street(X) Sixteen Candles (X) Remember the Titans( ) Coach Carter( ) The Grudge( ) The Grudge 2(X) The Mask(X) Son Of The Mask(X) Bad Boys(X) Bad Boys 2( ) Joy Ride( ) Lucky Number Sleven(X) Ocean’s Eleven( ) Ocean’s Twelve(X) Bourne Identity(X) Bourne Supremecy( ) Lone Star(X) Bedazzled(X) Predator I(X) Predator II( ) The Fog(X) Ice Age(X) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown(X) Curious George(X) Independence Day( ) Cujo( ) A Bronx Tale( ) Darkness Falls( ) Christine(X) E.T.( ) Children of the Corn(X) My Bosses Daughter( ) Maid in Manhattan(X) War of the Worlds(X) Rush Hour(X) Rush Hour 2( ) Best Bet(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days( ) She’s All That( ) Calendar Girls( ) Sideways( ) Mars Attacks( ) Event Horizon(I own this one too!)(X) Wizard of Oz(X) Forrest Gump(X) Big Trouble in Little China(X) The Terminator(X) The Terminator 2(X) The Terminator 3(X) X-Men(X) X-2(X) X3(X) Spider-Man(X) Spider-Man 2( ) Sky High(X) Jeepers Creepers( ) Jeepers Creepers 2( ) Catch Me If You Can(X) The Little Mermaid(X) Freaky Friday( ) Reign of Fire( ) The Skulls(X) Cruel Intentions( ) Cruel Intentions 2(X) The Hot Chick(X) Shrek(X) Shrek 2( ) Swimfan(X) Miracle on 34th street(X) Old School(X) The Notebook( ) K-Pax( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe( ) A Walk to Remember(X) Ice Castles( ) Boogeyman(X) The 40-year-old Virgin(X) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring(X) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(X) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom( ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade( ) Base-ketball( ) Hostel( ) Waiting for Guffman( ) House of 1000 Corpses( ) Devils Rejects(X) Elf(X) Highlander( ) Mothman Prophecies(X) American History X( ) Three( ) The Jacket( ) Kung Fu Hustle( ) Shaolin Soccer( ) Night Watch(X) Monsters Inc.(X) Titanic(X) Monty Python and the Holy Grail(X) Shaun Of the Dead( ) Willard( ) High Tension( ) Club Dread(X) Hulk( ) Dawn Of the Dead( ) Hook( ) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe( ) 28 days later( ) Orgazmo( ) Phantasm(X) Waterworld(X) Kill Bill Vol. 1(X) Kill Bill Vol. 2(X) Mortal Kombat( ) Wolf Creek(X) Kingdom of Heaven( ) the Hills Have Eyes( ) I Spit on Your Grave(X) The Last House on the Left( ) Re-Animator( ) Army of Darkness(X) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace(X) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones(X) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith(X) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope(X) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back(X) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor(X) The Matrix(X) The Matrix: Reloaded(X) The Matrix: Revolutions( ) Animatrix( ) Evil Dead( ) Evil Dead 2( ) Team America: World Police(X) Red Dragon(X) Silence of the Lambs(X) HannibalHowever, in my defense, I will state that 1) I have a child and a boy at that, and 2) I am married to a man that won't see many movies where things don't blow up. W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495818 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:56:00 +0100 495818 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/03/5507.html April 28. That's when I am scheduled to take my boards. Until then, my ulcer will just continue to get bigger. Choosing a date was so hard. Is it too soon? Am I waiting too long? Originally I had scheduled 5/5, however, as I will be starting orientation on 4/30, I figured that I probably won't be studying too much during that week, so I am taking the test the weekend before. Now it's time to get down to brass tacks with the studying. I have been kind of floundering. Not knowing in which direction to go. My buddies and I are going to get together for another NCLEX study party. Hopefully, we can get the same group together, again. If anyone out there is getting ready to take the boards, I highly recommmend the RNtertainment game. It is a board game that is Trivial Pursuit like in nature. At the tea party there were six of us. We played for three hours. It was so much fun, and even though we were learning, it was a blast. So get it, and have a study party, too.Today, I have to have a big meeting with my supervisors to break the bad news. W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495819 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:04:00 +0100 495819 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/03/im-beginning-to-feel-like-u2-song.html It's a beautiful day!!!So, it seems like everything just started moving in fast forward!!!!I had a great interview, and got offered the position at Big County Children's Hospital! Annnndddddd!!!!!!!I got my ATT today!!!!!!AAAAhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495820 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:13:00 +0100 495820 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/03/if-you-ask-me-day-was-just-perfect.html We are not totally sunburned here. The photo was taken at sunset. Saturday was the best day I've had in a loooong time. After spending my whole Friday night cleaning my garage, I slept in on Saturday morning. Then D. and I got pancakes from McD's for breakfast and took them to the softball field to watch my Bucs play. The day was as gorgeous as it can get. High in the low 70's. Sunny and breezy. My team won both games (go Bucs!), and DP, D and I went out to lunch. There were several trips to the airport (thanks for cancelling the flight, AIRTRAN!!), shell shopping, and an evening at Ft Lauderdale Beach. Just an all around great day!Yesterday was pretty good, too. W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495821 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:40:00 +0100 495821 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/03/becomming-nurse-part-deux.html So, I have an appointment at Big County Children's Hospital next Wednesday. So nervous, however, so excited.Will keep y'all advised. W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495822 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:15:00 +0100 495822 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-graduated-today.html At least that's what my transcript says! Degree awarded: ASN Graduation Date: 3/13/07. What the heck am I doing at work?!?!W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495823 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:28:00 +0100 495823 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/03/visual-dna.html Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™ (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495824 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:25:00 +0100 495824 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/03/boy-that-pms-is-hell.html Ok, I'm not feeling quite so melancholy, anymore. Which is good. Combination of stress, a need to get away, and stress.My grade finally got put in for my last class. And my degree audit says 100% complete. Now, if only that little box that says 'Degree Awarded' was filled in, I'd be really happy. Nonetheless, I feel a sense of closure. I got an A for my last class, and will be graduating With Honors. However, I currently don't plan to walk.I have applied for my license. I have applied to take my test. I have a reservation at a hotel for a weekend getaway at the end of the month, and to see my beloved Bucs play in Melbourne. Should be fun, especially since I may be traveling with a friend from work, and she is a riot. I received a call yesterday from a good hospital asking if I would like to come work for them. This is where I like to say my nursing career began some 24 years ago (cough, cough) when I was a candy striper there for 2 summers at the age of 13 and 14. I do love that hospital, and did one of my clinical rotations there for my first med-surg. However, they have no pediatric department, so that is not really an option. Still, it was a nice stroke for the old ego.I have an open house at the local children's hospital at the end of the month. My first choice has no openings at the moment, and they don't hire new grads until they are licensed and have some experience. Boo hoo. So, I move on to choice number two.I am still studying every night. Tonight, I am going to work on a Jeopary game for a study party that we are having on Sunday. Saturday I have to go to a required class on "Prevention of Medication Errors" that is required prior to licensure. Will be a mini-reunion of sorts, as a lot of people from my class will be attending.Was talking with my friend, Kim, about how it does not seem like we are really finished, especially since after we finished our exit exam, we all just said "ok now we can take the NCLEX" then got in our cars and drove away. Not even a last lunch together or anything. And then, at home, we are all still studying like fiends, and we just haven't had that sense of release from all the stress. We just keep going, going, going. No parties, no celebrations, no nothing.So, getting together this weekend will be nice. Even though it will be study related, it will also be fun. We have a board game, and then Jeopardy. And snacks, and the funniest and raunchiest bunch of women you will ever meet. Hope we acutally get some studying done! :o)I am trying to get back into exercising, again. I really let it fall by the wayside during school, just because there is not enough time in my day to do everything. Monday, I let my supervisor talk me into going to a step-aerobic class with her here at VEU, and here it is Thursday, and my knees are still killing me!!! Will not be doing step-aerobics again until I have lost at least 50 pounds. I will stick with the elliptical machine (which I practically dance on anyway), and rollerblading. I got some awesome blades to go skating with my best friend, however, she is now in high season with softball, which means, she is never home before dark, and away most weekends. Getting back into it is the hardest part, then I realize how much better I feel, and I want to keep doing it. Just gotta get to that point. I just need something with very little impact. And I still want to get an awesome bike one of these days. However, I need $$$ for that. And I still work at Very Expensive University that Pays Crap, for now. Homelife is sucky, right now. Hoping that will change. My son is great, and his relationship with his father has improved 1000%, and they are great buddies. However, I still have two kids in my house. And I am tired of not having an equal in my home. Just plain tired.W. (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495825 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:54:00 +0100 495825 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-want-to-get-away-i-want-to-fly-away.html Yeah, yeah, yeah.I am really a very solitary person by nature. My favorite time in my marriage was before D. and the husbeast worked nights 4 days a week. I feel terrible even writing this, however, I would be an awesome military/longshoreman's wife. Married, but without actually having a person in my house all the time.Over the past decade everything changed, obviously. Now I feel like I have to be "on" all the time to keep the menfolk in my house, clothed, fed, clean, entertained. It's exhausting. And I am at my rope's end. I NEED A BREAK!!!!So, when I get hired somewhere, and stop living off a pauper's wage, I am saving some money and taking a trip BY MYSELF to someplace awesome. I want to spend 3-5 days doing exactly what I want, when I want and not have to worry about anyone else. I know that sounds completely selfish. And maybe it is. However, I'm not a very nice person to be around at home, right now. And the temptation to just take off feels way too strong.Some possible destinations:NYC (My favorite place in America, and no driving necessary!)Monterey, CA (I have wanted to go here since I was a kid)Toronto or Vancouver, CanadaAnd when I get back, I want to take my family to Washington, DC. And do a real family trip that we have not had in more than 3 years.More on the school front (the front that just won't die), apparently we will not get our grades until MARCH 12th!!!!!! Almost a full month after finishing class! And my application is already in Tallahassee! I hope they don't send it back. :(I hate my school. I am so glad to be nearly finished with them. Just give me my degree, my transcript, and let me get gone!W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495826 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:55:00 +0100 495826 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/02/nerves.html So, I wonder why, after making it through nursing school, I am more nervous just sending out my licesnure application than I ever was in nursing school? I swear, writing out that check and putting it and the application in to an envelope to Tallahassee has me practically hyperventilating. W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495827 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:47:00 +0100 495827 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/02/rock-lobster.html So this weekend opened the home season for VEU softball. Friday night was positively frigid out there. Yes it was only in the low 50's/high 40's, however, I live in MIAMI!!!! I am not used to nor equipped for that kind of cold, and the WIND!!!! It was just brutal.I sat out at the field wearing multiple layers and a blanket, and I was SO COLD!!!!! I wound up hanging out by the grill at the concessions stand just so I could stick my hands over the flames whenever they'd open the hood. Then, I sat under a quilt with a former player's mom. Team split the games on Friday night. Which meant best friend was pouty, and I went home. I know well enough now that if they lose to leave her alone. She is very hard on herself. But such is the life of the head coach.Saturday was a beautiful, cool, SUNNY day. Got to field at 9:30 AM for 10:00 game to watch the warmup. They won both games, and I stayed to talk to her for a bit while there was another game. I left at almost 3:00 PM. My face is SOOOOOO sunburned. :o( And the irony is that I am the first person to yell about wearing sunscreen. D. had a good time playing with a friend from school and one of the player's brother.Saturday night I took myself to the batting cages, and hit about 120 balls. I LOVE to go to the cages. It is very therapeutic for me. Took Danielle her glove that I was babysitting.Yesterday, the games got cancelled due to weather. (It rained in the morning, and was gorgeous the rest of the day.)So after giving myself the rest of the week and the weekend off, I am back to the books tomorrow. It would be too easy to lose what I have learned, especially since I am not using it right now. So, tomorrow, I devise a study plan, and work on my weaknesses. I am sending out my licensure application today, and I hope to take the test at the end of March. So, my life still remains study, study, study. With some softball thrown in for stress relief.This weekend I am taking D. to Wannado City, and will sit in the Eagles nest with my books until he is ready to go. Could be a whole day. Also want to see "Ghostrider." W. :0) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495828 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:01:00 +0100 495828 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/02/happy-belated-valentines-to-you-all.html I spent my V-day evening with best friend painting the softball dugout red. If that doesn't scream Valentine's, I don't know what does:1. Person I love2. Sport I love3. Red dugout!W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495829 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:55:00 +0100 495829 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/02/yippeee.html WENDY WHITLEY, G.N.!!!!!! (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495830 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:07:00 +0100 495830 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/02/last-time-i-put-on-that-horrible-school.html Well, I wound up missing one clinical weekend, because I was SOOOOOOO sick. And I wish I hadn't missed it, but really, I was in no condition to be around patients.This Saturday was my very last clinical day. I bought lots of goodies and a card and brought them to my floor. Unfortunately, none of the nurses I had had the pleasure to work with were on that day. :o( However, the nurses that were there were happy to have treats.My two patients that I had worked with were still there, so that was a bit reassuring. I know that as of Saturday they were both alive. I gave an in-service about the 8 rights of medication. Left posters to post in the nurses station/breakroom. And my clinical was done by 9:00 AM. Yippee!!!!!Went and bought yet another NCLEX book, since I have completed two, and our instructor has told us we need to have 6000 practice questions under us before sitting for the NCLEX. I hope to take mine before the end of March.Then I woke up Best Friend, and we spent the day together. She took me to Thai food for lunch to celebrate, we walked the mall, and she spent too much money on watches. Then we went back to her place and watched "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert." (Nothing like seeing Agent Smith in full drag!!) Originially, my classmates and I had planned to have a bonfire and burn the uniform tops (however, we are sure they would just melt with the high polyester content they have), but we decided to donate them back to the school through the NSA for students who can't afford to shell out the $56.00 that they cost. Tonight we have our group presentation (yuck), and we are doing a puppet show about time management and prioritization. It is sure to be lame. Then Wednesday is my exit exam, and I am DONE WITH NURSING SCHOOL!!!!!! I will be Wendy, G.N.!Best friend and I are going to celebrate next Monday. This weekend is all softball, all the time, Friday through Sunday! So, she will be busy, as she is the softball coach, and I will be there because I love my team. YAY!!!!!!!!!W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495831 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:31:00 +0100 495831 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/02/my-husband-will-be-in-mourning.html My husband's long time celebrity crush has passed away.W. (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495832 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:12:00 +0100 495832 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/02/countdown.html Get your own countdown at BlingyBlob.com (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495833 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:48:00 +0100 495833 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/02/sick-again.html I can't believe I am sick again. Again with the pharyngitis. Again with otitis media. Again with a head so congested I can hardly hear, my eyes are burning, I keep coughing. This is so tiresome already.And I just know that I am going to be sent home tomorrow from clinicals. but I will show up and let the teacher send me home. Sick, sick, sick.W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495834 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:05:00 +0100 495834 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/01/just-like-that.html Your whole world can change. One morning you are sitting joking with your family. That evening you have a massive brain bleed and you are brain dead. Just like that. One day you are a vibrant woman with a loving family, and a wonderful life. And then you receive a diagnosis that will mean weeks, months, years of pain for you and your family. Until death comes a mercy to end the suffering. I can't yet figure out which is worse... Watching a loved one slowly die, but at the same time you come to accept it and grieve throughout the process, or suddenly they are gone, and the grief takes you by total suprise and you never get the chance to say good bye. This weekend I was faced with both situations. The pain both families felt was palpable. One family in denial, the other in shock. After being with so much sadness all weekend, I came home and gave my baby all the hugs and kisses I could. Or, that he would tolerate, anyway. I really enjoy this clinical. I am pretty much operating on own. I have one patient that is totally mine (same lady I took care of last weekend), and helped with a couple others. Mostly with skills. One poor man became my pincushion yesterday. I tried four times to start and IV on him and never could get it. Took me and two nurses before one could be started, so I don't feel so terrible. Added a few more skills to my checklist. Did a ton of charting, and remembered to sign all my notes this time. :) So tired after clinical days. And then still have to do laundry, groceries and all that other stuff that makes up a weekend. I am running on fumes already.2 more weekends. CAN NOT WAIT!!!!!!!W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495835 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:00:00 +0100 495835 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2007/01/wow.html I feel like that famous Lou Gehrig speech:"Today-ay-ay I feel-eel-eel like a real-eal-eal nurse-urse-urse."I learned and performed more practical skills this weekend than I have in 2 years of nursing school. I: Dc'd and started a foleyInserted and irrigated a rectal tubeSuctioned and performed care of a tracheostomyPushed about 7 drugsHung about 14 bagsGave meds via NG tubeLearned to do a thorough assessmentLearned to write good notes (except see below)and started my very first IV.I am working at the CCU of the BIG CITY HOSPITAL. I love it. I like the critical care setting, surprisingly. And when I volunteered to go there, I was shocked at myself. However, I realized that I forgot to sign my note. :( JCAHO is going to get me. 3 more weekends and I am done. Go Bears! Go Colts! (I don't know what I am going to do for Superbowl. I wanted both teams to make it.)W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495836 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:22:00 +0100 495836 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2006/12/welcome-to-post-151_31.html Happy New Year!!!!! Thanks for all the nice wishes regarding my pinning. It is exciting to be so close to the end. I will actually finish all my classes in mid-February. I should probably be testing my end of March or early April.I have 6 weeks of leadership to complete. During this time I will be attending class (It's calles seminar this semester for some reason) on Monday evenings, and then clinicals for 11.5 hours both Saturday and Sunday. I will also be working my full-time job during this time. I figure my house is going to be in shambles by the end of this semester. We are going to be starting out with one patient and end up with five at the end. We are totally going to be caring for them. I am excited and oh-so nervous. There are still so many practical skills I have yet to do. Still, my goal is to learn as much as possible during this time period. Well, another year has passed, and I went back to look at my resolutions for 2006. I had some every day goals and my goals for the year. Some of the everyday goals I kept going for a good long time until I became totally overwhelmed with school work and work-work and gave it up. My ultimate goal was to get good grades in school and to get my GPA up. Well, that one I did, and I am going to be graduating with honors. (I know that everyone says that even if you make c's you're still a nurse. However, it was important to me to get the best grades I can, especially since I plan to continue my education.)So, after some reflection here are my goals for 2007:1. Graduate (ok that one's a given)2. Get my RN on the first try of the NCLEX (that means studying my ass off in preparation for the test).3. Get a job at a children's hospital, preferably Joe DiMaggio's. 4. Either get my marriage on track, or get out. If I am going to be going to counseling, on antidepressants or whatever, I need to get happy. I have been more and more miserable for way too long. I hate being angry all the time. It is so not me, and my child suffers the most from it.5. Pay down debt. 6. Go to Canada for next New Years.7. Do more things with my son. He has suffered so much during these past two years. I owe him big time. Here are my daily goals for 2007:Drink at least one liter of water in addition to the other fluids I consume. And I can't have any of those other things until I drink the liter. Move more. I spent the first 5 months of 2006 walking my butt off, literally. I felt better than I had in a long time, and my clothes fit better. I want that again. I gave myself some new inline skates for my birthday. My best friend and I are going to make a goal to go inline skating together. I am looking forward to it. Weight train. I need to so I will have good body strength as a nurse.Bring my lunch to work. Saves money and calories. Put all my change into my Paris Las Vegas Eiffel Tower to save for another trip.There, those are my goals. Not too terrible. Not unattainable. Well, I wish everyone a prosperous year. Oh yeah, one more goal. Go to as many softball games as I can, home and away. Go Bucs!!!W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495837 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:27:00 +0100 495837 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2006/12/pinning.html I just got back last night from Las Vegas. What a blast!!!! What a way to spend my birthday. So, out of 4 adult guests, no one thought to bring a camera. So here are my very limited pinning pictures.The pinning was long, and the guest speaker boring. Just like any graduation, I suppose. Each of the groups had a class speaker. We had this rose that we had to carry for some reason (I guess to give us something to do with our hands in pictures). After my picture, I gave my rose to my grandmother. Then we all lit candles and recited an oath. I know this is bit boring, but to be honest it is a bit of a blur now.W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495838 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:55:00 +0100 495838 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2006/12/holiday-meme.html 1. Hot Chocolate or Egg Nog? Hot Cocoa with tons of whipped cream2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Santa never wraps.3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? No lights on the house. As for the tree, depends on my mood. I tend to like white lights.4. Do you hang mistletoe? No.5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually the weekend closest to Dec. 11th. My son's birthday.6. What is your favorite holiday dish? I don't have a favorite Christmas dish.7. Favorite Holiday memory? Christmas in NYC.8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I accidentally found all my presents when I was 7 years old. 9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes. The husbeast's Latin family celebrates La Noche Buena on X-mas Eve. And we give our gifts to each other when we come home. That way we can concentrate on D. in the morning.10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? With my son. We put the lights on first, and then all the crystally, sparkly things, and then fill in the holes with all the other ornaments. Takes HOURS.11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I love it, but then I live in MIAMI. So my snow exposure is extremely limited to say the least.12. Can you ice skate? I can stay upright, move and stop. If that counts as ice-skating, then yes.13. Do you remember your favorite gift? When I was 17 I got a honkin' huge tower stereo system. It was great. I had an old stereo with an 8-track and my needle broke. My family told me that they weren't able to afford a new stero for me, but would replace the needle. Then they told me to look under this table cloth that I had been leaning against all morning. There was my stereo. Loved it for years.14. What’s the most important thing? Peace on Earth, and loving your fellow man.15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? None. 16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Decorating the tree.17. What tops your tree? For years it was a teddy bear angel. Now it is a Crystal star from pottery barn.18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? Giving - I love seeing the faces of the recipients when I get the gift just right.19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Gabriel's Message by Sting from A Very Special Christmas 1.20. Candy canes, Yuck or Yum? Yum.Pictures will be coming soon.W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495839 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:53:00 +0100 495839 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2006/12/fame-part-ii.html No, I didn't get Shaq's autograph. I had to leave to go Christmas shopping, and really, not that interested in him. The menfolk did stop by the office just as he was coming out of the gym, and Shaq waved to D. Like me, D. was more impressed with 7'1".This is who I get excited to see:Billy the Marlin. Mascot of the Florida Marlins. Love him. I get more excited seeing mascots than athletes. Billy came to visit D. when he was hospitalized at age 3. Loved him ever since. This past weekend, the VEU athletes hosted a party for Safespace. It's an organization that provides shelter to battered women and their kids. The athletes all buy toys for the kids, and there was all sorts of entertainment, and Billy was there. I get excited when the VEU mascot shows up at events on campus, and I know the kid who's in the costume (outside of Bucky, the quietest boy. Get that parrot head on him, and a whole other person comes out.). That's just one of my quirks, I guess.All my tests are complete. I have passed everything, and will probably end the semester with a 'c' unless the instructor drops a question or 2, and then I will get a b since I am right at the threshold. At this point, I am just grateful the semester is over. I pin in two days. I have my stripes on my cap. Tomorrow, I will iron my uniform and get a pair of shoes to wear. Wednesday, I have a hair appointment, and I plan to get a pedi. Taking the day off of work. Will also being packing for trip. Can't wait for Friday.And.......exhale. Stay tuned for pinning pictures.W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495840 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:31:00 +0100 495840 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2006/12/my-brush-with-fame.html So, today, here at VEU, they are filming a commercial for some sporting goods line in Japan. A line that is represented by one Mr. Shaquille O'Neal. He is using our office conference room as a dressing room. And everyone around here is acting generally silly. Me, I am more fascinated with this.....That is my size 11 foot next to Shaq's size 22. He has to duck everytime he walks through a door. He smells like vanilla, according to my boss. He was nice enough to take a picture with our women's basketball team.And........I got to see him in his wife-beater and boxers. My life is now complete (sarcasm).He will be here for the rest of the day, and I will try to get a photo with him. I am having much fewer palpitations. I find that not enough sleep definitely effects them. However, I am sick as a dog currently. Upper respiratory infection and a middle ear infection. Thanks everyone for your concern. Anywho. Will be spending this evening preparing for my test in the morning. Maybe a visit to the mall. Freedom is good.W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495841 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:28:00 +0100 495841 http://nurseknitty.blogspot.com/2006/12/stress.html I spent Sunday night in the emergency department. All my stress, caffeine and lack of sleep has given me palpitations. Nothing quite as exciting as watching PVC's travel across the screen, and knowing that they are yours. :PMy best friend has now reached Ultimate Supreme Best Friend Status forever. She picked me up, and took me to the ED, and spent the whole night there with me. Even though she is extremely busy, she was there in 15 minutes (she only lives a mile away, but gets lost every single time she come's to my house), no questions asked.So, the doctor's orders were avoid stress (haha), get some sleep (haha, again), and no caffeine or CHOCOLATE!?!?! I mean geez. Talk about kicking someone when they are down. Man this week can't go by fast enough. This weekend the husbeast and boychild are going away for the weekend to Disney. Best friend is going away to AZ, but I pick her up on Saturday. One test on Saturday, final on Monday, and it is all over for this semester. Thank GOD!!!!W. :) (Source: Critical Pathways) Critical Pathways blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495842 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:20:00 +0100 495842