talking to Julia about how busy i am and how much i'd love to be bored for once.. then realized ( Read more... )

today i taught my patient how to take care of a colostomy. He just had a temporary one placed, and will keep it for about 8 weeks. my instructor and i changed his abdominal wound dressings and then coerced him into letting us change his colostomy bag and wafer before i had to leave for the day. we even had him participate. my instructors were so ( Read more... )

my patient last week was good. i finally got a competent alert person ( Read more... )

i rule at nursing school.

i had an amazing weekend. my party ruled. frat party got a little crazy. sam's party ruled. everyone loved my costume. got to see people i love and have missed ( Read more... )

i had my first Flu Clinic yesterday! it was awesome. i love stabbing people with needles!! and im so proud of myself, my instructor made everyone check out my kick ass technique. i've got some steady hands ( Read more... )

listening to The XX puts pictures of highways and leafless trees in my head.

makes me want to take a long drive

Things have gotten closer to the sun
And I've done things in small doses
So don't think that I'm pushing you away
When you're the one that I've kept closest

I had my second patient today! she had a partial L nephrectomy because of a tumor. it has been growing for the past 4 years but it caused no symptoms so she just let it go. crazy. She was old and super sweet and cute. and i didnt have to give her a bath. I get all the independent patients ( Read more... )

thin patients and those with and poor circulation are at risk of developing pressure ulcers. it happens when bony prominences, such as on the heel and sacrum, are pressed for extended periods of time, reducing or even stopping blood flow to the tissue. tissue necrosis results:

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i took care of my first patient today! pretty interesting one.. had quite a history. and [un]fortunately for me didn't need much care. I would have liked to have been more hands on with the care. Oh well, theres always the next 2 years for that ( Read more... )