Stardate 201102.12
I know what exhaustion feels like and I am not looking forward to it, but I must hang in there until March 8th. I have so much to do I feel like I don't know where to start. Why do teachers feel the need to give busy work? If they would just teach the class a lot of the stress and pressure we undergo would be alleviated.
N300- survived another lecture. Had office hours with him to make sure I'm organizing my thinking in the right way. I still didn't feel settled about what he wants. I don't understand the vibe I get from him......I guess we're just not going to have that kind of relationship. I am loving, for the most part, the nursing staff at the VA. They are so helpful and supportive. I will strive to always do my best. Picked my patient and was able to get home and start getting organized for Tues and Weds.
Unfortunately my patient left the building! I had to pick a entirely new patient. This was not how I wanted to start my week out with my professor. The nurses made one suggestion and then changed it entirely. My patient was off the floor most of Tuesday but it allowed me the chance to help my classmates out on the floor. I do love the TAs we have on Tues and Weds. Having Kelsey and Sheridan last week and Lindsay this week have been awesome. If anything I am getting out of this back tracking, its being around all these 5th semester students and gleaning as much as possible as I can from them.
I really felt like a stepchild once I got to ECG class. I like to sit in the front and the place I sat in last week was occupied. How quickly they forget about you. I won't be sitting in the back though, it was a challenge to hear anything that was going on and I want to hear and really learn. I am not taking my second chance for granted. I was glad that I did some reading and I will make sure to practice since we don't have class next week.
Wednesday was a bit better. My professor was adamant that I give an injection to my patient. My patient did have to endure a bone biopsy, which my professor didn't quite understand why, she kept questioning me and I began to feel like I didn't understand something I thought I did. Once she looked at my patient's record she then began to get a better understanding and realized she was drawing incorrect conclusions about my patient, possibly mixing in him up with another patient with similarities on the floor. We didn't get out of post conference until 3:40! I didn't get home until 4:15 which is always a constant concern on Tuesdays because I do not want to be late for ECG class. This too shall pass!!
My clinical group is so strange sometimes! One of the students got upset and felt like the LVN was going overboard on her. In my opinion the student just doesn't "Listen." They are so quick to say, "Yea I know, or I got it," but they don't really listen. Don't tell me you know, do it. They do too much talking, I think I might only eat lunch with them once a week. I can't stand self-profilers. You are already in nursing school, time to stop tooting your horn and just learn. I'm glad the group project is over....though I did mess up on the instructions a little, the professor did not hold it against us. I don't want to work with individuals that prefer to sleep in instead of getting the job done and then when we do get together is at 3:30 in the afternoon on a Friday. People who don't have lives or any since of true responsibility. I have a ship and crew to run and things that could have been done earlier should have been. Once I do my case study I look forward to not having to deal with others crazy schedules. Except when it comes to my EBP class. They are all meeting together after their Peds class....I wonder if any of them will remember to email me? Of course I am supposed to be doing the presentation......this is going to be an interesting week.
Did horrible with exercise this week. I at right and got my water in but exercise was a fiasco. That time of the month left me more tires especially after the lack of sleep since Sunday. I was glad to not have to meet with my group on Thursday. Many wanted to study for the Sat final and I was glad to save gas and hassle of trying to park and just stay home and study.
I was able to get 14 episodes of the Pirates of Dark Water recorded to DVD, no thanks to the Commander ruining a disc the day before by his touching and moving things from the way I had them. I was furious and I had to just walk away from the project entirely. I'll start moving more and more during spring break but it was great to get 8 hours freed up until then.
Almost all done with my bookkeeping job and will be able to just focus on my studies for a while. I know the right externship and job are out there for me and I pray I'll be ready for them when the time comes.
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