We missed it!

We have been so busy with school it is unbelievable!!! I just checked my comments and I missed World Blog Day! I'm pretty angry with myself. Oh well...this summer the blog will come back to life. Starting May first I will be finished with school. That is when I'll start!! haha ok see ya then

If only I could run...

At the very beginning of last semester, I went to an information meeting for Pre-nursing students. I walked in about five minutes late so I did not catch the first part of the first presentation, so I was not quite sure what it was about. A man was a the front of the room talking about an opportunity for Nursing students to have their schooling completely paid for, to travel around the country, and alot of other things that I have forgotten about now, but that really appealed to me at the time. Eventually I realized that he was talking about the ROTC. My mind immediatly went from. "Wow! That sounds amazing" to "Oh my goodness! You can't be in the army!!" haha He spoke for a really long time though, and the more he talked, the more I wanted to do it!!

I was all hyped up about it until he started talking about how a requirment for this program was an early morning routine involving lots and lots of running, push ups, and all this athletic-y stuff I have never been any good at. The truth is that I HATE to run and I really couldn't handle that every morning. The reality of my dream of being a nurse in the military left immediatly.

I watched Pearl Harbor a few nights ago with Dawn and some girls from our dorm, and once again the desire to be a nurse in the military returned. I don't know what exactly is so appealing to me...Maybe it is the intensity and the excitement. I would be in the middle of all the action and the things that I would be doing would really matter. I loved watching the nurses in the movie take charge, spring into action when there was an emergency, run around the hospital in a frantic scene trying to find supplies, and sticking their fingers in a man's artery in order to save his life! It is so so exciting!!

In spite of my desire for it, the simple fact remains that I cannot run, so I won't be going to the Middle East to stick my finger in anyone's artery. But I definately want to work somewhere where there is excitement and surprise...somewhere that causes my adrenaline to rush! I am thinking about the Emergency Room in a hospital, or maybe helecopter stuff. They have special training for nurses who are in helecopters in really serious situation.

Hmmmm... Can't wait :)

I have time for 3 sentences.

Dawn and I are having Spiderman Mac and Cheese for dinner tonight and we are pretty excited about it.

Our ceiling in our dorm room is leaking and it looks like the liquid that comes out of a colostomy bag.

Valentine's Day is coming up, anybody need a date?



***Dawn and Sarah***

Work and School

Work------
Things are getting much easier now that I am getting used to the way things run at a hospital.
Well, that is only a partial truth because the actual requirements of the job are sometimes, or most of the time, pretty intense...changing depends on patients who do not respond well to my request for them to roll onto their side (making the job of changing the depends incredibly difficult), cleaning up massive amounts of blood after a patient yanks his catheter out (ouch!!!), taking patients who are literally insane outside to smoke (lots of smoke-yuck-but lots of laughs because crazy people are hilarious!), and constantly running all over the floor fetching things for patients, family members, nurses, or other techs on top of my other duties such as taking vital signs and checking blood glucose levels...
It's alot of work and I definitely feel like I have earned my paycheck at the end of each very long day, but I really like what I am doing. Of course, when it comes time for me to go in to work, I don't jump for joy and squeal like a 7-yr-old birthday girl as she unwraps a bight pink package with a huge polka dot ribbon on top, but I like it. No one WANTS to go to work (at least not most people, maybe Bethany Gilpin but she is just weird :) jk) but once I get there I feel so useful. I love helping people and being there when they need me. It feels good; and that part totally makes it worth all the other stuff!! Haha

School--------
I am taking 5 classes again this semester. Anatomy, Chemistry, English, Spanish, and History. Anatomy will be basically the same as last semester: same teacher, same expectations.
Chemistry will be different this time around. Organic Chemistry has alot less math, which is good, but the homework is set up different. My teacher seems good though.
English will be English. Writing and reading...
Spanish will be the same as last semester; it should be pretty easy.
And History---Dawn and I are in the same class so that will be fun, but there is going to be lots of reading!!! Ahhh I hope it is interesting because I am not the biggest reader out there. I like to write though and the class has a pretty good decent amount of writing, too, so maybe it will be okay :) Hagan had the same teacher that we do (Ireland) and he said he is great, so I hope so.

It should be a busy semester, but hey, hard work produces a good work ethic and strong character.

Helpful Tips for the Day

#1 Always write everything down because your memory is not dependable. You may have to take a whole set of vital signs two times in a row on a none-too-excited patient.

and #2 Do NOT use the bathroom before going to the doctor's office because they may want you to pee in a cup. Not a good situation. No fluid inside the body=no fluid inside the cup.

What a week

This week I have wiped alot of butts.

hahaha I should just leave it at that. Nah. I have worked at the hospital almost everyday this week. The statement above IS true, but that is not all I've been doing. I'm not all on my own just yet; I'm still being trained. It's pretty hectic up there...lot's to do, but that's ok. I'm having a blast watching people, both patients and other people working at the hospital. I laugh sooo much because people are stinkin hilarious, and most of the time without even knowing it.

I have had alot of patients this week. Some of them were young, some of them were old, some were sweet, some were mean, and some were crazy!! We had a guy come in the other day who was about 5 ft tall, 90 lbs, and crazy as he could be. He has overdosed on crack like three times and it has messed with his brain. He was nuts, and he kept "having accidents" on the floor and in his bed. Every time we cleaned him up, he'd have another accident! And when the guy I was working with left the room, he kept trying to get me to bring him some crack. I finally looked at him and said, "You want me to bring you drugs? I don't even know what it looks like! I'm not bringing you drugs." He kept saying, "Come on...Come on...you you you bring me some? You know...You know what it is...Come on...you you bring the stuff?" It was hilarious.

Not all of the patients have been nuts though. Some of them are so sweet; those are the ones you enjoy helping and you really want to help make them as comfortable as possible.

It's been very busy, very interesting, but very good.
I'm learning alot and I can't wait until I really get the hang of things and feel very comfortable in what I am doing. I'll really like it then!!

Oh yea, and the cheeseburgers in the cafeteria at UK are gross, so if you ever eat in there, get something else.

Merry Christmas

MeRrY ChRiStMaS
MeRrY ChRiStMaS