I forgot to include this in my not-so-brief synopsis...
The School of Nursing at UNC-CH has a few brilliant students, namely Mary Kelly, that have initiated a weekly Bake Sale in Carrington to raise money for the Doctors Without Borders Haitian Relief Fund. The girls putting it on received baked good donations from Panera Bread and hosted the first sale this morning from 7:30-8am and from 11am-1pm. It was just announced that we raised $592.07 today alone!!! Way to go everyone :)
Friday, January 22, 2010
and we're back!!!
hmmm......where to begin since we've returned to school?! well since I tend to run everything by my best friend I'll turn to it (my planner). jokes. but really I do write just about everything down in it...
ok first of all i have to start with the fact that i returned from an amazing 10-day trip to London and Ireland to visit and travel with my cousin, MK, on Jan 8. It was such a great experience and I absolutely loved it! A few things I picked up on while I was abroad: 1) everyone wears boots 2) everyone says "cheers" to mean pretty much anything they want to...something i really liked 3) it is soooo cold 4) the sun sets super early because of it's northern location 5) buses and trains are not always reliable 6) shopping can be really really expensive :) 7) doing tourist-y things on purpose is really fun 8) old architecture is just as gorgeous as i remembered...and so much better than the pictures and 9) everyone smokes.
Ok so that was longer than a few, but I ended with the smokers for a reason. Smoking, health, healthcare, nursing.... and here we are starting our THIRD semesters in nursing school! Follow my drift??
Monday the 11th (Nate's 24th birthday!) started off like all of the wonderful Mondays of this semester...NO CLASSES!!! I think we can get used to this!
Tuesday the 12th we had orientation to our Psych and Mental Health class and clinical rotation, even though the rotation won't start until after Spring Break. Our professor seems very down to earth, open, and knowledgable on the subject matter. I have picked up that she is quite the feminist, but that's just entertaining! Our clinical instructor is Abby and she really made me look forward to our work at D. Dix Hospital! She has a great attitude towards her work and manages to stay sane and keep her sense of humor. Her stories were off the wall...I think that's the best way to put it. Our work there should be a great experience!
Wednesday the 13th started my downhill fall for the semester. We had orientation to our Pediatrics rotation all day and I found myself more dreading my next few weeks rather than feeling even somewhat motivated. Please note that I am on a different floor from Mary Kelly and Erika for this one, so this is all me. I'm not sure they had these same reactions. Anyways, that day really gave me something to think about and ponder over the next few days before going back into the hospital.
Skip the next few days...classes. Really, who wants to hear about that?!
Then Monday rolled around again and who doesn't love Mondays off?! Remember?! ok, yes, I know I'm rubbing it in to all you who have to work Mondays :) However, this Monday was different because Tuesday was looming over my head. Tuesday: the day I was most nervous about, the day I would spend from 7am to 7pm in the hospital working with kids, the day I would see no sunlight. That is the most nervous I've been in a LONG time. I slept terribly, but made it to the floor with time to spare (thank you coffee!). I had a 15 year old girl who was relatively pleasant to work with, but became quite the little diva when she wanted to. Her mom said she's like that even when she's not sick...I liked her mom! :) Anyways, long day short, it went by pretty quickly! I followed her down for a procedure, ate a quick late lunch, we charted every hour and passed meds, and then I got to help out another nurse on 6CH with a newly admitted patient from the ED. That was pretty cool to see how the beginning processes with patients and families work up once they're on the floor. I think next week I'm trying to get a littler kid (like 4-7) and see how that goes and gradually work my way down to the little bitty babies :) seeing them all and reading about them just makes me want one for myself! no worries though, that will still be a while.
So the "dreadful" day turned out pretty good and I had one of the greatest nights of sleep of my life afterwards! Classes went just fine again. We have research groups and a project in one of our classes and it's interesting to see what everyone will be studying.
Updates on UNC basketball for everyone: Ed Davis sprained his ankle, hopefully will be back soon. Tyler Zeller is out again, I'm not sure for how long. We lost to Wake at home Wednesday (which was a total bummer) putting us at 1-3 in the ACC. "treach" (for the few of you who know what that even means). but...DUKE LOST which was a highlight for that night!!!
Friday, Jan 22 (holy cow how did that happen!!) is today and has been a great ending to what turned out to be a surprisingly good week! May another 3-day weekend commence! :)
Hakuna Matata
ok first of all i have to start with the fact that i returned from an amazing 10-day trip to London and Ireland to visit and travel with my cousin, MK, on Jan 8. It was such a great experience and I absolutely loved it! A few things I picked up on while I was abroad: 1) everyone wears boots 2) everyone says "cheers" to mean pretty much anything they want to...something i really liked 3) it is soooo cold 4) the sun sets super early because of it's northern location 5) buses and trains are not always reliable 6) shopping can be really really expensive :) 7) doing tourist-y things on purpose is really fun 8) old architecture is just as gorgeous as i remembered...and so much better than the pictures and 9) everyone smokes.
Ok so that was longer than a few, but I ended with the smokers for a reason. Smoking, health, healthcare, nursing.... and here we are starting our THIRD semesters in nursing school! Follow my drift??
Monday the 11th (Nate's 24th birthday!) started off like all of the wonderful Mondays of this semester...NO CLASSES!!! I think we can get used to this!
Tuesday the 12th we had orientation to our Psych and Mental Health class and clinical rotation, even though the rotation won't start until after Spring Break. Our professor seems very down to earth, open, and knowledgable on the subject matter. I have picked up that she is quite the feminist, but that's just entertaining! Our clinical instructor is Abby and she really made me look forward to our work at D. Dix Hospital! She has a great attitude towards her work and manages to stay sane and keep her sense of humor. Her stories were off the wall...I think that's the best way to put it. Our work there should be a great experience!
Wednesday the 13th started my downhill fall for the semester. We had orientation to our Pediatrics rotation all day and I found myself more dreading my next few weeks rather than feeling even somewhat motivated. Please note that I am on a different floor from Mary Kelly and Erika for this one, so this is all me. I'm not sure they had these same reactions. Anyways, that day really gave me something to think about and ponder over the next few days before going back into the hospital.
Skip the next few days...classes. Really, who wants to hear about that?!
Then Monday rolled around again and who doesn't love Mondays off?! Remember?! ok, yes, I know I'm rubbing it in to all you who have to work Mondays :) However, this Monday was different because Tuesday was looming over my head. Tuesday: the day I was most nervous about, the day I would spend from 7am to 7pm in the hospital working with kids, the day I would see no sunlight. That is the most nervous I've been in a LONG time. I slept terribly, but made it to the floor with time to spare (thank you coffee!). I had a 15 year old girl who was relatively pleasant to work with, but became quite the little diva when she wanted to. Her mom said she's like that even when she's not sick...I liked her mom! :) Anyways, long day short, it went by pretty quickly! I followed her down for a procedure, ate a quick late lunch, we charted every hour and passed meds, and then I got to help out another nurse on 6CH with a newly admitted patient from the ED. That was pretty cool to see how the beginning processes with patients and families work up once they're on the floor. I think next week I'm trying to get a littler kid (like 4-7) and see how that goes and gradually work my way down to the little bitty babies :) seeing them all and reading about them just makes me want one for myself! no worries though, that will still be a while.
So the "dreadful" day turned out pretty good and I had one of the greatest nights of sleep of my life afterwards! Classes went just fine again. We have research groups and a project in one of our classes and it's interesting to see what everyone will be studying.
Updates on UNC basketball for everyone: Ed Davis sprained his ankle, hopefully will be back soon. Tyler Zeller is out again, I'm not sure for how long. We lost to Wake at home Wednesday (which was a total bummer) putting us at 1-3 in the ACC. "treach" (for the few of you who know what that even means). but...DUKE LOST which was a highlight for that night!!!
Friday, Jan 22 (holy cow how did that happen!!) is today and has been a great ending to what turned out to be a surprisingly good week! May another 3-day weekend commence! :)
Hakuna Matata
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