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| I am proud to say I can had 5 letters to the back of my name.
RN, BSN
Say hello to Nurse Jess! 
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| So, my school's luau is tomorrow...and I can't go because I have clinical at 5am on Sunday...boo.
Sometimes I wonder why I like to go to these things...Is because I'm proud to be from Hawaii and show it to the Caucasian majority at this school? Is it because I'm homesick and feel at home when I'm around people from Hawaii? All I do at luaus is wish I was at home, or regret that I didn't take hula classes when I was younger, or wish that I could move my hips as fast as those Tahitian dancers... hehe.
Anyway an update on me...
I'm currently on my practicum/capstone clinical as a student nurse in the VA ICU. I wish I could say I was ICU material, but my lack of communication skills is hindering my development as a nurse. Sometimes I wonder why I ever got into this profession when I get anxious talking to people...well, it's not that bad...yet. I'm seeing all these amazing things that medicine can do to the human body...however medicine doesn't always need to be about diagnosis, labs, and procedures.
*To my friends going into/attending med school: I've seen some (not the majority) of the medical and surgical team be a bit inhumane to patients, and as a nurse (aka advocate for the patient), it bugs the hell out of me. It already sucks as a patient in the hospital that you get poked or squeezed or woken up every < 4 hours when you are trying to heal. This week I saw a doctor walk in to a sleeping patient's room (the patient was intubated and had no sedatives or pain medication on board...soft restraints on each arm b/c she was so freaked out and trying to extubate herself), press his fingers hard on her chest and shake her talking in an unnecessarily loud voice, "Wake up!" During rounds, some of the doctors don't even greet the conscious patients but stand near the door and just start spouting off their history and what's wrong with them. PLEASE DON'T BECOME JERKS LIKE THEM. Give the patients some dignity.
Anyway, if everything goes ok, I should be graduating in May (it's about time) and trying to find a job in Portland. I miss Hawaii, but I can't afford to live there right now. Sad.
I miss Guitar Hero... 
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| I love nurses with humor...
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| Oregon State Board of Nursing application fee = $120 Fingerprinting and background check = $57 NCLEX examination fee = $200 Becoming a Registered Nurse = FRICKIN EXPENSIVE | | |
| Homesickness never goes away, does it? *sigh* Less than a month to go... It's funny how even in relationships, someone can feel so alone. | | |
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