Semester # 2 in Full Swing

Tuesday we begin our rotation in the hospital. Here is a bullet list of some things going on and what I will be doing, etc.

• Our hospital shifts will be about 12 hrs
• I have 6 hospital days
• I will be going to the hospital I went to during my first rotation which is good because that means a very short drive
• I have to do a skills check off on Wednesday on what we call a "Sim Man" which is short for simulation. He breathes, talks, has heart sounds, has a pulse, we can take his BP, etc. I will have to insert a Foley and an NG tube (nasogastric) on Mr. Sim.
• In the hospital, I will also be inserting Foleys and NG tubes. Fun, huh?
• I wanted one of two instructors and was blessed to have gotten one of the two. This makes me very happy.
• My first test is in one week- next Monday. I'm scared, I'm not gonna lie. But then I always freak out in the beginning of a course. That's just how I roll.
• I won't receive my grade until Tuesday sometime. I don't really like having to wait for my grades, so this will mean more freak out time. I suggest you stay in doors with your windows and doors securely locked. It won't be pretty out here.
• You should see this report I have to fill out on one of my patients. I kid you not, it is 30 pages long.
• I have a few assignments to do for this course. Not so bad, though. But man, that 30 page patient profile is just a little killer, don't you think?
• I am taking an Anthropology course this semester. Some tried to say I was crazy, but I have a really good plan, and a really easy course. I need a writing credit to graduate, and I also need a humanities course, but since I don't like any of the humanities courses that give me a writing credit, I have decided to take this Anthropology course now and sneak a French course in some where along the line later (I took French for 3 years- its bound to come back, right?) Anyway, this class only meets 5 times throughout the entire semester. All I need to do is write 12 papers, 1-2 pgs on anything Anthropology related. I have a 2 week Spring Break coming up and will write them at that time. Not so bad of a plan, eh? (see the French is already coming out)
• My clinical group consists of 2 girls that have been in my clinical group the last two times, plus a girl I study with. There are only 8 people in my group, and we have our clinical instructor, plus another instructor who is being trained by the other, so we sort of have two instructors. This is good.
• I think that's it for now. I will write more after Tuesday.