tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81228938264082427922024-03-19T17:19:10.722-06:00Hi, I'm Marissa and i'm a nursing student...please feel free to stop by and look around.. I'm always looking for friends to share my crazy nursing stories with. Leave me a comment!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8122893826408242792.post-15199509255267315052012-02-29T23:05:00.000-07:002012-02-29T23:05:13.313-07:00Absent<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had a New Years Resolution to Blog once a week.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">FAIL.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">No one ever keeps those anyway...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Right?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I do have good reason as to why I have been absent tho.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've been busy with the following tasks:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Inserting Catheters</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Drawing blood</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dressing wounds</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Administering medications</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Performing physical assessments</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Etc...Etc...Etc....</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This Friday we are doing our video to pass off our medication administration skills.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Obviously, included in that would be everyones very favorite....</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SHOTS!!!!!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Don't you worry, i've been practicing!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Between this week and next there will be:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2 video skill check off: Medication Admin and Nasogatric tubes</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dosage Calculation Test (must pass with 90%)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ATI Test</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Exam 2</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And Lots and Lots of studying!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">p.s....don't mind that I don't really get ready anymore.....I officially would rather sleep than impress anyone with my looks.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yep, it's official....</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm a nursing student!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8122893826408242792.post-40259384576219541322012-02-12T22:50:00.000-07:002012-02-12T22:50:06.807-07:00First Test<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I've officially had my first test as a nursing student.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I just about died.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>okay, that might be a SLIGHT exagoration...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>But I did get muscle spasms from all the stress.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Test numero uno consisted of </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>28 chapters.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I'm going to let that marinade in your mind for a moment....</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>yes, you read that correctly. 28 chapters.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The info ranged from ethics to fluid and electrolytes to acid base balances.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I studied my little brain to the near point of explosion.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>And honestly, I thought I was going to FAIL. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Not just like 69% fail....but like 19% fail.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The form of these tests mirror the form of the state boards.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Which, anyone that has taken a state board will know that it is a totally different way of thinking than just normal every day tests.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>They will put 1 wrong answer, and 3 correct answers.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>They expect you to choose the MOST correct answer.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>So i'm still learning to reason that way.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Good news tho, I passed! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Phew! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>But don't you worry, We have 9 chapters to have read by Monday for Pharmacology.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>No big deal.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So....Remember last week when I wrote this really upbeat/super happy/ lovin my life Kinda blog???</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What? You don't? That's strange....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh ya, that's probably because I was pretty sure I was going to be put to death, by one of three ways...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Murdered by one of my crazy bi-polar roommates</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Worsening hypertension leading to kidney failure due to the stress</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. My head would explode from the information overload I was receiving from my reading assignments.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite all those things....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will survive!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/ybXrrTX3LuI?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good news is, things really haven't been as bad as I made it sound.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mostly because I have little to no interaction with my roommates....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What ever works, right?!?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">School is freaking awesome. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no doubt that it is A LOT of work, but it is a way good program.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We already are practicing and passing off skills, doing lots of reading, and quiz's.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This program would probably be unbelievably difficult if these things i'm learning, weren't completely amazing to me. The instructors are easy to relate to and have tons of experience to help us learn the difficult concepts that we are to know for our exams.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so wanna know what I have to say about nursing school???</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_438511981"></span><span id="goog_438511982"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, More good news...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you see that girl standing next to me? Ya, the blonde.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is officially my bestest nursing buddy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her name is Chelsie. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess you could say she's a pretty big deal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chelsie and I are lab partners, study buddies, and Zumba partners!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">(I don't think either of us could be zumba instructors....just sayin...)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, basically, we do everything together.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yay for friends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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I officially moved into my apartment in Twin falls Yesterday. I have 5 roommates. Yes, five. It is a saving grace that we each have our own rooms, but....5 girls. Come on.<br />
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The girls I live with, a few are very nice. Some...not so nice. The common denominator you ask? They are all YOUNG! I realize that i'm not exactly Bob Barker over here. I'm young too. But these girls are 18. First time being away from their parents. So excited to be making their own rules. Don't have to listen to what anyone says. Young.<br />
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My number one complaint. It isn't their lack of respect for shared space. It isn't their refusal to clean up their own mess. It isn't that their Boyfriends are the 7th and 8th tenants in our apartment, yet don't pay rent.<br />
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It's the fact that they're SO. FREAKING. LOUD. Boisterous laughing. Resonant arguments. Powerful, swift movements throughout the apartment, leaving no door un-slammed.<br />
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Well, tonight as I sit in my room...(and as i've sat in my room since around noon) reading my 101 pages for my first day of classes tomorrow...I am about to go Brittney Spears crazy.... <br />
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One of the things they told us at the meeting was some of the "additional" items we would need purchased for the first day of class. Most of the time "additional" items usually mean, an additional binder, or a special calculator. Oh, not so in this situation. we purchased almost $800 worth of "additional" items. One of the items we were to purchase was called a "lab kit." It was full of packaged tubing, syringes, gowns, masks, tracheotomy kits...etc...etc....etc. It also came with cool little vials filled with "practi-powder" for mixing for IV's. I'm pretty excited about those! The other "additional" item we had to purchase was an ATI testing book set. It contained like 9 books and a code to allow for testing throughout the semester. Both the ATI set and the lab kit.....were overly expensive.<br />
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I start school on the 17th. It's coming sooo fast! I'm sure I am constantly walking around looking like a Deer in the head lights. Stay tuned for my first day of school....shoot be humerus. Also, get ready for a picture of all my text books. You will like it.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8122893826408242792.post-37980015783194423332012-01-03T00:22:00.000-07:002012-01-03T00:22:34.891-07:00Comments are allowed....Even if i don't know you<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I want everyone that stumbles upon this blog to feel free to look around. I love having people reading all my posts. It kinda motivates me to write more. If you are a nursing student, leave a message! Maybe we could get an online study group going.Even if you're not a nursing student, come along for the ride! Should be entertaining! Welcome to all! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8122893826408242792.post-60962687797919524742012-01-01T21:57:00.000-07:002012-01-01T21:57:30.210-07:00Little bit about me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">As with all good stories, you need a little background.<br />
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Growing up, I was raised by a potato farmer father, and a Registered nurse mother. My mother worked part time at a "Family Emergency Center" (this would be equivalent to a community care, urgent care, or insta care) for many for my childhood years. From my mothers example, I learned at a very young age that I wanted to be a nurse just like my mom.<br />
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Once I got to College, I was steps above other Freshmen there simply because I knew my major. It wasn't changing. I was certain. That was more than most students can say. I took some generals at BYU-Idaho, and applied to their nursing program as soon as I knew I had all the prereq's to apply. When I applied I had a 3.75 overall G.P.A. I wasn't even considered. At that point, I realized that I didn't want to just sit and wait at BYU-Idaho to have a place for me. I then transferred to a community college in Idaho Falls. There I finished all the general requirements to apply to several nursing schools in the western united states.<br />
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I applied to several schools, and was rejected by all of them. I was so confused as to why I was unable to get into school. I had good grades. I jumped through all the hoopes. I did everything I was supposed to. Still, I waited 4 years after graduating high school to finally be accepted into the nursing program at College of Southern Idaho.<br />
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It is very clear to me now as to why I couldn't get into school when I wanted. My father had been ill for many years with multiple illness's. The summer of 2011 my father spent 82 days in the intensive care unit. I spent as much of my time with him, and my family as I could. It was a long difficult road, but we had to do it. On October 2nd, 2011, by father passed away. This was extremely difficult for my whole family. It is very evident to me that there is no way I could have been in nursing school while trying to handle the illness and the death of my young father. I was meant to go to school in 2012.<br />
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