The Value of Nurses

I recently found this graphic and wanted to share it with you guys- whethere you're a nurse or not. These are definitely some interesting stats. And it shows how valuable nurses really are and how much they are needed.

Image provided by Nursing School.org

How I did

Thank you so much for your words of encouragement yesterday. I seriously was almost going to have a hard attack. I'm just so happy this is over with and now I can relax. I have my health assessment pass off next week, but I'm not so worried about that one. It's just a head-to-toe and feel super confident about it. These past few weeks have been hectic, and I know it will get worse as finals start to approach. 


As for now, I'm done with clinicals, and it was one of the best experiences of my life. I loved being in the nursing home. The residents couldn't be any nicer and cuter. I wish I would have had time to blog about my experiences but like I said, nursing school has kept me busy.  I will share some stories as soon as the semester is over and have more time for blogging though.


By the way, do you guys know any more SN blogs? I may not blog as often on mine but trust me, I do love to read Nursing blogs. Any blogs you'd like to suggest write them below, I would love to check them out! 


Good Luck to you all as you prepare for finals! You'll rock it! 

Pass or Fail

Yes people, I AM ALIVE. But may not be after tomorrow depending on if I PASS or NOT my lab final pass off for Nursing interventions tomorrow.  I am seriously freaking out about this so bad!!!! Most of you 2^nd, and so on semester students are probably familiar with this. I will be given 30 minutes to complete a scenario which will consist of an administration of a med, either a central line dressing change or insertion of a foley catheter, and a position change. And if I pass, I will have to document all of what I did plus any patient teaching. I have been having nightmares and anxiety over this like you cannot imagine (or well you probably can since you’ve most likely have experienced this before). I’m scared that I will not know how to calculate the med dosage, or that I will forget to lock the med cart, or that I will forget to do my 3 med checks, or that I will forget to ask my mannequin pt for his/her name and birth date.  I’m stressing that I will break sterile field or that I will mix up the steps in the procedure. I’m scared that I will forget to do any significant patient teaching or that I will somehow mess up my position change even though I don’t know how that is possible but you never know. Anyway, please do keep me in mind and in your prayers. It would be very much appreciated. Any suggestions you guys? Tips? My pass of is tomorrow at 0900. Wish me luck!

Rocking it

Last week I had my first nursing exam for “Nursing Interventions”. I was freaking out really bad because our professor told us that it’s common for students to not get very high scores on their first test. So I studied for hours, skimmed the chapters, and finally got the courage to go to the testing center. Let me tell you, I’ve never felt more calm in my life while taking a test than I did that day. It was a 50 question exam. After I was done I was scared to look at the screen that would reveal my score. I found my test sheet number on the screen and to my big surprise I see a 98%. Oh my goodness gracious! I had a hard time believing it! I only missed one question and after I figured out which question I had missed I was mad for several hours because it was a very simple question. I could have totally gotten a 100% if I only hadn’t changed my answer. Oh well. If I keep getting scores like this one I’m totally going to rock my first semester of Nursing. I’m really really  worried for my pharm exam coming up next week, and I’m not making any promises that I’m going to get a 98%. I’ll be lucky if I get in the 80’s. We’ll see.

All over the place

School has started and it has been amazing BUT hectic. I’m overwhelmed with all the things that I have to learn. I’m very excited though and the labs are way fun! We learned charting and how to take vital signs last week. I had never taken blood pressures before, and I kept forgetting to loosen up the cuff when I was done reading the measurement. My poor partner had to keep reminding me “Grecia, you’re going to cut off my circulation!” Hahahaha! I’m totally stoked for all the adventures that are to come. Tomorrow will be my first day wearing my scrubs. It’s going to be memorable (I’ll make sure to take pictures). Did I mention that my stethoscope is PINK also? Well it is. It’s cute and I love it!

Pharmacology is going to be the end of me. I can’t believe the hundreds, thousands of drugs out there. I just learned how to do dosage calculations and when I’m a nurse I’m going to have to be carrying paper, pencil, and a calculator around ‘cause I’ll never be able to do those in my head!

We were also handed a sheet of unapproved and approved abbreviations that we have to memorize and wow, I’m going to be mixing those up. I just know it.

Trivia for the day: BRP= Bathroom Privileges. In case you needed to know? Oh and PR= Per Rectum.