Test results

I was falling asleep yet again today at my Fundamentals of Nursing class. I came to my friend’s house late in the night and slept only 3:30 hours, woke up at 6:00am and got ready to be there at 7:00am. I went to my Math/Pharmacology class and she started the new topic. This new topic is kind of complicated, but I know that with reading, practicing, and studying it’s going to be easy. Our teacher also gave us the grades of our last test. I got an “A” thanks to God. After that class, I went to my fundamentals class at 9:00am. I probably fell asleep for at least 10 minutes. I couldn’t concentrate well, so I’m going to have to study well for the next test on Monday; it includes 5 chapters. After that a classmate gave me a ride to MDC-Kendall and I took the bus to my house. I slept for 2 hours, woke up to eat, went to the computer, talked with my family through Skype, and then I came back to MDC-Kendall for my business class. I came early because I need to complete 10 hours at the business lab. So I need to start coming here for at least an hour each day that I have classes here.

Hospital!!

Thanks to God today was my first day at the hospital!! Woohooo!! Even though today was only orientation day, I’m really excited that we could go and see where we are going to be working and meet the people who we’re going to be working for. I got there at around 7:50am and my teacher was already waiting for us at the cafeteria. She started to explain us what we are going to be doing, when we will start our assignments, and a few hospital rules. We asked lots of questions about our assignments and she also made us review the care plan for the homework. After that, we went for a tour of the whole hospital and the areas that we are going to be using most of the time. We also went to the floor were we are going to be working and met the people there. She told us that next week the whole department is going to be transferred to a new building, so we went for a tour of the building. It was really nice! We saw the patient rooms, the nursing stations, and so many other things. After that, we finished and then came home. I slept for two hours after coming back, then ate lunch, and then came to the computer.

Injections

Well, today was a great day! I woke up at 5:10am, just like every Thursday, went to school and got there at 7:30am. I started my first class, Health Assessment, at 8:00 and it was fun because I had already practiced those skills from what I learned from the book. My teacher also talked about breasts and regional lymphatics, which we weren’t supposed to see, but she included it on the content. Then we went to the lab to practice what we had learned. Right after that I found out that my skills lab teacher wasn’t coming because she is sick. I was disappointed because today we were supposed to learn about parenteral medications (injections), and I really wanted to learn that. So, afterwards I found out that our program director, Kathy Thomas, was going to give us the class so we wouldn’t get behind. I was really happy! She actually got everything out for us and gave us a short talk about syringes. Then she started explaining us how to inject using manequins. She taught us the different techiniques and even gave us lots of syringes so we could start practicing! She also gave us syringes so we could take home and practice! I am so happy she gave us the class today. The best thing of all is that we did this all in the morning, so I could come back home early. I got here at around 2:35pm instead of the regular 5:30 to 6:00pm. It was great!

Horrible test

So, I woke up at 6:00am today, after having gone to bed at 12:20am. I had my math/pharmacology test starting from 7:00am to 8:15am. It was kind of annoying. It had 30 questions and lots of them were of the same kind. It included long calculations and repetitive problems. I really didn’t like it. I also forgot to study something that she taught but was not on the books, and she included it on the test. At the end I think I remembered half of the problem. Maybe I’ll get half-credit. I think I did ok in the rest of the test. I just have to wait for next Monday now to know my grade. After that class, I went to my fundamentals class, in which I was falling asleep, yet again. Thanks to God a classmate gave me a ride to Miami Dade College-Kendall to take the bus to my house after that class. I came home early, put the chicken to thaw and fell asleep for an hour or so. After I woke up, I went to start cooking, went to Publix, ate, and then I prepared to go to my business class at 5:00pm. After my business class I just came home, had dinner, and came to the computer to check my e-mail.

Great news!

So, yesterday I couldn’t write because I came from my clinicals really tired and hungry. So I just ate lunch, checked my e-mail and then went to sleep. I woke up to study and then went to youth group. After that, I had friends staying over at my house, and we watched videos and played for a while. Then I went to bed like at around 4:30am and woke up today like at 11:00am but stayed in bed until 12:00. Yesterday morning I went to my clinical at 6:40am. I had to wake up at 5:10am in order to catch the two buses and then get a ride with a classmate. I was really happy yesterday because our teacher gave us great news! We were not going to go to a hospital to practice, but she got us a spot at the hospital. Thanks to God, we’re starting the clinicals in the hospital next week. The day at the nursing home yesterday was not that busy. There was not much to do. So, towards the end, we just went to a Burger King nearby and started to do some critical thinking exercises.

Tired

Today I was so sleepy because I stayed up until 11:30pm yesterday watching my soccer team lose. Well, you can’t have everything in life. So, I got to my health assessment class on time and we just talked about the thorax. Then we went to the lab to practice listening to the lung sounds on each other. After that, I waited for my next class that starts at 1:00pm. I started to read the lesson for the day, but I fell asleep. Then I woke up to eat, and then I went to my skills class. It was interesting. We talked about giving medications, especially oral. After that I came home, took a nap, then checked my e-mail and then went to music practice.

Grades!!

I received the grades for my two Monday class tests today. I woke up at 6:15am over at my friend’s house in Homestead and got ready to be at the school at 7:00am. At 7:00, I started my Pharmacology/Math class and she started teaching the new topic before giving the tests back. At the end of the class, she gave us our tests back so we could see our grades, and thanks to God I got an “A” on that one. I was already happy for the morning. At 9:00am I have my Fundamentals of Nursing class and she also had our tests, but she also gave them to us at the end of the class. She took so long to explain the new topic, and we didn’t even finish. She got us out late and then she went over the test, which took another 30 min. After that she began to call names one by one in order to show us our grades. Thanks to God I was the first one. I also got an “A” in this class, thanks to God. After that, one of my classmates gave me a ride to Miami Dade College-Kendall so I wouldn’t have to take the bus. That saved me a lot of time. Then I came home, ate, and took a nap because I went to bed late yesterday. After that I went to my business class at 5:00pm and then came back home at 7:00pm. I ate dinner and that’s it.

First injection!

Well, yesterday (Thursday) I had my other two tests for the week. First I had my Health Assessment test and then I had my Fundamentals Skills test. I think I did well in both of them. On the first one, my teacher said that I had done well, and in my second one my teacher just said that it was ok. So I’m guessing I got an “A” in both? The tests were cool. I had to do a cardiovascular assessment on a patient for my health assessment test, and for the skills I had to answer questions in a scenario about oxygen therapy.

Today (Friday), I had my clinicals, and I got there early this time. I got to learn a lot this time. I was busy the whole day. I also got to give my first medicine shot! I did well, thanks to God, because the patient said she didn’t even feel the needle. My teacher was also satisfied, so at least I learned that. Next week we’re going to do some other interesting and new things for my clinicals, so I’m excited.

Practice

Today I went to a friend’s house to practice for my two tests tomorrow. Actually, I just practiced for my health assessment test, but my skills test is easy, so I don’t think I have to practice for that one. Thanks to God, I remembered almost everything I have to do and my friend helped me a lot by cooperating and helping me remember. I also helped my friend with his math studies, and I went to Publix today. I cooked and then went to Miami Dade College-Kendall to my class, but first I did one hour at the business lab because it’s a requirement for my business class. Then I went to my class from 5:00 to 7:00pm and then I came home.

Performance on tests

I think I did really well in both of my tests yesterday! I woke up early, even though I went to bed late, and got to my math/pharmacology class first to start my first test. It was easy thanks to God. I think I got an “A”. Then I just waited 30 minutes for my fundamentals class and test. I thought it was going to have other types of questions, not just multiple choice, but it only had multiple choice so that was good. I think I also did really well on this test, even though for this one I’m not sure if I got an “A”. After my classes, I came up to Miami and I waited for my next class at 5:00pm at the Kendall campus. I slept a little and checked my e-mail. I also checked some other things through the internet.

Today, I’ve been mostly reading my homeworks and watching some nursing procedure videos. It was nice. Then I cooked my food for today and for Thursday and then I came back to continue reading my books. That’s about it for today.