November 2011
25 posts
blogging from Perk's Coffee at UCSD campus...
i had a CPR class at the new simulation center in the medical school so i’m on campus today.
i’m totally borrowing UCSD’s wifi to update my computer (including my iPhone) because the one at home is ridiculously slow.
and i just finished doing a little bit of shopping from the bookstore.
so, it’s been a good day so far (despite paying $12 for 6 hours of parking). i...
i am thankful:
for a loving and supportive family. for best friends. for the amazing seven. for iced coffee. for my iPad 2. for katniss, peeta, and gale. for 6 East nurses. for incredible memories. for opportunities. for guidance. for life.
happy thanksgiving, all.
So...
I definitely need to stop scheduling new grad classes right after a night of work because 16 hour shifts do not work for me. And speaking of work, I’ve spent 4/5 days there so I am so ready to have next couple days off.
First on the agenda: SLEEP.
“You may not become a CEO or a millionaire or solve world peace, but you can be...”
– Dave Singh (via kari-shma)
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i'm loving that like half my birthday greetings...
and the answer is a big fat Y-E-S.
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at twenty two,
i’m a college graduate. i’ve got a promising career as a nurse in a major city hospital. i’ve traveled and volunteered abroad. i’ve been able to give back to my incredible family and friends, who constantly amaze me with their caring and loving presence. i’ve got a home. i’m never hungry or thirsty. i have many many doors and opportunities open to me.
...
twenty two!
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i definitely need the next couple days off to...
- new admit with blood transfusion and dropping blood pressure
- post-procedure patient with Q15 min VS for 1 hr, Q30 min for 2nd hr. super anxious and angry at the world and did not want me in the room at all.
- total feeder, Q2H turn
- schizoaffective diabetic who kept wanting to be unhooked from antibiotics to go smoke (which were scheduled at the same time, with only one IV and refused to...
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i just woke up
i hate when i spend my days off sleeping all day.
things to be thankful for:
good great friends
can it start raining already?
i want to sleep off this 13.5 hour shift (thank you daylight savings time).
on how far i've come:
i was just talking to my cousin about her first day with total patient care as a nursing student and i was thinking about my first semester and how new and exciting and different everything was. and then we got into the topic of student journals and i went searching for mine from first semester and i found my first one:
March 23, 2009
It felt surreal waking up this morning because this morning...
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i am in love love love with this weather
november
