So I was under the impression that this week we would be focusing on IV insertion and CVL changes. This is true, except we also were doing catheters. I came in without having watched the tutorial, but it honestly probably wouldn't have mattered... those tutorials only can teach me so much.
Luckily, there were a few girls from more advanced cohorts in the room to help. I broke sterility about 20,000 times but have a pretty good idea about what to do.
To be honest, I'm very--EXTREMELY-- agitated and apprehensive about the lack of organization and structure with the lab. We don't have any check-off sheets which surprised the girl that was helping my group. And apparently for validations, each instructor has her own idea of how something should be done and will take off points/fail you if you don't do it their own specific way. I really just wish there was a uniform way to do these things.
I hope tomorrow goes better.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
Post-test and Pre-IV Anxiety
I've just finished my fourth week in the upper division. I've decided to pursue reflective journaling as suggested by my professors.
We got back our grades this week from our first test; I got an 88. As I consider anything below an A unacceptable, I was pretty disheartened. It seemed the majority of my peers made C's, though there was a guy claiming to not have studied at all who got a 94. /rolleyes
Granted, if I had put more effort in I know I could have gotten an A. I really didn't take it seriously enough and I recognize that. Still, I didn't really like some of the wording on the test. Some of it appeared intentionally confusing or just vague (e.g. the word "diagnosis" could have meant nursing or medical; the answer for the correct assessment of the abdomen was missing entirely).
I'll do better next time.
I am pretty anxious about next week in the skills lab. We were supposed to have started on IV insertion and CVL dressing changes this past week, but due to most of us not getting our skills bags in time, we will be doing that next week. I'm a bit petrified.
I'm having a hard time concentrating a lot of the time. I went to the library to study yesterday, and it helped a lot. Adderall helps with my ADD but the extreme hostility and irritability makes me apprehensive about taking it regularly. :/
We got back our grades this week from our first test; I got an 88. As I consider anything below an A unacceptable, I was pretty disheartened. It seemed the majority of my peers made C's, though there was a guy claiming to not have studied at all who got a 94. /rolleyes
Granted, if I had put more effort in I know I could have gotten an A. I really didn't take it seriously enough and I recognize that. Still, I didn't really like some of the wording on the test. Some of it appeared intentionally confusing or just vague (e.g. the word "diagnosis" could have meant nursing or medical; the answer for the correct assessment of the abdomen was missing entirely).
I'll do better next time.
I am pretty anxious about next week in the skills lab. We were supposed to have started on IV insertion and CVL dressing changes this past week, but due to most of us not getting our skills bags in time, we will be doing that next week. I'm a bit petrified.
I'm having a hard time concentrating a lot of the time. I went to the library to study yesterday, and it helped a lot. Adderall helps with my ADD but the extreme hostility and irritability makes me apprehensive about taking it regularly. :/
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