Day Two!

            My second day of work was on Friday.  I still felt like I was behind all day--we ended up not charting until 1700!   I was more confident in the little mechanical skills though, and my preceptor kept saying things like, "Oh man!  You're getting so strong!" because I could actually open the antibiotics and spike the bags that day.  I also now know how to hang TPN and I got to show my nurse my IV skills-I was really excited.  It was a beautiful IV and I loved hearing my nurse 'awe' in amazement, "Wow! Nice!  Now we know who to go to for our IV skills!"  Good ole' phlebotomy.
             We also had a student nurse following us around that day.  I felt bad because I had to do most of the work so that I could learn my job, but he was nice and didn't seem to mind.  It was weird when I got separated from my preceptor for a time and the student followed me around.  That's got to be illegal somehow...
              In the end, he helped me with a few medications and charted on the patient that he chose so it was nice.  Somewhere in his nursing school journal he'll be complaining about the day though.  In the future, especially when I'm more sure of myself, I'll try to give my nursing students a better experience.  I know how it feels!
              Saturday I took two finals and today I studied for two more.  After tomorrow I'll have one left.  I am a little passed the point of caring, but I am trying to finish strong because I hate the feeling of failure!  I like scheduled finals because, whether you're ready or not, you HAD to take it.  It's nice not having to go to classes anymore and only having to work 3 times a week--summer will be awesome!
             Below is the development of events at the Library on Monday night with my roommate Sara.  And if it wasn't fun enough, the library gave us treats at midnight!  Woo hoo!