Archive for January, 2010

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So I am here. I should have written more often before this week because I had a lot of free time. January-term and Community Health turned out to be pretty easy-going. In retrospect, it would have behooved me to have oh, studied, for the FOUR exams this week or the NCLEX-RN or read ahead in my textbooks. But no. I will say that I reorganized our canned goods shelves in the garage and it felt way better than is normal.
I’ve made a couple changes in my life, actually I’m working on week three of said changes. I re-joined (rejoined?) Weight Watchers, thanks to two nursing friends (hi Julie!) and the accountability they provide. I can’t believe I just admitted on the internet that I am trying to lose weight. Your encouragement would be greatly appreciated. God is teaching me so much through this process and I couldn’t do it without Him. As of this morning, I’ve lost 10.5 pounds. woo. I’m quite excited!
God is teaching me so much about love and relationships! I’m just soaking it all in. I’m currently reading “The 5 Love Languages: Singles Edition” and it’s SO good! Let me know what your love language is so I can love you like you want! I haven’t taken the quiz yet so I don’t know what mine is/are. I took the quiz once a while ago and it came up that my love language was touch. Which, as Kelly pointed out, is weird because I don’t like people to touch me (strangers, in crowds!) and have a thing about clinginess. I’ll let you know what my results come out as.
I am in the process of applying for my job at Liberty Hospital. We’ll see where God puts me. I am so excited about the multitude of options facing me right now. I honestly feel like the world is mine for the taking and I could do anything (well anything nursing) and go anywhere I want. This is it, this is my life. And I couldn’t be more excited!
Okay enough gushing, I need to study.
I hope you all keep reading even though I only update “once a month”.
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So this week and next week are January term or “Cardinal Term” as good ole WJC. We have Community Health, which encompasses quite a lot, like Home Health, Hospice, Case Management and drumroll please…..school nursing.
My days playing school nurse were Tuesday and Wednesday. School was cancelled Wednesday (and Thursday and Friday), so Tuesday was my only shot. It was GREAT! I forgot how cute elementary school kids are. Here are some funny conversations we had:

cute first grade boy gingerly holding his arm which is barely scratched: I cut myself.
nurse: What happened?
cutey: Well, I don’t remember but it’s bleeding pretty bad.
nurse: Did you maybe scratch it on something?
cutey: Maybe. It’s bleeding pretty bad. I’ve had two medium drops of blood. (concern in voice).
nurse: oh.

Obviously we needed to hook up a blood transfusion STAT. ha

boy with headache: Hey my head hurts.
nurse: when did it start hurting?
boy: Well, it was hurting this morning and I took some medicine.
nurse: What medicine did you take?
boy:I don’t know.
nurse: Who gave it to you?
boy: My dad.
nurse:Okay let me call your father and see what he says. (calls). It’s going to voicemail.
boy: Oh then he is in California (!)
nurse: oh, well since I don’t know what you took, why don’t you lay down and rest for a while.
boy: okay (lays down for seriously 5 seconds, then gets up). Well it’s my recess right now, sooo
nurse: You’re feeling better?
boy: yeah.
nurse: Okay you can go.

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