Week #9

Well, if I could survive this week, I think I could survive anything! On Monday I had a quiz, I think I did OK, I haven't got the grade yet. On Tuesday I had a test, and I'm still waiting on that grade too. I also had to quizzes. I have to re-take one of them but its no big deal. And on Wednesday I had a test and I got a 90% on that one. I would have got a 93 but after I turned it in I remembered I forgot to do part of the math question! Oh well, I still got a good grade! But it was quite a stressful weekend and week. In lab we practiced with oral medications. That's the quiz I didn't pass so I didn't get to do it in clinical. Which wasn't a big deal to me, I got to spend more time with my resident, whom I LOVE! I will have to pass all his morning medications and he has 13! So I also have to write up all of them on a drug sheet, which is VERY time consuming! Our real clinical instructor was not there this week so we had a sub, and boy was I glad! That means we don't have to turn in all our paperwork until Tuesday, which gives me extra time to work on it. What a relief. But next week I will be passing the drugs to my resident. He is the greatest guy ever! He has a sense of humor and he's not quite fond of his roommate so they are bickering constantly! His roommate is quite the chatterbox and sometimes he talks so much, my guy can't get a word in! We have a lot in common, so we have a lot to talk about, it's a nice change from my last resident because she couldn't talk or anything. It's nice to have someone who can talk back to you. I'm sad to think that next week is our last week in the nursing home! It will be hard to leave, but on the bigger things! This week we had a resident pass away from our floor, he wasn't someone that we personally took care of but we saw and talked to him a lot. It's just sad to think he's gone. Also the lady that Lindsey fed and met on the very 1st day we were there also passed. I know its going to happen, but its just sad.

Well next week I don't have any tests (WOO-HOO!) so I try to write a little more often.