Nothin' Much

I don't really have much to add as nothing terribly exciting has been going on.

Well, I DID ace another exam a couple of weeks ago. THAT was GREAT!

I DID make it through my med-surg rotation this quarter and have moved on to a rotation in mental health... I am working in a double-lock-down acute care facility. I was completely freaked out to start, but my first day wasn't bad at all. It helps when you're working with a FABULOUS preceptor!! This rotation is interesting because it's a 3pm-11pm shift, which is sooo different from working a 6am-3pm shift!!!! Woo-Hoooo!!! I love it! Too bad I don't see any 12-hour shifts that start at 2pm or so because I'd be in pure heaven!

We got our "dream sheets" last Wednesday. These are the sheets where we write out where we'd like to be for next quarter's clinical rotation. However, this time is special because it will be our final rotation and we'll be working strictly with a preceptor (an RN who works on the unit) and we'll work his/her hours until we have worked a specific # of hours (I think it's 140 or 160 hours?). When the Instructor handed out the sheets, he told us about the slots we have available to fill. THREE NICU slots!!! So I'm sure you can guess where I am hopin' to be placed....... My other choices will be L&D, a burn unit, and Oncology. I'll also put "medical unit" on my sheet as I liked working with the non-surgical pt's last Spring. Well, some had had surgery, but some would come in because of fierce liquid diarrhea or cirrhosis, skin ulcers, pancreatitis, fluid/electrolyte imbalances, etc... Interesting stuff....

I guess that's about it. OH - today I'm going to go to an AA meeting and/or an Al-Anon meeting. This is for my mental-health clinical and I have to write a short, 1 page, paper afterwards. Easy-Schmeezy, I hope!