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WHEN YOU SEE HOW MANY MORNING MEDS YOU HAVE TO GIVE

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I’m like

THAT IS ME RIGHT NOW.

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1 year ago on April 24, 2012 at 09:46pm
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Nursing School Whatnots #5

Second week on the pediatric floor. This week I chose a slightly complicated patient with trach needs because I’ve never had to do trach care on a patient before!

This was my first time giving meds to a baby, and the first time giving meds through a GJ tube. Meds often go through the G, and feed goes through the J.

It was a bit of failure for me at the beginning of the day because I can’t remember the last time I even picked up a baby or touched a diaper. However by the end of the day I was diaper changing, caring for a major rash, giving G-tube meds, doing oral care, and trach suctioning without supervision.

My biggest fail moment of the day was the first time I tried to give a med through G-tube. I forgot you had to unclamp before pushing the med in and pushed the med anyway -__________________- GG Yvonne. GG.

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1 year ago on March 28, 2012 at 12:00am

Nursing School Whatnots #2 ›

Man, exciting stuff this week!

  • I performed an “in and out” foley catheter procedure for the first time ever today! I was so nervous but the nurse said I did a really good job! :)
I was freaking out because we had barely just learned this skill in lab and we did NOT learn on a male (as my patient was). I realized that maintaining a sterile field is 100% times easier in a real setting than in labs -__- I mean you’re never going to forget your non-dominant hand is non-sterile when there’s iodine streaked all across your glove.
  • I gave a flu vaccine, IM route! I gave a patient a flu shot before Kim, little miss pharm. HEHE.

The only thing I didn’t get to do this clinical semester was a SubQ injection…maybe next semester :(

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1 year ago on November 09, 2011 at 12:00am
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Nursing School Whatnots ›

Background: Fall 2011 - Cardiac Med-Surg Unit. First Clinical Site of nursing school. This is my second week administering meds.

Today on the unit:

I hung and administered my first IV med today! I did a Vancomycin piggyback with normal saline for the patient’s nosocomial pneumonia! I also changed all of the IV lines so I got to practice tube priming as well :D

I was going to do her EKG too but the EKG specialist beat me to it! Drat :(

Within the next 3 weeks I will also administer at least one flu shot (probably) and maybe a subcutaneous shot. YAY =D

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1 year ago on November 02, 2011 at 12:00am
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