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novembre 07, 2005
My first day as a student nurse
Hi all, it's been a while, I'm only posting now to postpone the inevitable finishing of my care plan, this thing I have to do after I have a patient in the hospital. I had my first patient on Friday. It was crazy. I had a "morbidly obese" lady who had her knee replacement re-done because she fell and broke the first. Now, she was a very, very, very, very, kind lady and had been on bed rest in a nursing home since December. The bad things:
1. that I didn't feel like I knew what I was doing, yet, somehow I still had the responsibility of a real live nurse, I even gave her medications (under supervision).
2. they forgot to put a depends on the poor women and something really bad happened with the entire physical therapy team in the room (bless her heart, I really, really, felt for her), and yes I cleaned it up, having a 2 year old in diapers prepared me as well as it could...=)
The good things:
1. this woman had been on bed rest (because her knee was in shambles) for nine months yet less than 12 hours after surgery she was pumped up and wanting to walk (didn't quite succeed, but, heck, I would be enjoying the morphine and the 50 tv channels). This was very inspirational to me because it's nice to see people want to get better. She really was going above and beyond the call.
2. she tolerated me...=) She didn't say anything ugly even though it was painfully obvious that I was quite clueless.
I hope that wasn't tmi for HIPPA but I knew she wouldn't mind.
In other news, my camera is broke, so no recent pictures to post. The screen just went black (digital) and when you take a picture it's black. Little Maddie has turned into quite the orphan Annie so I really need to get a picture up of her curls! I'm so excited she has curls! I always wanted a little girl with pretty curls! There is even one long enough to "boing." I was doing it all night tonight and she was just like, leave me alone MOM! She is so grown up now! I swear, you blink and "poof." Still having some lung issues but nothing we can't handle at the moment. I was thinking the other day of adopting a little Chinese girl who had a minor health problem. It wouldn't bother me at all after Maddie. You can adopt babies with cleft palate or lip or a heart defect. So long as it wasnt' something super chronic, I'd feel really good about it, probably less anxious than going thru another pregnacy...I was so crazy when I was pregnant, I had serious anxiety disorder induced by hormone levels. I'd feel better knowing what I was getting into rather than the unknown...just a thought? What do ya'll think????
Ok...back to my care plan...
Posted by carriec at novembre 7, 2005 11:42 PM
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Carrie, that sounds so great what your getting to do! Depends and all! I'm sure you just ooze confidence, no worries! I think adoption is a great idea! Defect or not I think there are plenty of Chinese girls that need homes. 2 of my cousins are persuing that option as well. If my life gets too crazy for pregnancies but I would want more than 2 kids, I'd go for it. What a unique process and a different love that grows for that child! You guys would be perfect!
Posted by: katiek at novembre 8, 2005 08:40 AM