Tuesday, August 28, 2007

back in the swing of things

my two longest school days for the week are done.
early mornings that extend long into the afternoon.
many nursing classes with the same faces.

i'm excited/nervous for the year.
sometimes i feel like i know so much more than when i started.
and then sometimes i wonder how i was even accepted into the program-i know nothing!
then i hear my classmates wondering the same things about themselves. a lack of confidence seems to be catching!
clinicals in hospitals are only a few weeks away. yay/yikes!
today we learned about adminstering medications-quite the responsibility.
we got to practice and i ate some skittles as the patient.
more math-conversions for all kinds of meds

i had a hard time getting up this morning. last night we had our first staff meeting, and after that i felt tired and unprepared for practicum the next morning. and i still felt that way in the morning. i asked God to help me be excited to learn and grateful for the opportunity to go to a christian school. he totally did! although i was more than happy to be done early this afternoon (2:30 instead of 3:30), he still gave me the gift of several happy moments, aside from an all-around better attitude.

first of all, we played a game:would you be a "blank" or a "blank"? why?
whatever our choice, we had to stand one side of the room to distinguish ourselves.
would you be a tree or a flower?
tree-aspen, willow, elm, ash-slender trees with such character, moving in the wind, more stability than a flower, and i'm taller than most girls. tree.
flannel shirt or silk blouse?
silk blouse-i was the only one to make this choice. not only do i get hot easily, i love to dress up. not just heels and skirts, but costumes too. another reason i liked the hoe-down.
pizza with any toppings or gourmet food?
gourmet food-more likely to be gluten-free.

next happy moment-i got to eat lunch in the sunshine with kyle...and lots of other nursing students. i really love my co-ra...in a-i'm so glad we're friends and he's such an amazing guy-sort of way. he blesses me.

this afternoon, we learned how to give medication to kids using puppets. for the past year, i haven't had much direction about what speciality i would even BEGIN to think about pursuing. and today, i just had everything that's been floating around in my brain lately, confirmed. i felt like God gave me a whole handful of dreams for nursing care with kids.
stickers. puppets. stories. clever distractions. fun scrubs. someday.

and lastly, i got to sit between lacey and melodi. i'm continually blessed by those God places in my life.

1 comment:

Mandipants said...

kids, good choice.

while they may be able to drive you up the wall, there's something entirely MORE precious about them.