Hello world! I don't want to sound cliche but I really can't believe how fast the first part of the semester has gone by. This is our last week of med-surg classes and clinical and I couldn't be happier. Last week, I was with the charge nurse one day which was actually pretty busy. I got to give some flu shots, help with discharges, and see a "carresto"!! (The patient in the room across from the nurses station needed a rapid response. I wasn't able to be in the room during it because there were literally 20-30 residents in there. At least I got to see the aftermath-- an intubated patient being sent to the ICU.) I was also in the cardiac ICU. That was extremely frustrating because the nurse assumed that I didn't know how to do anything and taught me how to do a head to toe assessment, including how to listen to lung sounds!!!! How fascinating! It's not like I wasn't doing that all summer. I don't want to sound like a brat, but I literally have not been challenged once this semester and it is very frustrating.Thank God I'll be done on Thursday.
Other than the lack of excitement at clinical, life has been pretty good. We have all been buckling down and getting our "end of semester" work done. Instead of going to the beach, we've been finishing our final care plans, putting together our case studies, and studying. It's absolutly crazy that next Thursday, we'll be doing celebratory shots and packing for Vieques, the island where we're going to spend the weekend of October 13. I cannot wait!!
Today, I reached old lady status once again. In addition to always having tissues in my pockets, going to bed early, and knitting (haha that one's a joke), I now have a humidifier at my bedside. Constantly being in the AC really got to my upper respiratory tract and has kept me up coughing for the past five nights. After too many sleepless nights and fear of waking my roommate (shout out to Katie!) I decided I had to do something. Hopefully it works! Our lives are a constant cycle of sweating our asses off in the heat to freezing our asses off in the AC. There is absolutely no in-between.
I really really really hate that I'm missing fall. I haven't seen any pictures of foliage yet, but I know they'll start popping up on instagram and facebook. I'm starting to see more and more pumpkin beer, had pumpkin pancakes over the weekend, and have (still) been enjoying my pumpkin coffee, but it's just not the same. All you New Englanders-- savor the moments of stepping on crunchy leaves and waking up to crisp fall mornings. I envy all of you. Well on that note, it's back to work I go. I just spend two hours watching the hills on netflix, so I should probably put some time into my studies. Hugs from PR yall! :)
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