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Showing posts with label About. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
I decided to finally try Twitter. I have no idea if I will actually do it. But so many times I have a thought that I would love to blog about, but by the time I get home to do so, I've forgotten it. So I will attempt to share them with you via Twitter. We'll see how this goes. Look to the left for my last 5 updates. At least it's something to do at 4am at work.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
A Week of Excitment
This week has been pretty...eventful. To start with, Monday I woke up with bug bites from my toes to my waist. This annoyed me all day and only seemed to get worse through Monday night and into Tuesday. Tuesday I washed all my bed linens and that seems to have taken care of the problem. The bites are so itchy and annoying I couldn't tell if I was getting more or not, so last night I circled them all to see if any new ones appeared. Then I decided since they were all so obvious now I should count them. Well I lost count somewhere around 70! I'm pretty sure I've gotten no new bites and the problem is now under control. There must just have been some bug in my bed. The only problem now is that they itch like crazy. I've been taking Benadryl at night to prevent myself from itching and today when I got home it was overwhelming. I popped a Benadryl and in 45 minutes the room was spinning every time I moved too quickly. I'm much recovered now, but the itching it back in full force. At least the problem is contained now.
Tuesday and Wednesday for my clinical I was in the ER. Tuesday was ok, but Wednesday was quite eventful. I got to insert two foley catheters which doesn't sound so exciting but is a major think you practice and hype up for in nursing school. Then, someone came in CPR in progress and we were allowed to do the chest compressions. While I wasn't happy about it, it was exciting and a great opportunity to practice a needed skill hands on. Way different then "Annie" in the BLS class. The weirdest part was when tje ribs cracked. If you're doing CPR correctly the ribs should crack (after all, you're pushing all your weight into somebody's chest to try and pump blood to their whole body) but the feeling and sound were very weird. It also made me very aware just how much power our little hearts have.
Today, we oriented at a home care agency for community health. It's a very extensive agency with many, many services. Listening to the different nurses speaking about their roles and their passion for advocacy for their patients really got me excited. It reminded my why I went to nursing school in the first place and where my true passion lies. (In case you didn't know, it's to hopefully go to a developing country and provide services and resources to marginalized women and children). I think the community/home care setting is really the area where I'm going to get the best experiences to prepare me for the kind of work I want to do. I think my clinical instructor thought I was a little crazy when I all but begged to go to the AIDS clinics. I'm really looking forward to the semester and it should generate some good stories.
In other news, I'm going to add two new kinds of posts to huruma. One I've been planning for awhile and they're going to be about my favorite, moderately healthy, easy, one-person friendly meals. I've tried cook books, but there are always too many ingredients or too time consuming so I've worked out some of my own (which usually consists of putting everything in one pot/skillet/dish) and I'll share them with you. I don't claim to be gourmet, but they're pretty good and pretty easy and won't cost you too much, time or dollars. The second kind of posts are going to be things I discover that I think are really cool and kind of want. I have a whole folder in my bookmarks of fun things I find and so I figured it's time to share them with someone. Anyway, just some things to look forward to. Happy Friday everyone!
Tuesday and Wednesday for my clinical I was in the ER. Tuesday was ok, but Wednesday was quite eventful. I got to insert two foley catheters which doesn't sound so exciting but is a major think you practice and hype up for in nursing school. Then, someone came in CPR in progress and we were allowed to do the chest compressions. While I wasn't happy about it, it was exciting and a great opportunity to practice a needed skill hands on. Way different then "Annie" in the BLS class. The weirdest part was when tje ribs cracked. If you're doing CPR correctly the ribs should crack (after all, you're pushing all your weight into somebody's chest to try and pump blood to their whole body) but the feeling and sound were very weird. It also made me very aware just how much power our little hearts have.
Today, we oriented at a home care agency for community health. It's a very extensive agency with many, many services. Listening to the different nurses speaking about their roles and their passion for advocacy for their patients really got me excited. It reminded my why I went to nursing school in the first place and where my true passion lies. (In case you didn't know, it's to hopefully go to a developing country and provide services and resources to marginalized women and children). I think the community/home care setting is really the area where I'm going to get the best experiences to prepare me for the kind of work I want to do. I think my clinical instructor thought I was a little crazy when I all but begged to go to the AIDS clinics. I'm really looking forward to the semester and it should generate some good stories.
In other news, I'm going to add two new kinds of posts to huruma. One I've been planning for awhile and they're going to be about my favorite, moderately healthy, easy, one-person friendly meals. I've tried cook books, but there are always too many ingredients or too time consuming so I've worked out some of my own (which usually consists of putting everything in one pot/skillet/dish) and I'll share them with you. I don't claim to be gourmet, but they're pretty good and pretty easy and won't cost you too much, time or dollars. The second kind of posts are going to be things I discover that I think are really cool and kind of want. I have a whole folder in my bookmarks of fun things I find and so I figured it's time to share them with someone. Anyway, just some things to look forward to. Happy Friday everyone!
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
All the cuddly critters
Today is very uneventful day. Yesterday, I got my BRAND NEW LAPTOP. That's right. BRAND NEW LAPTOP. It's shiny. And fast. And wonderful. I've been spending most of today transferring files, syncing browsers (I heart Google and Firefox!), downloading applications, and hating Apple in general and iTunes and iPod specifically. Tonight I'm going to a Pampered Chef Party. Because every student in debt up to their eyeballs and living in an apartment they can't afford needs over-priced gourmet kitchen gadgets! Mostly it's about the free food. And the opportunity to stare at and caress the over-priced gourmet kitchen gadgets. And dream about what you buy if Sallie Mae had a category on their loan application to send money to "Caitlin's Over-Priced Gourmet Kitchen Gadgets Fund." Oh the ecstasy.
In my endless quest to make you adore me, I thought I might share with you a little slice of the farm.
1. My puppy. Name: Jersey Age: 14 1/2 Nicknames: Jerz, Waz, Elvis, Fang, Yellow Dog, Jun Blotz, Bookie, Shatzie
2. Cat #1 Name: Sarai Age: About 3 1/2 Nicknames: Black Cat, Missy, Pissy, Princess, WhyWhy, Little Feet
3. Cat #2 Name: Mesa Age: 2 years Nicknames: Miss Mesa, Mesa Pesa, Badger, Stinky
4. Guinea Pig Name: Pumpkin Age: Stinking old Nicknames: Piggie, Pig Pig
5. Fish Name: Mwenge Age: 1 year Nicknames: Fish, Whatever the hell your name is
Ei Aye Ei Aye Ohhhh
In my endless quest to make you adore me, I thought I might share with you a little slice of the farm.
1. My puppy. Name: Jersey Age: 14 1/2 Nicknames: Jerz, Waz, Elvis, Fang, Yellow Dog, Jun Blotz, Bookie, Shatzie
2. Cat #1 Name: Sarai Age: About 3 1/2 Nicknames: Black Cat, Missy, Pissy, Princess, WhyWhy, Little Feet
3. Cat #2 Name: Mesa Age: 2 years Nicknames: Miss Mesa, Mesa Pesa, Badger, Stinky
4. Guinea Pig Name: Pumpkin Age: Stinking old Nicknames: Piggie, Pig Pig
5. Fish Name: Mwenge Age: 1 year Nicknames: Fish, Whatever the hell your name is
Ei Aye Ei Aye Ohhhh
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Huruma Who?
As I frolic, head-on, into a new stage in my life I decided that it was time for a new, more sophisticated blog. I think I've done a lot of growing up in the last 4 years. So here I go.
Why this blog? Well, I was kind of inspired by my lovely friend Megan on this one. While we were both back at our Alma mater, Asbury College, for graduation, Megan made a comment about her mother and her interesting nursing stories and how she should write a book. I am about to enter nursing school (my first day is the 5th) and I thought the world-at-large might appreciate some tales from the inner sanctum of the hospital. And while I don't think I'm quite book writing material, a blog!, now that I can manage. I'll try not to talk about poop too much.
In addition to being about to enter nursing school, on the 1st I will be moving into my very first, post-college, off-campus, no rules just right apartment. I'm too excited to even begin to tell you about it. I will be rooming with a lovely person named Christine who I met at a financial aid night. So far we seem both really similar and really different. I enjoy contradictions.
So what can you expect from this oh so stereotypical blog? Well, lots of stories about icky gross medical things. Tales of two single 20-something post-college girls learning to make it in the big bad world alone while incurring something like $50,000 in student loan debt. Annoyingly opinionated tirades on politics, religion, current events, and humanity in general. And probably a few book reviews thrown in for intelligent post-modern free-thinking woman cred. That's me in a nut shell.
Why this blog? Well, I was kind of inspired by my lovely friend Megan on this one. While we were both back at our Alma mater, Asbury College, for graduation, Megan made a comment about her mother and her interesting nursing stories and how she should write a book. I am about to enter nursing school (my first day is the 5th) and I thought the world-at-large might appreciate some tales from the inner sanctum of the hospital. And while I don't think I'm quite book writing material, a blog!, now that I can manage. I'll try not to talk about poop too much.
In addition to being about to enter nursing school, on the 1st I will be moving into my very first, post-college, off-campus, no rules just right apartment. I'm too excited to even begin to tell you about it. I will be rooming with a lovely person named Christine who I met at a financial aid night. So far we seem both really similar and really different. I enjoy contradictions.
So what can you expect from this oh so stereotypical blog? Well, lots of stories about icky gross medical things. Tales of two single 20-something post-college girls learning to make it in the big bad world alone while incurring something like $50,000 in student loan debt. Annoyingly opinionated tirades on politics, religion, current events, and humanity in general. And probably a few book reviews thrown in for intelligent post-modern free-thinking woman cred. That's me in a nut shell.
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