1st clinical day!

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Today was my 1st day! It went pretty good. I was bummed because we have to pick up our assignment 2 days before, so we know who we'll have and we can research all the meds they're on and surgeries and make up careplans and whatnot. So I did all that and spent the last 2 days doing it. Well we get there this morning and my pt. was discharged, lol! I was kinda disappointed but I figured it was good practice. So I got thrown into a new pt without knowing much about her besides when I quickly reviewed her chart. She of course knew more about her meds then I did, lol. But she was a sweet old lady and even told me I'll make a great nurse....probably a lie, lol. Anyway....it was fun! I had to change her IV bag, plus an IV med and some pills and a subcut injection. It was a good day! I'm sure they'll be rare, so I enjoyed it while it lasted, lol. Oh and I am absolutely amazed by the med room!!!!! You type in the name and their meds come up, the drawers open automatically!! Holy crap a caveman can do it! :jester: You all probably know this and are laughing at my right now, lol....but I was amazed! :D Anyway...thought I would share my day. Oh and one of my classmates fainted after seeing a dressing change on a gangrene toe....poor girl!

That's awesome!!! Congratulations on your 1st day! Today you're just getting started, and in no time at all you'll be weeks away from graduation so you'll have a totally new and different kind of excitement. Enjoy your schooling while you can (hard to do, I know), but it really is a fun time to learn and grow with your classmates. Again, congratulations!!! :D

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I'm seeing that the nursing programs are much more varied than I first thought. Im in a BSN program and we take a full Year of pharmacology (two full semesters). On the bright side we know our meds inside and out!

We also take two pharm exams that must be passed at 100% by three tries each.

We take two full semesters of Pharm as well. 1st and 3rd semester.

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We take two full semesters of Pharm as well. 1st and 3rd semester.

As much as I like having pharm only for a half a semester, less I have to do, lol. But I really do think it should be a full semester. There's so much to learn when it comes to meds and calculations and whatnot. I really don't know why my school does pharm 1 and 2 for a half a semester. :/

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
As much as I like having pharm only for a half a semester, less I have to do, lol. But I really do think it should be a full semester. There's so much to learn when it comes to meds and calculations and whatnot. I really don't know why my school does pharm 1 and 2 for a half a semester. :/

Wow you ONLY have pharm for those half semesters? I must have misread that. Shoot we have the pharm and like 13 other credits to boot during that semester LOL

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Wow you ONLY have pharm for those half semesters? I must have misread that. Shoot we have the pharm and like 13 other credits to boot during that semester LOL

Yeah, it's crazy I think! It goes nursing 1 and pharm 1. Then 2nd semester is nursing 2 and pharm 2. And the pharm is only 8 weeks. It was ridiculous cramming all that info in 8 weeks. I wish it was a full semester because it's so much to learn.

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We take two full semesters of Pharm as well. 1st and 3rd semester.

We're on quarters, not semesters: we have two terms (so 20 weeks) 4 hours a week.

Peace,

CuriousMe

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
We're on quarters, not semesters: we have two terms (so 20 weeks) 4 hours a week.

Peace,

CuriousMe

Well my post was to another poster that said they were on 2 full semesters. (not sure if you were just sharing how it is at your school or you were correcting my post).

My college in WA we were on Quarters though, it was a bit of an adjustment to come to a school on Semesters from that and on a new grading method.

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Well my post was to another poster that said they were on 2 full semesters. (not sure if you were just sharing how it is at your school or you were correcting my post).

My college in WA we were on Quarters though, it was a bit of an adjustment to come to a school on Semesters from that and on a new grading method.

Nope, just sharing :)

I agree, it is an adugustment...our terms are 10 weeks long, so it seems like it's just a whirlwind and then it's over!:eek:

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