eomLPN2016

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1. My First Cry Today

   eomLPN2016 replied to eomLPN2016's topic in General Students

   Yes I truly empathize: many years ago as a CNA, one client of mine died midway during his bedbath. I even remember the "death rattle" I heard the morning prior. I finished the bed bath and dressed him up to show my proper respects. Importantly, you h...

2. My First Cry Today

   eomLPN2016 replied to eomLPN2016's topic in General Students

   Yes that's true...I believe every new stressor with school augmented for 2 weeks until I had to release! I left lab twice that morning to go week on the bathroom by myself!! Even contemplated leaving early. But I went back in, performed sterile techn...

3. My First Cry Today

   eomLPN2016 replied to eomLPN2016's topic in General Students

   I get pretty uptight during skills lab when I don't get it right the first time. In my mind, if I stink in lab trainong, then I'll stink during the actual rotations!!

4. My First Cry Today

   eomLPN2016 replied to eomLPN2016's topic in General Students

   I appreciate that! It's been a new dimension for me as far as learning. Unlike memorization in anat&phys, the approach for the PN program is intensive and all conceptual. Total culture shock..yet I can tell a difference after 7 lectures in my cri...

5. My First Cry Today

   eomLPN2016 posted a topic in General Students

   I need a moment to vent. These first 6 days of clinicals have truly been challenging. All that I thought I knew was knocked down one-by-one. Today, I just broke down and sobbed while practicing sterile gauze wrapping. Never before have I felt so ...