jrolph

I'm a student nurse and tonight I had my first patient die. Before today, I've never watched anyone die or had it be my patient. It was really a busy and draining day. I was lucky to have the support of other classmates and my nurse preceptors were great. I know it will be difficult to loose another patient, but I was fortunate to be with people that wanted to help and be there for me. Even though I was somewhat stoic, it helped that the other nurses cared enough to give advice and talk about what happened.

Baby poo is much easier to deal with. After 8 months as a nursing assistant dealing with adult diapers, babies were a breeze. I have to say one of my funniest memories in nursing school is when two of my classmates were using alcohol wipes ($1) to clean the explosive diarrhea from their new white shoes ($59). The look on their faces...priceless.:balloons: