Thursday is our first day of our second semester and I could not be dreading it more. We have to write several (like 40) medication cards, review our nursing skills, read about how to insert IVs, and study for a math test. We have to get 100% in this math test as well, which puts on the pressure. I’m glad that we finally get to learn how to insert IVs; that’s the one thing I am very excited about.

 

Since I work in an ER as a scribe, I get to be exposed regularly to patient care. I learn even when I’m not in class. I feel like all of this information I learned first semester and the stuff I’m exposed to in the ER is finally clicking. I am starting to “connect the dots” when thinking about a patient’s condition.

 

The assignments we are going to do more than enough of this semester are going to be care plans and I think I’m ready for it. Care plans involve all nursing interventions, outcomes, teachings, etc. that will be used for our assigned patient. Each care plan is specific to each patient, of course. 

 

Although, I hate that I’m gonna get super stressed out again, I think I am ready to take this semester on head first.