Monday, July 20, 2009

Oh time...how it flies...

It's mind boggling to me that in a few wks, I will be done with my first quarter of school and it continues to boggle my mind that on Sept. 11, I will have been a LPN for seven years! Wow...eight years ago, I was getting ready to start PN school.
PN school was tough. It was emotionally, mentally, and physically draining for me. I made some good friends and some bad enemies, but all in all there are only a few things I would have changed.
RN school is ALOT different. I find myself struggling with the material alot more and getting out of the "report it to the RN" mode and into the Assessing/Planning/Evaluation/Teaching aspect of nursing. Patho is giving me a hard time and just not overthinking or over studying.
Studying with a two year old is fun too...
I have made it no secret that I plan to roll into the BSN program after graduation next May and then forward on to take the NP program from Wright State University...It's a goal.
But for now, I have my eyes on that RN goal...

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Pain the the butt r/t two hyper kids as evidenced by the screaming coming from my bedroom as well as the 2,000,000 showing of Shrek this wk.
The subjects will be able to take a nap w/i the next 2 hours or I will physically drug them so I can get something done!

*sigh*

nursing supplies...if its been made, I have probably owned it within the last 7 years. Of course there are things I HATE and things I LOVE...here is that list.

Things I hate...
1. Nursemate shoes...had my first pair of nice white Nursemates in LPN school nay oh 8 years ago. I.HATED.THEM! They straight up hurt my feet and left me feeling miserable.
2. Littman Stethoscopes...everyone hails the greatness of these scopes, but I can't hear my husband belch with one, nevermind asculatation of breath sounds or apical pulses! I wound up selling my first *and only* Littman to my BFF. More power to her!
3. Nursing Caps...while I was very proud to wear a cap at the time, it was still a huge PITA most days. While I keep mine in a container and cherish the day that I was capped, I praise God that I don't have to wear it on a daily basis.
4. Dickies Scrubs...don't HATE them...they just are not true to size and tend to shrink...and I have had a crapload of scrubs!
Things I LOVE...
1.Dansko Shoes...OMG $110 bucks I ever spent in my life! Back pain...gone! Leg cramps...gone! Comfy AND cute! http://www.nursesdirect.com/dansko/
2. UltraScope Stethoscopes...very stylish AND I can hear through 4 layers of sheets (not that I would recommend that) something that my littman failed to do. I am getting ready to purches a new UltraScope as my first one, Ethan literally tore apart, and my second one (hot pink nonetheless) grew legs and walked away at the nursing home. *sigh* You can fine them here : http://www.ultrascopes.com/designs.html
3. Nursing Clipboard...just got one and man its got so much info on it, its insane! You can find them here: http://www.pocketnurse.com/sc/details.asp?item=5510-C
4 Nursing Bag or Tote...I have recently bought a tote (for school) that reads "Shannon Caskey LPN" on it and I get alot of compliments on it. Its big enough to carry books in or lunch...or whatever you carry to work, without having to carry a purse.
So there you have it, my lil' list of nursing stuffs...enjoy!

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Who knew?

I had my wisdom teeth out on 6/25 and it wasn't bad. They gased me, numbed me and 10 minutes later I was walking out of there with a jaw full of gauze and in a slight haze.
The AFTER (like the last week) had SUCKED! I seriously thought that I was gonna need a morphine drip!
I convinced myself, through the wonder worldwide web, that I had dry socket...I was in agony. I made it to the dentist, with the assistance of my wonderful hubby, to find out that they forgot to give me a syringe with a little hooky squirty thingy on it so I could irrigate the gapping hole in my jaw, so developed a little...compost heap if you will, of food particles in my gapping hole!
Now noone like a stinky gapping hole...esp one in their mouths, so I have been all about squirting out that sucker after I eat. Its still sore...

School starts back in a day or so. I get to do my LPN to RN transition class now, which I failed online 4 years back. Hopefully I will do a little better this time around. This class makes me feel stupid though.