Thursday, September 30, 2010
Nursing school
This is the first semester of Nursing School...It is a lot of work a lot of fun, stress, crying, and laughing. This section we work on the elderly patients who need long term care... I thought I was going to hate every minute of this section of the course, changing diapers, giving baths, dealing with the nurses, but in fact the opposite happened...I enjoyed every minute of it... I guess working in emergency medicine for so long I have seen a lot of bullshit...but these patients were really sick...and I felt like I was helping them...
I worked on the TCU unit at the hospital my first patient was a lady who had dementia. She would be able to eat on her own but she would forget what she was doing by the time she put the spoon down...I had to keep reminding her to eat. She had an adorable personality, always saying please and thank you. smiling at me when i would help her
My next patient was a woman who was admitted for A-Fib...she had a valve replacement and had been in the hospital for 3 weeks. she had good days and bad days, she put up with me as a student and i could tell she was trying so hard to be patient with me while i was asking her questions she had been asked a million times....
The third patient was a gentleman who had a lot of problems, CHF, COPD,and Pnuemona for part of them...Every morning he had to have a breathing treatment...He loved having me around it seemed...His family didn't come to visit, no one did...He said they were too busy for him....He mentioned his son had promised to bring him a pair of slippers a few weeks back....the slippers never arrived...I sat and talked to him for a while he had an interesting life and loved talking about it, Military service WWI, delivering Ice Cream to the White House, Having Coffee with the president, How he met his wife....
Next week will be my last week on the Unit...then I transfer hospitals and begin Med Surg....which will be a lot busier and have less opportunities to actually get to know my patients as people....
I worked on the TCU unit at the hospital my first patient was a lady who had dementia. She would be able to eat on her own but she would forget what she was doing by the time she put the spoon down...I had to keep reminding her to eat. She had an adorable personality, always saying please and thank you. smiling at me when i would help her
My next patient was a woman who was admitted for A-Fib...she had a valve replacement and had been in the hospital for 3 weeks. she had good days and bad days, she put up with me as a student and i could tell she was trying so hard to be patient with me while i was asking her questions she had been asked a million times....
The third patient was a gentleman who had a lot of problems, CHF, COPD,and Pnuemona for part of them...Every morning he had to have a breathing treatment...He loved having me around it seemed...His family didn't come to visit, no one did...He said they were too busy for him....He mentioned his son had promised to bring him a pair of slippers a few weeks back....the slippers never arrived...I sat and talked to him for a while he had an interesting life and loved talking about it, Military service WWI, delivering Ice Cream to the White House, Having Coffee with the president, How he met his wife....
Next week will be my last week on the Unit...then I transfer hospitals and begin Med Surg....which will be a lot busier and have less opportunities to actually get to know my patients as people....
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Diverticulitis...i didnt know what it was...so im sharing what i learned...
Part of a project I have to work on...this is the Disease I was assigned...
“Diverticulitis occurs when one or more diverticula in your digestive tract become inflamed or infected. Diverticula are small, bulging pouches that can form anywhere in your digestive system, including your esophagus, stomach and small intestine. However, they're most commonly found in the large intestine.( http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diverticulitis/DS00070)”
Signs and symptoms Severe left sided abdominal pain, elevated WBC count, Fever, Nausea and vomiting, Change in bowel, habits, Constipation, Diarrhea, Bloating, Bleeding from rectum in some cases
Risk factors over 40yrs old, Obesity, Lack of fiber, sedentary lifestyle
Treatment Rest, IV fluids, and broad spectrum antibiotics
Moral of the story exercise, don’t get fat, and eat foods high in fiber …
Life as an EMT
i stole this online ...
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
You know you're an E.M.T. or paramedic if:
1) You have the bladder capacity of five people.
2) You have ever restrained someone and it was not a sexual experience.
3) You believe that 50% of people are a waste of good air.
4) Your idea of a good time is a shooting or a car crash (Rollover).
5) You put your finger on the emergency button on your radio when anyone seems friendly towards you.
6) You believe in the aerial spraying of Prozac and birth control pills.
7) You disbelieve 90% what you hear and 75% what you see.
8) You have your weekends off planned for a year.
9) You believe the government should require a permit to reproduce.
10) You refer to your favorite restaurant by the intersection at which it's located.
11) You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled: "Suicide...getting it right the first time."
12) You ever had to put the phone on hold before you begin laughing uncontrollably.
13) You think caffeine should be available in IV form.
14) You believe anyone who says, "I only had two beers" is going to blow more than a .15.
15) You find out a lot about paranoia just by following people around while driving.
16) If anyone has ever said to you, "There are people dying out there and you are here eating lunch."
17) People flag you down on the street and ask you directions to strange places...and you know where they're located.
18) You can discuss where you are going to eat with your partner while standing over a dead body.
19) You are the only person introduced at social gatherings by profession.
20) You walk into places and people think its high comedy to seize their buddy and shout, "They've come to get you, Bill."
21) You do not see daylight from November until May.
22) People shout, "I aint sick!" when you walk into a room and think they're being hugely funny and original.
23) A week's worth of laundry consists of 5 t-shirts, 5 pairs of socks, and 5 pairs of underwear.
24) You've ever referred to Tuesday as "my weekend", or "this is my Friday".
25) You've ever written off cell phone bills and sun glasses as a business deduction.
26) You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, "Boy, it sure is quiet tonight."
27) Discussing dismemberment over a meal seems perfectly normal to you.
28) You find humor in other people's stupidity.
29) You have left more meals on the restaurant table than you've eaten.
30) You've been asked at least a million times "what's the grossest/worst call you've ever seen/been on?"
1) You have the bladder capacity of five people.
2) You have ever restrained someone and it was not a sexual experience.
3) You believe that 50% of people are a waste of good air.
4) Your idea of a good time is a shooting or a car crash (Rollover).
5) You put your finger on the emergency button on your radio when anyone seems friendly towards you.
6) You believe in the aerial spraying of Prozac and birth control pills.
7) You disbelieve 90% what you hear and 75% what you see.
8) You have your weekends off planned for a year.
9) You believe the government should require a permit to reproduce.
10) You refer to your favorite restaurant by the intersection at which it's located.
11) You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled: "Suicide...getting it right the first time."
12) You ever had to put the phone on hold before you begin laughing uncontrollably.
13) You think caffeine should be available in IV form.
14) You believe anyone who says, "I only had two beers" is going to blow more than a .15.
15) You find out a lot about paranoia just by following people around while driving.
16) If anyone has ever said to you, "There are people dying out there and you are here eating lunch."
17) People flag you down on the street and ask you directions to strange places...and you know where they're located.
18) You can discuss where you are going to eat with your partner while standing over a dead body.
19) You are the only person introduced at social gatherings by profession.
20) You walk into places and people think its high comedy to seize their buddy and shout, "They've come to get you, Bill."
21) You do not see daylight from November until May.
22) People shout, "I aint sick!" when you walk into a room and think they're being hugely funny and original.
23) A week's worth of laundry consists of 5 t-shirts, 5 pairs of socks, and 5 pairs of underwear.
24) You've ever referred to Tuesday as "my weekend", or "this is my Friday".
25) You've ever written off cell phone bills and sun glasses as a business deduction.
26) You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, "Boy, it sure is quiet tonight."
27) Discussing dismemberment over a meal seems perfectly normal to you.
28) You find humor in other people's stupidity.
29) You have left more meals on the restaurant table than you've eaten.
30) You've been asked at least a million times "what's the grossest/worst call you've ever seen/been on?"
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