number one: i always check out the $5 movies! you can find some pretty awesome deals. i have to be careful with this one though, cause if i don't have money it can be dangerous for me to venture over there. i'm always tempted to buy the good deals i find even if i have no money.
number two: the clearance section of course! another great place to find awesome deals!
number three: the purse/jewelry/headband section. last time i went to target i got a cute purse and a cute headband for under 20 bucks!
{what do you do at your clinical?}
clinical is the best! and I can't wait to start again in the fall.
last semester i had my clinical at a nursing home in south provo. And i loved it! old people are pretty awesome. at that clinical we had the role of a CNA (certified nursing assistant) some of the time and the role of an RN (registered nurse) the rest of the time. we had clinical once a week for about 5 hours.
we were assigned or picked a patient that we worked with for 2-3 weeks. first thing in the morning we met together as a clinical group. 8 nursing students and our clinical instructor. then we were sent to take care of our patient for the day. first, we had to make sure our patient was alive. i was always terrified of finding my patient not breathing. luckily, that never happened. next, we would look at the shower schedule-did our patient need a shower that day? and talk to the CNA or RN who was over that patient. whatever our patient needed in that 5 hours we did. we helped them get up, change their brief, get dressed, brush their teeth, brush their hair, eat, physical therapy, etc.
each week we were required to do a baseline assessment. that consisted of vitals, heart assessment, lung assessment, abdominal assessment, neuro assessment, etc. we also had several other assignments we had to do over the 10 week clinical experience.
we also did 2 med passes. we were required to give our patient their morning meds with our clinical instructor. we had to do an assignment before where we looked up each medication and wrote down certain things about the meds. our instructor would ask us questions about the meds and make sure we did the 5 rights of medication administration (right patient, right time, right dose, right route, right documentation) and then watch us administer the drugs.
we also had to do 2 nursing care plans. a nursing care plan consisted of a nursing diagnosis, outcomes, interventions, and an evaluation.
this next semester our clinical is at a hospital. i'm going to be at the university of utah hospital and huntsman cancer institute! And I can't wait. We will have rounds on pretty much every floor of the hospital except ob, peds, icu, and pysch.
we will be assigned a different patient each week. and required to do a pre-assessment on each patient the night before. i've heard these are killer and can take up to 10 hours!! (i'm tellin' ya they require our blood, sweat, tears, and sleep. But i love it! call me crazy.) i'll be able to tell you more about this clinical when it starts in about a month!
that was probably more information than you ever wanted to know!
{where do you live?}
currently I live at the good ole' Cove! carriage cove. Or as others like to call it marriage cove. Although, it has not been such a place for me. :) i've really liked it. And i'm gonna miss it.
{how do I feel about a THS reunion?}
i feel so marvelous about this it's not even funny! when? where? i'm there!
{when will you be done with school?}
i will be done with school in April 2012. i can't wait to be a nurse! but i love nursing school!
{what's your favorite scripture?}
alright chelsie you asked some hard questions. my favorite scripture. i feel like you can learn a lot about a person by their favorite scripture. And it's hard for me to pick just one.
2 nephi chapter 4. especially versus 20-25
there you go. but it does change a lot.
{favorite quote?}
oh boy! i have got a lot of these. ready? go!
the worst thing we can do is to give away the time we have by living in either the past or the future because there's not one blessed thing we can do to alter the past or to make the future come any faster.
chieko n. okazaki
what you have to give is enough, if you give it with all your heart.
the pain of sacrifice is only but a moment. it's the fear of that pain that makes us hesitate to act.
elder bosche
love is the essence of human experience and emotion. it is at the root of all and everything we, as humans, do. without love, what do we have to live for?
plus the two to the right!
and plus many more.
i'm also really loving president uchtdorf's talk from the most recent priesthood session.
{if I could do anything for a day, what would I do?}
i think i would spend my day on a ranch in a far away place. i would wear cowboy boots all day. and a cowgirl hat. and some old jeans that fit just right. i would start the day with some vanilla yogurt and granola. maybe milk a cow, shear a sheep, collect some eggs from the coup, feed the horses. before lunch I would go on a hike to a beautiful lake where we might do some fishing or dip our feet in. and shoot some guns. i would have blt's for lunch. then i would go on a horseback ride in the mid-afternoon/evening. i would take just a few people with me. people I love. people who can enjoy silence. we would find some wide open spaces and just ride! then for dinner I would have good ole' fashion steak with mashed potatoes and a fresh salad with homemade ranch. and dutch oven cobbler for dessert with homemade ice cream. we would dance in the kitchen as we do the dishes. then we would watch the sun set from the porch that goes all the way around the house, drinking raspberry lemonade and enjoying each other's conversation and company. and there would probably be a fire. with s'mores. and i would cuddle with the one i love. yes, yes that is what i would do.
{where am I living in the fall?}
i'm living at riverside condos. It's just down the street from the cove; literally less than a block. and they are blue. i hate change. but i feel ready for this one. i feel pretty stagnant right now. i think i'm starting to grow moss. i'm ready for this change. i'm ready for school to start. i'm ready for something big!
{do I secretly want a specific calling?}
well I just got released as the RSP in my ward. i've been in for a year. and i have absolutely 100% loved it! it has been so incredible. and i have learned and grown so much. my testimony has grown ten fold and i'm so grateful for it. i love the girls i have been able to serve! And i'm going to miss them dearly. they are such wonderful girls and have changed me for the better.
i can't say that i secretly hope for a specific calling. i would love to teach though! i'm excited for a new calling. and the blessings it will bring to me.
{am I living with Kristen again?}
heck yes! thank goodness. she takes care of me. more than she knows. i don't know what i would do without her. Seriously. i tell everyone she is the best kept secret in our ward. i love her! forever!
{am I going to run a marathon with my mom?}
i told my mother that i would run a marathon with her if i got into the nursing program. but i didn't think i would actually get in! so yes, i am going to run one with her. but i don't know when. probably when i get my lazy bum off the couch and start running on a regular basis.
{who is the one?}
see previous answer to the question about what i would do for a day. THE one is the one who would do that with me!
{did I do everything on my summer list?}
unfortunately, no. i definitely had the time. i'm not sure why i didn't. i learned one song on the guitar. it has 2 chords! i played tennis a few times. kind of learned how to play. i read one book. but i'm hoping to read a few more before school starts. i did NOT get a tan. i haven't gotten rid of anything. but i'm sure i will when i move. i didn't really learn how to cook. i didn't learn how to sew a button on. dang! i hiked some though. and i didn't get my young woman hood award. dang! maybe next summer! :)
POST edit: i hope you all enjoyed this. i did! thanks for asking the questions. let's do this again soon. sorry it's the longest post ever.
P.S. welcome to august! can you believe it's august??
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