Can I just say....

that I don't like having four tele pts when I'm NOT even tele certified, and I don't like starting insulin drips and then having the BS go too low, and I really don't like hanging blood at change of shift and then sending the pt down to GI lab while the blood is still running.  I just had to get that off my chest after last night... thanks guys.

Scripps Orientation

This is our new grad class here at Scripps along with a few of our instructors. We're all in their residency program for a year...it's a great group but it's sooo different than being with you all. I miss you tons for sure! The second one is my roomate, Kelly, and I learning how to fight fires. I'd never actually used a fire extinguisher before so it was pretty fun!

So far I've only been on the floor 4 shifts, so I haven't done too much. ...although we took care of a paranoid schizophrenic lady the first day who became very combative right as we were getting ready to leave... that got a little interesting! I had to climb up on the bed and pry her hands off my preceptor. Hope all is well with you all!

As far as a reunion...i'm down with whatever...and am game for helping plan!

Stock Market Crashes but People Keep Getting Sick!

Hey Everyone!

Katie Potter, Anne Turner, and I are drinking coffee and eating coffee cake (thank you Haley for the recipe) at Katie's house in Oregon and thought of you all and wanted to say hi. We're currently enjoying the beautiful northwest weather. Anne completed another surgery yesterday (she's done 20+ surgeries at UCLA) as an OR nurse. She is proud to be a Bruin. Katie enjoys long walks on the beach with hot men who play golf. Her days in Peds are "long, hectic, filled with Rapid Response and CMV, diarrhea galore, and Christian caring." I currently am counting down the days until my nuptials with Craig...I think we're less than 30 days now. Crazy.

We have begun to contemplate ideas for our first class reunion. How about Figi? Just Kidding. Or, we could all meet at the Holiday Inn Select (which has the Biola discount, pool, spa, and In-N-Out), and have Bon-Apetit cater a dinner in our honor in the Cafe Banquet room. We could then rent out Sutherland and renew our vows from Pinning. When is everyone free? Let me know.

Well, hope everyone is doing well. We send our love and encourage everyone to post with new events, purchases, feelings, and emotions. And remember, "Stay classy Class of 2008."

"Eat, drink, sleep, exercise, and be nice to everyone. Thank you." - MY from TRC

Katie, Anne, and Kari

Here's a taste of my camp nursing experience... hope everyone is doing well!

Are you my nurse? (oh yeah im a real nurse now:)))

Hi everyone! Thought i'd also contribute to our blog... I cant believe we are real nurses now!! Its been such a long journey just to be where we are now. Who would have thought that after you graduate you still have to go through so much just to not feel nauseaous at work. I work at Saddleback hospital on Med/Surg Orthopedics. The new grad orientation was so intense and so many hours, i felt like i was back at school. Then i was back to preceptorship like in nursing school. I'm on my own now for about 10 shifts and its nice to be resposible for your own patients and decide on all their care. At first i was seriously nauseous from being nervous but now i'm doing okay and i decided i wont quit :)) Or that i cant quit because i have to pay off my loans. Just like 5 shifts ago i would have said i hate nursing, it was so stressful in the beginning. One of my favorite days was when i discharged a confused patient and didnt call the family so he was just outside of the hospital all by himself, waiting for no one :) oops I'm sure none of you guys would do that, but i'm special i guess. :) These days i'm really enjoying nursing as i get more efficient and get to interact more with my patients instead of looking up every medication that i'm giving or just keeping up with charting. I think our teachers definitely prepared us for giving wholistic care, its nice to consider all the aspects of the patient and attempt to fulfill those needs under the time constraints that we have. I feel like each day is like a puzzle and you try to complete every piece that you are responsible for before the next shift. This blog is a nice idea to keep up with what everyone is doing. Thank God for all that he has done to prepare us for our mission in life as nurses, it feels so much more than a job or career. You definitely have to be called to do this.. Will be praying for all of you guys to practice safely :))

woof...

well i officially started work at CHOC on friday and i just wanted you all to know that it is not the same without you guys!  i mean it's fun meeting new people and all but i definitely think we had an amazing class...plus all the orientation stuff that i'm going through right now is SO BORING!  it's fun though too, yesterday our leader lead us in the game of "i've never"...never thought i would do that in the workplace!  anyways, hope all of you guys are doing well and that jobs are going amazingly, miss you all.

-haley

PHN

Hey Guys,

I received my PHN this last weekend, so maybe they were just a little late in coming. Did anyone else get theirs? I got it along with my RN certificate, but they came in different envelopes. Hope everyone is doing well! Miss you all... I can't believe it has been over two months since graduation and that we don't have to go back...crazy. Have a great day (whenever you read this...) :O)