Jeremy and I have been sooo busy the last week, he is working tons of hours at his new job and of course the teaching job, and I have been spending time at school and school related activities! This week I got to observe in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Creighton hospital for about 4 hours.
Because it is a specialty field and because my instructor was not there to observe, I didn't get to do much. I mostly walked around and asked questions while watching the nurses do assessments and give report... There was a creighton accelerated grad, who just graduated in August working for the first hour I was there, so it was fun to talk to her about her experience (and it made me feel a little better about feeling like I would never be able to remember everything I had learned!) she was very helpful and let me watch everything she was doing and explained it all as well... Another nurse was very nice and also explained everything and even let me listen to the babys heart and help give one little one a bath - I even got to hold one for a few minutes... A very fussy one that is! She kept turning her head looking for food and got all her tubes wrapped up (she was on oxygen nasal cannulas that kept falling out) but it was fun to hold her :)
Last night, I had to miss Greys Anatomy to go observe a Childbirth Education Class... It was the class's 6th and last session, so they were pretty knowledgeable, the information was very basic to me and I was happy to realize I knew almost all the answers to the instructors questions - NO that does not mean I want to have a baby anytime soon! It was so funny watching the [almost] new dads play with the dolls, learning how to "swaddle" and the proper positions for burping, etc.
Well, thats all for now - hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween!
