I had an exam and then long day of class on Monday, slept in Tuesday but was at class and orientation all evening, then all day Weds and today I was at CUMC taking care of a patient on the medical-surgical floor... Things went fine, nothing too thrilling or exciting happened - which I guess is good since everyone on the unit is unstable, thats why they are there! My patient was getting ready to be discharged to a nursing home so he was doing pretty well and care was similar to everything I did in long-term care clinicals first semester. One new thing
was that he had a G-Tube, which is a tube surgically inserted into a
specific place in his large intestine in order for him to receive medicine, food, and water. He needs this because he is unable to swallow safely. So I got to give feedings and meds through this which was a new challenge for me. I actually did it pretty well, and only managed to make a very tiny mess (which apparently is really impressive)!
On top of all that I've been working on a TON of homework they assign us during this med-surg rotation as well as regular homework for class....
Lets just say I haven't been this excited for the weekend in a while - I am ready for a relaxing evening with Jeremy tomorrow. We have no big plans besides relaxing, watching lots of HOUSE episodes on DVD, maybe see that movie "New In Town" and then maybe a Superbowl Party or two!
