YKYW - Nursing Student Blog

As I put on my lab coat this morning, I realized how much I had missed wearing it. Nursing school started up again on Monday, and today was our orientation to our pediatrics hospital. After my pediatric rotation, I’ll go through obstetrics and finish up with a bit of medical/surgical.

Rotations will take me to two different hospitals this semester. While it will be nice to see how different hospitals handle things, it will be a little nerve-wracking to move to a new hospital about the time I figure out where everything is at the first one! One thing’s for sure — being a nursing student teaches you to go with the flow

During skills lab this week, we started on injections. My goal is to learn to do my intradermal injections better than the guy who gave me my PPD test — I have a nasty bruise on my forearm. I think I’m going to buy a couple of chicken breasts and practice over the holiday weekend. Someone also said that hotdogs are good for practicing injections. How do you practice your injections?

Second semester starts next week, and they are still changing the times and days of our classes. Luckily, my work schedule is pretty flexible, but it’s really messing with other people who are trying to figure out when they’ll be able to work.

I bought my books last week, and I recertified my CPR today. Our school makes us do it every year even though our cards are good for two years. Is it just us, or do other schools do that, too?

I’m really dreading this semester … for a lot of reasons, really. I guess I will finally find out if I can motivate myself!