2nd Week: Hooray for Caffiene
If I'm gonna drink this much Diet Coke, I need to approach their corporate office for a sponsorship. I've got one with me all the time - I'm a walking advertisement for hyper-caffeination. The DC higher-ups should throw some stickers on me so I can be the Lance Armstrong of nursing students! Total dedication (check), working through self-inflicted pain for a distant goal (check), silly outfit (check). Didn't think it was possible to consume more Diet Coke than I usually do (I set lofty goals), but I've been drinking more to keep up with studying. Maybe it's time for one of those hats with the straws:
Pretty sure this would be frowned upon by the nursing school dress code police...
All this caffeine makes it easier to stay awake and study for my test on Tuesday (hold on, let me get a paper bag to breathe into...OK, that's better) which covers quite a bit of ground. My new nursing school buddies and I are meeting this weekend to study and eat a lot of food covered in cheese/salt/sugar and I'm in charge of bringing a vat of Diet Coke. I can't promise that they'll get any.
THINGS I LEARNED THIS WEEK
Social: If everyone in my class brings a daily snack and shares with each other, we'll all gain 2 pounds a week.
Clinical: Ambulatory assistance devices, oral care and feeding, patient hygiene, bed baths, bed making (occupied and unoccupied), body mechanics, transfer techniques and Hoyer lifting.
Personal: An old classmate from Pharmacology has offered to be my mentor! Meaning I'll have a chance to see what's coming in the flesh. What do you call a person receiving advice from a mentor? A mentee? A manatee? Mental? That last one sounds right...
A friend and I also instituted an unofficial extracurricular activity called 'Taco Wednesday' - everyone's invited! Every Wednesday we cram into my car like circus clowns (nursing circus clowns) and get tacos at Taco Miendo or Gallegos - two local institutions of deliciousness. It gives us something to look forward to, and gives us a chance to think about something besides how terrified we are. Nursing seminar is a lot easier to sit through when you're full of carne asada and jack cheese. Trust me on this one.
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