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Nursing School week 3/#4
Sep. 16th, 2012 01:39 pmIt's a little hard to believe this was only the fourth week. I'm exhausted! I did get to take a bit of a break from studying and help a friend move this weekend--actually a nice change of pace!
This week I had pediatrics clinical again, which I thought went pretty well. We got our Pediatrics exam scores back, and I did very well--it's a nice way to start the semester. We presented our group project in Pediatrics--that's one off the list! I think it went okay--we don't have the grades yet. This project is only worth 5% of our grade, which is not too intimidating. We also learned about caring for children with cognitive & developmental delays (we focused on Down Syndrome and Autism, and also learned about ADD which is NOT a cognitive delay), lead poisoning, and children who have been abused.
I finished the paper for our Community class, which is much more stressful because the paper is worth 20% of our grade and then the presentation (due this coming week) is worth 30%. Bleargh! I volunteered to write the paper because the thought of us trying to write a paper as a group was enough to make me pull my hair out! But now, of course, if we get a low grade on it (ie: anything below an A, in my book) I'll feel really responsible. I was so stressed out by it that I started getting migraines and nausea for about 3 days. Needless to day, I'm glad it's turned in now! I don't actually have to do much preparation for the presentation--since I wrote the paper, the rest of the group is doing that.
In news that is slightly related to school, I've agreed to start driving a lady with dementia to and from church each week. She recently lost her license (having been pulled over for driving erratically), and her family does not live nearby. This isn't a job--I go to the same church--but I think it might actually be some good experience. She's not someone I know very well, and actually I hadn't realized how sick she was. I though she was just a batty (and sometimes irritating) old lady. So, not to get too sappy about it, but it actually felt like a little bit of a Call (in the religious sense) to do something to help her maintain a normal part of her life.
That's the news for this week!
This week I had pediatrics clinical again, which I thought went pretty well. We got our Pediatrics exam scores back, and I did very well--it's a nice way to start the semester. We presented our group project in Pediatrics--that's one off the list! I think it went okay--we don't have the grades yet. This project is only worth 5% of our grade, which is not too intimidating. We also learned about caring for children with cognitive & developmental delays (we focused on Down Syndrome and Autism, and also learned about ADD which is NOT a cognitive delay), lead poisoning, and children who have been abused.
I finished the paper for our Community class, which is much more stressful because the paper is worth 20% of our grade and then the presentation (due this coming week) is worth 30%. Bleargh! I volunteered to write the paper because the thought of us trying to write a paper as a group was enough to make me pull my hair out! But now, of course, if we get a low grade on it (ie: anything below an A, in my book) I'll feel really responsible. I was so stressed out by it that I started getting migraines and nausea for about 3 days. Needless to day, I'm glad it's turned in now! I don't actually have to do much preparation for the presentation--since I wrote the paper, the rest of the group is doing that.
In news that is slightly related to school, I've agreed to start driving a lady with dementia to and from church each week. She recently lost her license (having been pulled over for driving erratically), and her family does not live nearby. This isn't a job--I go to the same church--but I think it might actually be some good experience. She's not someone I know very well, and actually I hadn't realized how sick she was. I though she was just a batty (and sometimes irritating) old lady. So, not to get too sappy about it, but it actually felt like a little bit of a Call (in the religious sense) to do something to help her maintain a normal part of her life.
That's the news for this week!
