"Hey Bear fans! I hope your summer has been going as fast as mine! This summer I started my first semester as a nursing student. Talk about stressful! On my first day I had never been so overwhelmed and stressed, but now I only have three weeks left of my first semester. I learned the basics of nursing, and more importantly, the skills to nursing. I have done a full assessment, which for example is when you are new at a hospital and the nurse collects all your medical history and runs tests on you. I have also learned wound care, how to insert a foley catheter, how to start an IV, administer medicines ordered by the physician, and to provide sterile fields of care. The program is very intense but I have gotten to know my classmates very well; they are like my second team since we are together every day for about 8 hours. I started my clinicals in a real medical setting which is intimidating but will hopefully go well. My summer has been going so fast with all my school work, by the time I get my work-outs in and do home work my day is over! Talk about a good summer?! It only makes me look forward to the upcoming school year and season that much more!"
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Shout-Out from Courtney Stoermer:
"Hey Bear fans! I hope your summer has been going as fast as mine! This summer I started my first semester as a nursing student. Talk about stressful! On my first day I had never been so overwhelmed and stressed, but now I only have three weeks left of my first semester. I learned the basics of nursing, and more importantly, the skills to nursing. I have done a full assessment, which for example is when you are new at a hospital and the nurse collects all your medical history and runs tests on you. I have also learned wound care, how to insert a foley catheter, how to start an IV, administer medicines ordered by the physician, and to provide sterile fields of care. The program is very intense but I have gotten to know my classmates very well; they are like my second team since we are together every day for about 8 hours. I started my clinicals in a real medical setting which is intimidating but will hopefully go well. My summer has been going so fast with all my school work, by the time I get my work-outs in and do home work my day is over! Talk about a good summer?! It only makes me look forward to the upcoming school year and season that much more!"
