Anemia

Right now, I am so bogged down in anemia is isn't funny! We're studying 5 types of anemia and based on the facts I have, 4 out of 5 could apply to my circumstance!! I've got to read more CV!!!!
This weekend, we had a missionary to China at church. He and his wife and their 2 beautiful girls stayed with us Sunday night. I was so disappointed that I didn't have more time with them, but I had a paper due yesterday. I didn't get my paper done on Sunday night, but I had until 3pm yesterday to turn it in. My day yesterday looked like this: I got up early, went to class, got my clinical assignment for this week, went to the computer lab and finished my paper. I turned my paper in at 2:45pm (a whole 15 minutes to spare, thank you very much), drove the hour home and immediately sat down and began researching my patient's conditions and drugs to do my daily plan for today. I finally went to bed at 11:00 last night (the more I did on my daily plan, the more I found to do and the bigger it got), but I was so wound up and so anxious (about what I don't know) that I had a hard time going to sleep. I kept thinking of things I needed to review before clinical today. In the end, I put a notepad on my bedside table and when I'd think of something I needed to do, I'd write it down (in the dark) and deal with it in the morning. At least I could quit worrying about forgetting stuff.

Got a test back yesterday--82. It is still passing, but it's the lowest grade yet. It was on fluids & electrolytes, death and dying and post-op. I thought that most of it would be on F&E, so that's where I put most of my study time--and I didn't miss a single F&E question. The problem: Most of the test was post-op. I gambled wrong. I still didn't do bad. I'm not ashamed of my 82, but I need to do better next time. The next test is our first CV test though--Yikes!

So, now I'm trying to revise my daily plan for tomorrow and get ready to be checked off on giving my meds. That's pretty exciting! I get to give another SQ tomorrow! At least there's some kind of silver lining!

Stay tuned...