tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:41:14 +0000http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (kimberly)Blogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115695592894364119Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:37:00 +00002007-03-28T23:09:12.503-04:00Ernesto is bearing down on us Central Floridians. I have 2 days off from nursing school. To warm my brain up, I started playing with the design of my blog, so here are the results.What do you think?http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/what-i-do-doing-storms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115676933103379510Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:06:00 +00002006-08-28T08:50:01.273-04:00This is a shed. No, really.No, it's a glass studio. No, not at the moment. It is now my study/library. Well, sometimes. It also poses as a laundry and a meditation area. Here's a peek inside: I have a little couch. I find studying much easier on a couch, laying down all the time. And, that bookcase over there houses ALL nursing, paramedic, and my "special" books...those which I might read while http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/my-little-eden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115633070172665801Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:48:00 +00002006-08-23T06:58:21.740-04:00I intend to lose 10 more lbs on my Nutrisystem dietI intend to read all lecture readings prior to lecture, like I am supposed to.I intend to return to meditation every day and honor myself as well with the study of dharma.I intend to become more mindful and spread more compassion.I intend to look for a new job at a new place-maybe something that starts very soon!I intend to study more intently http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/new-intentions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115615785468126934Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:42:00 +00002006-08-26T21:36:55.943-04:001st week of advanced med-surg!This vacation was some of the best days ever for me. You know when you are really thirsty, and you savor something so much, it actually tastes different? This was my vacation. It is not that anything spectacular happened. But, I must say that at time not looking at my watch was an amazing feeling! I am centered once again, which I have missed in myself..And, like a http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115555528167247524Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:29:00 +00002006-08-15T14:03:51.613-04:00ED weekend theme: Overdose (and no one goes home...our entire ICU holds just OD's from us this weekend. Count=4 Friday, 3 Saturday, 2 Sunday)I "fell of the Nutrisystem Wagon," so to speak....gaining back 2lbs, eating a bit of a donut Saturday, and having a beer Sat night and a glass of wine Sun.Knee pain all weekend from partial staining of my deck. A project incomplete, awaiting time and lack ofhttp://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/my-weekend-of-discontent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115529373921862191Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:47:00 +00002006-08-11T06:55:39.250-04:00Dad,Still miss you.Eighteen years. So hard to believe this amount of time has passed. From young girl to wife, from one career to the next. There is not one day that passes which I don’t think of you. Most days, no tears, but I still have moments. So many things I have shared with you, even now there are days I feel your energy with me in presence. I will forever be connected to you: from Vespas http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/dad-81188.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115505323951688740Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:50:00 +00002006-08-18T16:52:04.606-04:00On my vacation, I am doing such things I have had no time for in the past few months, including staff meetings at "Hospital A" where I work.This morning I also met with our department head, who cannot give me her verbal agreement in writing. She said she would "consider" me for an RN position in the ED when I graduate, even though she is vehemently opposed to new grads in the ED. She would preferhttp://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/new-gns-debate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115473753080977182Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:10:00 +00002006-08-04T20:25:30.833-04:00Thanks for the emails regarding the latest , well, I really don't know what to call it. I am recovering from being relatively upset about the whole ordeal.There is so little to compete in as a (forced-into-retirement)professional bowler, and that being a full time SN an paramedic working 24 hours a week. The one "Big Tournament" ealrier this year I had to (once again) miss due to my school http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/to-all-my-bowling-supporters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115464430079968001Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:29:00 +00002006-08-03T18:31:40.820-04:00So, I go to my online school resource to check my OB grade again. Seems as though I wanted to stare at a train wreck a bit more and lament. And, there it was. an "86". So, my calculations were ALL off! So, how is it I got a 100% on my dosage calculation final?!http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-really-do-suck-at-math.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115462756771071543Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:45:00 +00002006-08-03T13:52:47.733-04:00Of Freedom!!!So, I took the dreaded OB final today. Walked out like I did test one. "For sure I definitely got a B, but maybe an A." Grades just posted a few hours later, and I got a 79 on the final. Quick! figure out the weighted test grades, projects, etc.....and...I got a 77 in the class=C. Bummer. This is my lowest grade in a while. I think the lowest of my most recent foray into college. Buthttp://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/16-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115451606922325280Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:42:00 +00002006-08-02T06:54:29.236-04:00Studying OB for my final tomorrow.Fetal circulation. heart defects in infants. Acyanotic vs. cyanotic. On and On. Did I mention OB is not my favorite, nor my specialty?One more day. One more day. Then it is yardwork, organization (just in time for Chris to blow it all around, I am sure,) a little bit 'o beer, sleeping past 0600, make some glass beads in my studio, play with the new cell phone(http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/08/one-more-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115439125285127938Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:08:00 +00002006-07-31T20:14:12.866-04:00Pharm theory final today...I did not stay for the review to try and figure out my grade, I just got out of there, headed home, and tried to divert my attention onto more important things...R&R! So, tomorrow I should know. I think I got an 'A", but we will see.New updates: ANOTHER scholarship dropped into my lap, this time through school. It will cover my tuition, books & uniform for the rest of http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/whew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115410331690859946Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:09:00 +00002006-07-31T09:31:12.856-04:00Oh Floyd. You are innocent until proven guilty with me. I also stood by Tyler until the very end, too. But, look where that landed him..We are in a strange world: some sports have no drug testing whatsoever (bowling and others.) In a perfect world the press leaves your mom alone. I saw her on the news this morning. It is very sad, very sad indeed to involve your family in this, a sorry, http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/say-it-aint-so.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115391231265060579Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:55:00 +00002006-07-27T21:43:03.753-04:00I had my final OB clinical yesterday. The early morning before I arrived there was a fetal demise. I am not going to get into to many (HIPAA hippo) details, but the situation is not good for anyone. The chart is a mess, and the hospital and its players may face some stiff penalties.In front of my clinical instructor, the NM states to another,"We may have to call those involved back in to add latehttp://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/if-its-not-written.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115378398571847339Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:27:00 +00002006-07-26T10:43:47.476-04:00See July 20 post below for the nuts & bolts to this story, but here's the update...So, I got "The Call" today, and just as I expected....full scholarship w/strings. Up to $4000 per year for 2 years. Amazing. Got the contract in hand; faxed to me this afternoon. Now, I am still on the fence, so I can use some more opinions out there on this one. No news from any other scholarships yet. I think http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/scholarship-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115373703236449843Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:23:00 +00002006-07-24T06:30:32.376-04:002 weeks: 5 tests, including 3 finals, 1 group project.The, 16 days ....of FREEDOM!!!!!!! Minus four days in there of work days =12 whole days of whatever I want! Not much of a Summer vacation compared to you 4-year SN's, but, hey, oh well.I will charge ahead like, like....Floyd in Stage 19 at the time trial. OMG, hard this weekend at work with that one. They don't have OLN TV on that cable systemhttp://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/final-stretch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115356297776734195Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:58:00 +00002006-07-22T06:09:37.800-04:00My husband & I are of the irregular crowd. We don't watch football, don't have a fav baseball or basketball team. Come July 1st each year, or at least the past seven years, we have holed up in our home, shut the telephone off, accepted no visitors until the end of July. It's the TDF. Thank God for Tivo because we can now some type of semblance of a life and can fast forward through all http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/go-floyd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115342199788496334Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:43:00 +00002006-07-30T17:29:07.473-04:00Ok, before I off to my little hole to study for my OB test, which is Monday. I must ask for some help and thoughtful opinions from Blog-Land:I interviewed at Hospital "A" this afternoon for a scholarship I applied for. It pays for my full tuition (nursing school time only, so 4 semesters since I was in the transition program from paramedic,) all my books, uniforms, etc. It is not need-based, http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/looking-to-future.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115326169839326101Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:20:00 +00002006-07-19T12:24:34.256-04:00One word: unexpected.I visited the County Health Department and shadowed a community health nurse for a few hours. I have seen a certain amount of nursing, but I guess I have been missing a part of it. My ED where I work has some pretty amazing nurses, don't get me wrong, but the objective of patient advocate can easily be lost when you are within the process of sheer numbers of patients, "http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/community-health-clinical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115282104450249777Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:55:00 +00002006-07-14T14:49:00.570-04:00I just have been off this week.I did not so good on my first OB test Monday.1st OB clinical Tuesday. This went well, but I was exhausted, and then a 2 hour staff meeting 30 miles north of where I was. Home by 9:00pm.Wednesday. Studying, but not organized and retaining anything. OB is just plain hard for me, and I am looking toward doing anything ELSE rather than study right now.Today, school in http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/week-of-discontent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115252815695555948Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:34:00 +00002006-07-10T06:42:36.956-04:00So, here's my little story on how strange my world is.Please, read the morning post BELOW. Then proceed with this entry.So, I am exhausted, on my way home from work. I just want to get my gas, my DH's beer, and soak my sore feet in a nice warm bathtub.I fill the tank and go inside. I bring only my credit card...No one will card me, I think. I must look like h*ll from my busy day. I get the beer, http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/in-my-attempt-to-get-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115252759164209294Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:15:00 +00002006-07-10T06:33:11.666-04:00The life of an Emergency Department Tech this weekend:linen and supply restocking of rooms, 0700-0900. Takes longer than normal because housekeeping short on flat stretcher sheets, all dirty laundry bags and various pickup from last shift not completed, ergo "trickle down effect" which is a busy night, tech can't finish work, it gets passed onto me, then I cannot keep up, then I pass it on (or, http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/busy-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115227547743444603Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:26:00 +00002006-07-10T06:09:47.296-04:00There is an issue I hope to share online at some point that arose with our nursing class regarding academic dishonesty. For the moment, though, I must refrain from commenting any more on it. But, some questions to pose in the "out there" land of lurkers:Do you thinking nursing students, as a whole, may be dishonest academically? If so, why?I would think that dishonesty would be more prevalent http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/dishonsty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115201824621096780Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:35:00 +00002006-07-04T09:04:06.286-04:00OB/GYN started for Summer B Class. I am not a baby person. I have held only a handful of infants, let alone newborns! I have seen one birth, and she was rushed to emergency surgery. I have seen 2 C-Sections. All 3 births occurred in clinicals, so none were family. So this is all new territory for me. I have no children, and we are thinking late in this game (I am 38) that we might adopt if we http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/where-i-have-been.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20847401.post-115100849284051507Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:29:00 +00002006-06-25T03:28:30.916-04:00104 on my Psych Final today, making my final grade for Summer A in Psych a 98-BAM!92 on my theory Pharmacology midterm today. I got a 96 on dosage calc for Pharm last week! I am SSOOOOOOOOO HAAAAPY!We start OB/GYN Monday. Not much of a break. Well, no break. I had 1 1/2 hours this afternoon to rewrite respiratory notes in Pharm this afternoon. You see, we had that lecture immediately following http://rnforyourlife.blogspot.com/2006/06/worry-is-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kimberly)0