Catching up

Well, I have had two shifts at my clinical site. The nice thing about this hospital is that it is relatively small, but it is also the only one around. So, I get to see a little of everything and the staff is really good about letting me do things. In fact, I started my first IV on a patient yesterday!! First try - it went right in. I've started them on dummies and fellow nursing students, but never on a patient. So that is good. And I get to use my Spanish on a regular basis since many of our patients are non-English speaking. I will blog about the staff in a separate entry - just let me say that I neither want to work nor be a patient in this hospital.

Yesterday I did a 12 hour shift - which I like, but the hour drive to and from the hospital makes for a very long day. Tomorrow is another 12 hour shift and then I am back to 8 hour shifts by decree of my clinical coordinator. I was a little disappointed yesterday when I was getting ready to walk out and a guy walked in the ER with a framing nail sticking out of his finger - I didn't get to stay and see how that worked out.

This weekend I have a job interview - supposedly they offer jobs on the spot - wish me luck!