no sleep = nursing school

This last week has been crazy-- but full of a lot of amazing experiences! I had clinicals mon and tues at timpanogos hospital (still) wednesday 5 hour lecture thursday all day utah nursing assoc. conference friday peds lab saturday primary children's clinicals! and now again monday and tuesday at timpanogos. i've done some pretty cool things and all of them i had never done before! the nurse at primarys was amazing and let me do anything and everything i could. our poor little 5 year old had to get an enema and i know thats not too exciting or pleasant but it was awesome to expand my skills and then she threw up and her ng tube (it goes in through the nose and down to the stomach) and my nurse had me put a new one in!! that was so so cool and i had never done that or even practiced it! today i was in ICU and the doctor let me help him put in a pic line (catheter that goes from a vein in the arm to the right side of the heart and it delievers meds right to the heart) which was awesome! i didn't know they were so complicated -- i was in a sterile gown and gloves and had to maintain sterile technique for a long time and i almost got to suture the cath in place but then the other cath lady doctor did it :( but i have had a blast and all the nurses are amazing! thanks!!