What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Well, I don’t know what’s eating him, but I know I look like one.
I’m in Labor and Delivery meaning I’ve got the PURPLE SCRUBS. Oh, last semester I pined for purple scrubs. Not because they’re particularly fashionable. I look like a big ‘ol grape. I only wanted them because that meant that I passed second semester.
Speaking of passing, I got a 91 on my Test from Monday. SO EXCITED. I’ve never broken the 90s on a test before since nursing school started. I did in my pre-req’s but not in the nursey classes. I’m a 89 student. So close, yet always so far. Haha! I win! Maybe pediatrics is really where I belong…
Anyways, I’ve got tons of pre-clinical homework to do tonight. Postpartum was pretty easy in comparison, so I didn’t realize how in-depth we’d be going for L/D. After all, we are training to be nurse generalists (aka not specialized) right? And L/D is super specialized. Well, I was wrong. I need to be more prepared. Today was orientation and we went into detail about all the stages of labor. I need to brush up. I know the basics, but the applying it requires a quick review on my IV insertion and foleys etc etc. I know how to do a great foley and string my IV bags…but this instructor is very particular on the steps you do and everything is a lot more tense when you have an instructor staring at you when you try to do some skill in front of a patient. Gotta be on my P’s and Q’s.
So, I will be studying Pitocin (to either induce labor before or stop some of the bleeding after birth), IV insertion (I’ve only had a chance to stick dummy’s so far. Ooh, lemme clarify, mannequin’s. Not dumb people….), and my other L/D meds.
I’ll take a picture in my grape outfit tomorrow.
Love,
Laney
