Verbal Cacophony

There comes a time during every clinical rotation (if I’m lucky, several times) that I have that sense of satisfaction, having conquered my fears of strange procedures and high expectations of us nursing students. Today: classic example. We are expected to take advantage of any opportunities we might have to practice the skills we’ve learned [...]

Oh, you wily Nigerian kids and your never-ending attempts to part dim-witted Americans with their money! I could go on to make a thinly-veiled crack at the recently-unseated former president Dubya… but that would just be rude. So the Nigerians are at it again, I’ve gotten TWO emails like this in the last few weeks. [...]

I think this generally sums today’s orientation up: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!? Now that I’ve gotten THAT out of my system, a recap. The computers all went down, so we weren’t able to practice on the electronic charting thing until the afternoon, about 3/4 of which I picked up and half of which I’ll probably forget when it [...]

Hilarious though this may be during the DAYTIME, when I’m not in need of some sleep, it’s mostly driving me nuts! Somehow, a cricket family has gotten into my room. Also in the living room and tiled areas of the house, but to less frustrating effect, as the ones in the living room are far [...]

So, I decided to give quitting smoking another go-round. My last attempt was last February. Needless to say for various reasons, it didn’t work. I did however, last until April. Three months ain’t bad. But with school stresses combined with babysitting my ex boyfriend and I was back to the old habits. However, I’m not [...]