Had my NG Tube Placement, Foley Catheter Placement, and Sterile Wound Dressing check offs today. All went smoothly, and my assessor was really nice. She showed me some real world modifications of the book's procedures, so that was really helpful.
There was a job fair at my school today sponsored by the Career Services. Several hospitals were among the employers there to recruit. I had planned on visiting between my check-off practice this morning and my check offs at 1300. I dropped by and everyone in the place was in business dress and I was in my scrubs. And the room was absolutely packed. I just didn't feel like dealing with the extra stress, so I bailed and studied my check-off material instead. I have a pretty short list of hospitals I'd like to work at, and none of them were there, so I didn't stress about it too much.
Today is Mrs. Drofen's birthday, so I stopped at the local mom & pop bakery where we got our wedding cake made to get her a birthday cake. Unfortunately they no longer accept debit cards due to all the fees associated with them. Well, I didn't have cash and I'm not allowed to carry checks, so they ended up losing a sale completely.
I've debated about whether or not to blog this next part. To blog it validates that it pisses me off and that it affects me. Remember this post? Well it wasn't long after that I noticed that she was no longer on my friends list on Facebook or Myspace. So I headed over to her blog (that she gave me the address to) and left a comment along the lines of: "Hey I noticed you unfriended me on FB and MS, I don't know that I completely understand why, but I can respect that. I just wanted to let you know that there are no hard feelings and that I hope things go well for you."
Big mistake apparently. I happened by her blog again yesterday, only to discover a long post about me. She apparently believes I am cyber-stalking her, (nothing could be further from the truth,) and claims that I have threatened her, (never happened.) She proceeds to tell me that Big Brother is watching, and that she's recorded my IP address etc, (uh, duh?!?). She says that my comments regarding her FB status quote that started all this were multi-paragraph tirades, (they weren't.) And her little crony friends all made snide comments on the post, how much of an idiot I am, etc. The worst part is where she says that we're not friends, will never be friends, and never were friends in the past. I had always considered her a friend back in high school. We had multiple honor's classes together, worked on multiple class projects together, I played tennis with her boyfriend, etc. It just makes me wonder how many people I consider friends never were... So, it pisses me off to have my character libeled like that, but I think I'm just going to let it go. The LA sun & smog has clearly cooked her brain tissue.
Just sucks getting kicked in Internet-balls for no real reason.
And that's my post for today.
Clinical tomorrow morning butt-ass early.
September 6
2 months ago
ICK....I understand all too well about misunderstanding someone's intentions and feelings. Some people who you may consider a friend does something to completely throw you off and leaves you scratching your head. It makes you wonder if you fabricated it all. Ugh. I hate that. The best thing to do at this point is to brush it off. Seems as though this person has fabricated enough all on her own.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on passing your skills. I hated catheters...it's the only one I ever failed. I hope you'er doing well.
Its a good feeling to check of skills in nursing school. I remember it made me feel pretty good at the end of that day.
ReplyDeleteThank you, you two! :)
ReplyDeleteIt is a good feeling since these are skills that are new information for me, not covered in my previous degrees.
Assessment on the other hand...
Congrats on passing your skills check off!
ReplyDeleteMost excellent.
As for the other, I'd say you you got the better end of the deal. You're better off, just keep on going forward.