I forgot that the post I tried to publish a couple of weeks ago did not work! I was having trouble with my internet that day and forgot to get back on to repost! So this is some background information on the last post I published...oops!
So I'll explain a little about my current rotation! I'm on inpatient rotation, which means that I am at one of the hospitals in town, Northwest Texas Hospital, on the general medicine floors rounding with doctors. Each morning we meet to discuss patients, then walk around and visit each of them and the doctor will visit with them about their progress and tests that need to be ordered, etc. It was pretty nervewracking at first, but I am settling into it now and the doctors ask for recommendations on the patients' medications and I provide them...usually after consulting with my preceptor.
My favorite part of this rotation is hearing the nursery rhyme they play over the loudspeaker each time a baby is born! I smile every time I hear it and marvel at the "beginning" of a new life! Each time I hear it I remember that Michelle is pregnant, and that one day soon a hospital in Temple will play a nursery rhyme over the loudspeaker for her little one. :) What a joyous day that will be!!
I am trying to get better at blogging, however, my computer and internet have other ideas sometimes!
Friday, April 23, 2010
The countdown continues...12 days
The long awaited end of P3 year is finally approaching! 12 more days of rotation and it is over! Then I get the weekend (3 day weekend) and P4 year starts. I will be starting my Geriatrics rotation, at Jan Werner Adult Day Care in Amarillo. My preceptor for that rotation is one of the easiest we have, and hardly ever meets with the students, so basically I'll have 6 weeks off...kind of. Sweet!
But I'm getting ahead of myself, the rotation I'm currently on is inpatient, at Northwest Texas Hospital, and is going really good. Midpoint evaluations were yesterday and my preceptor says I'm doing really well and he hasn't seen any problems so far. That is a relief to hear! I confessed to a lack of confidence in my knowledge base and speaking up to the doctors we round with, but they are so helpful and willing to hear my opinions that I am feeling a little better about it everyday. It is sometimes unnerving to make a recommendation and have it immediately written down as an order in the patient's chart, which happened this week!
In other news, the business plan is coming right along, I'd say we have about 2/3 of it written, with just about 3 weeks left until the submission deadline. My group is substituting this larger plan for a project in one of our classes, and have to present part of it today, which i'm a little nervous about since we don't have any financial information in it at all! Our professor said not to worry about it, just to present what we have, but me being the worry wart that I am, is a little worried!
Chuck and I are doing well, we have now been together for 8 months and are happy as clams! He is so much fun to be around and to hang out with, I can't believe how lucky I was to meet him. Who would have thought an Amarillo Dillas baseball game could have such a profound impact on my life! :) Speaking of which, baseball season has begun...hooray! Finally a sport I like to watch! It has been a very long winter watching football and basketball!! I am so glad it is finally spring and baseball!!
Last but not least, I saw Michelle had posted about this too...Dairy Queen's buy one get one for 25 cents Blizzards this week. Chuck and I got blizzards last night....delicious! Oreo cheesequake is definitely a good choice!
But I'm getting ahead of myself, the rotation I'm currently on is inpatient, at Northwest Texas Hospital, and is going really good. Midpoint evaluations were yesterday and my preceptor says I'm doing really well and he hasn't seen any problems so far. That is a relief to hear! I confessed to a lack of confidence in my knowledge base and speaking up to the doctors we round with, but they are so helpful and willing to hear my opinions that I am feeling a little better about it everyday. It is sometimes unnerving to make a recommendation and have it immediately written down as an order in the patient's chart, which happened this week!
In other news, the business plan is coming right along, I'd say we have about 2/3 of it written, with just about 3 weeks left until the submission deadline. My group is substituting this larger plan for a project in one of our classes, and have to present part of it today, which i'm a little nervous about since we don't have any financial information in it at all! Our professor said not to worry about it, just to present what we have, but me being the worry wart that I am, is a little worried!
Chuck and I are doing well, we have now been together for 8 months and are happy as clams! He is so much fun to be around and to hang out with, I can't believe how lucky I was to meet him. Who would have thought an Amarillo Dillas baseball game could have such a profound impact on my life! :) Speaking of which, baseball season has begun...hooray! Finally a sport I like to watch! It has been a very long winter watching football and basketball!! I am so glad it is finally spring and baseball!!
Last but not least, I saw Michelle had posted about this too...Dairy Queen's buy one get one for 25 cents Blizzards this week. Chuck and I got blizzards last night....delicious! Oreo cheesequake is definitely a good choice!
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