A good end to a good week

Well I've only been scheduled in at uni 2 days this week so I've been enjoying spending time with my children which has been nice.

On Monday we had a practical on aseptic technique, learning why surfaces should be kept clean and how. Then we did some wound washing after trying to put on the gloves without contaminating the outsides of them - not as easy as it sounds!

I had a follow-up appointment at the hospital yesterday and the x-ray they took has shown my lung is completely free of pneumonia and there's no scarring.

There was a timetable mix-up today so I ended up traipsing around campus to find where everyone was, which was frustrating! But I got my two assignments back. I got 58% for one and 68% for another. I'd ideally like all of my assignments to be over 60% but a pass is 40% or over so I still passed both which I am pleased about. If all of my assignments in this year and the second year are over 50% I automatically start working toward an advanced diploma in my third year - there's no choice about it either!

I've got next week to go then I'm off for the summer - 4 weeks :)

Study week

Well I handed in my 2 essays and I get the results at the end of the month. I got a score of 83% for my poster presentation - we only had to do the presentation in front of our own group (4 members). I also prepared a supplementary sheet to read from to reiterate what I was saying. I also had a practical on CPR, we did this during our placement induction too but to get extra practice on a baby, child and adult was really useful as was the feedback and I feel more confident about it now.

This week is a study week - though I do have to attend a collaborative learning workshop. Basically I meet students from other branches of nursing, midwifery and physiotherapy with the purpose of learning from each other so once we're qualified we talk to each other - it's a shame we don't do these with trainee doctors too.

Never mind. I bought the latest student edition of the Royal Marsden handbook of clinical nursing procedures, I have a much earlier edition and find it very useful.

My chest x ray is in 2 weeks so hopefully the pneumonia will have cleared and I'll be able to go to my next placement in September - a post ICU ward, I'm looking forward to it and hoping the 12 hr shifts wont be too much (just keeping awake for 10 hrs is a bit hard lol).

I've enjoyed the week off but it would perhaps have been better spent if we'd been given a suggested reading or activities list, otherwise it's more like leisure time.

I've signed up to the Royal College of Nursing student road show. since I'm a member I get in free though I did have to hand over a deposit of £10 which is worth it. I've put my confirmation letter in my PPDF as it seems good evidence.