Capstone Time
2.07.2006
Not Keystone, rather Capstone.
And what is it? Call it a senior project/internship/preceptorship, whatever. It is 3 weeks working as a nurse (although with one following your every move...), not getting paid, but still reaping the benfits of the experience. Granted, as I have been doing my externship since May (for which I do get paid for), it's not all that foreign for me to pull 12 hour shifts. In fact, I have grown to love them. 8 hours hifts are so, well, short. I feel like I'm just about hitting my stride, or at least my functioning level of competence by about hour 5. With a 12 you've got a long time to make up for any "issues" you may have had previously. With 8, you're almost gone. Anyways, I digress.
Right now, I'm counting my lucky stars. First, I get to stay in town. The other options meant at least a 1.5 hour drive each way, if not more. Second, it's atthe hospital where I work (which is a given that there is only one around.) Third, I drew the ED. At night. Probably weekends. I'm going to see so much crazy shit, I won't be able to get it out of my head. And for that I'm grateful. Sure, I would have rather it been in the day. But I'm getting the witching hour...oh the joy and the horror.
I don't start until the end of the month, but I'm sure there will be grisly stories to share.
And speaking of grisly stories, I'm not even going to talk about this week's test. That whistling sound you heard? Yeah, that was my grade dive-bombing into a fiery blaze of glory. Not a pretty test. Hopefully Wednesday we'll find out exactly what went wrong.
'Til later...
