Happy New Year!

so it is 1.1.11

Congratulations to my cousin JV and his wife Karina!! Welcome to the family my dear nephew, Kayden Jave!! awesome birthdate ^_^

i wasn't able to complete the 1st round of turbofire due to my hectic schedule.. i almost screwed up my semester trying to catch up to my case logs.. o__O .. so i'll try again this time. i entered the schedule on my calendar alongside the syllabi of my classes.. so now an hour is set aside everyday. hopefully i stick to it. xD

new faster pace for clinical rotations: the fast track of the ER. oh goodness. 12hr shifts.. patient history/physical/diagnosis/treatment every 10-20minutes.. multitasking and juggling. walking really fast. my brain is mush. lol.. but it's a really good learning experience. i see a broad variety of patients!! it is a challenge i am willing to accept. i will get better. which means, focusing on my studies is a priority. so far i haven't done it.. i am already behind in class.. ugh.. lol. trying to catch up now.. on this snowy evening. thank goodness classes have been canceled for tomorrow. need to be productive...

only thing i accomplished was this..
Alcohol Abuse - NP


lol.. i have hundreds of pages to catch up on.. since my ADD is kicking in.. i'll work on my TYPHON patient logs to track my NP clinicals.. woOHoo.. so fast track ER .. in a span of 12hrs.. i've seen 36 patients.. so i have to log all of those.. LMAO.. wat a faiL. ugh and i'm still trying to finish up from last week's 12 pts in the slower fast track.. =( .. one thing i learned on Monday.. don't forget to eat and take a break.. gosh.. brain gets tired fast.. and all that brisk walking from room to room physically tiring. this is why i am conditioning myself via turbofire.. slow and steady improvements.. stepping it up a notch. there are higher expectations now. i'm hoping i dont get kicked out of the program.. LOL.. anyways.. back to studying..

feel free to leave comments or email me anything.. suggestions welcome. thanks ^__^

TYPHON!!!

Heads Up.. Finding Preceptors

soo heads up to all NP students, just so you know, since I wasn't aware of this until recently, we have to arrange our preceptors by ourselves. The school doesn't set it up for you like when we were in nursing school/undergrad. We must go search for a NP or physician willing to train us.. hahaha.. they are out there. It's just a matter of finding one that's free, since there are other students asking for them...

start asking your advisors how your program works, and what are the acceptable types of preceptors for your specific program.

for example. I'm allowed to arrange my clinicals in my place of work as long as it's not the floor I currently work in. It's almost like a mini-interview for internships and selling yourself. Start searching early.. i'm allowed to ask NPs and physicians.. I will work my way up to physicians as soon as I am comfortable enough with conducting a thorough H&P and presenting a diagnosis..

start networking, getting ur name out there.. i start my practicum in the fall of 2010, but i started now... and then searching will start all over again in the summer for spring 2011, etc..

check out VA clinics, urgent care centers, etc.. if they don't have a position, ask them if they have another institution that they would recommend.. don't give up..

aight that's it for now.. back to working on my case study, email me for questions.. good luck to everyone ^__^

things to do over the summer before clinical rotations:

BLS recert
ACLS initial
Master Clinical Skills & Physical Diagnoses --> be comfortable with H&P
review medications, labs, etc
STUDY !!!

spend time with my loved ones.. ^___^

New Goal: to Pass

Grad SchooL. my goal is just to pass. that's it...

as far as Patho went. my grade is a B+. It's gonna be an adjustment on how to read those questions. stupid mistakes. GRRrR..

research is gonna be another one. i thought i was doing fairly decent with the postings until the midterm. which i FAiLED miserably with a 72.. my 92 average dropped down to a B-.. RAH i'm barely passing.. o__O.. OMG... still truckin.. gotta keep trying.. i have to make up for it now..

i'm gonna slow it down next semester, pending if i pass this semester. i'm praying, hoping, i don't get kicked out. pharmacology is next. i know it's hard. i NEED to go back to work. i have to apply what i learned. and i am broke =( .. i thought i was gonna be able to do work and go to school at the same time this semester. certainly not the case. GRAD SCHOOL is DEFINITELY wAY different... OMG.. wtf did i do to myself?!

migraines here and there. but not as bad as before. i'm learning to manage stress better i guess? i'm eating differently. chocolate is definitely a trigger =( .. so are raw onions so i have to avoid those in salads.. sigh..

let's hope i improve my grades and i don't get kicked out of the program.. mom's gonna be disappointed, i'll be a total mess if i get kicked out.. and that's a sign that it was never meant to be.. yup..

as for other things, my geekiness came out and i was determined to figure this out.. how to record desktop activity with audio unlike the screen recording capabilities on quicktime X sans audio. thank you fellow youtube users for showing me the way. and here's the end result from last night after my first video lecture for patho.. my brain needed a medical break.. and needed something more techy.. LOL..

so what do you think..

i'll probably end up doing how to videos someday.. cause i'm a dork.. LOL.. yay

now on to part 2 of the video lecture and then to 10 imaginary patients.. rAHhh..