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[03 Sep 2006|01:46pm] |
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Exactly 7 Days till the NCLEX. I am so scared about the exam I wanna cry when I think about it. So basically the exam cost $300 in total. With that along, i CANNOT fail this exam, and i certainly don't wanna be the only one to fail the exam. It's weired how I'm being so negative and thinking that i will fail. So, will i fail? I don't know. I've been doing lotsa practice questions. The teacher said you should do at least 2000 question. I've done about 800. Been doing 50 a day and now for the past 5 days, i've been doing 100 a day. I'm gonna start doing 200 Q's starting tomorrow. I should be ok, right? I've beeen reading the ginormous review book in addition and doing praction questions at the end of chapters. I noticed I get better and better and answering questions. humm...don't know what'll happen..it's late now and my eyes are tired and my head hurts from looking at a computer and doing questions for so long...
Well, other than studying, my life's been pretty normal..i like that i don't have to go to school no more. I have a part-time job at Irvine Spectrum..i love that job! my boss is so sweet and I don't really have to do anything..BUT i'm so excited about working as an RN and start making good money! I'm planning to move out by the end of this year..i'll prolly move to downtown LB by the beach or Hungtington Beach..
O yeah, my parents left after staying here for 2.5 months. They came all the way from Burma to attend my Pinning Ceremony. I hope I made them proud.
Ok, My head is getting really hurt right now so i guess i shall go to bed...BTW, i'm such a big BUM too! :D
RANDOM!!!!!!
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| YAY! I've graduated!! |
[25 May 2006|02:57am] |
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Yesterday was a very special day for me as I've offically graduated from college. The ceremony started at 1 pm but we all met up 2 hours earlier to take pictures for yearbook. Everyone looked really good in their dresses and I had a blast! I purchased a dress from Ann Taylor ($89!!) and shoes from Off Broadway Shoes to wear at the graduation. Humm..it know it's kinda expensive but this time, i'm gonna let myself have it! =) We all got excited as we lined up to walk into the ceremony. Our group got really cerative this time. We wore stethoscopes around our necks and decorated our caps with nursing supplies like syringes, IV tubings, bandages, alcohol wipes, etc. I was kinda sad all of my friends couldn't make it to the ceremony but thanks mucho to U nyo, ma ma gyi, Shaun, Pozaw, and WinWin for showing up! I love you all, you guys are the best, and it meant a lot to me that you guys were there cheering me up in the burning sun! And Thanks mucho to U Nyo and Shaun for taking great pictures this time! =D. For dinner, we went to eat at the CheeseCake Factory at Irvine Spectrum. Ko Nyi, Ko Tun Tun, and WinWin's boyfriend joined us, but Pozaw couldn't make it because he had work so I was sad =( It was a wonderful dinner and I made a little thank you speech and got little teary..sniff sniff..After dinner, shaun, ko tun tun, ko nyi, and myself went to Dave n Busters to get a couple of drinks to celebrate. One of my best friends from nursing, Mariko, happened to be there with her friends so it got really fun.
As for the gifts, my cousins got me tickets to Magic Mountain; my lovely sis and bro got me a gold/sliver chain; shauny got me IPod connector to car radio (i needed it!!); shauny's mom got us tickets to KEANE's concert!!!; my boss gave me a pair of pants that i've been wanting for a long time; win win and zaw got me flowers, teddy bears, and balloons. Thanks to all of you who wrote dedication letters and contributed $ to our yearbook.
Well, summer school starts next week and I will have intense internship over 6 weeks period. Then, pinning ceremony comes (Hopefully my parents can make it to that) and I'll get a week off. Then, we are scheduled to take 5 intense review courses for NCLEX (state RN board exam), hopefully I'll pass that and I WILL BECOME A REGISTERED NURSE!!!!! wow, i'm so excited! I just can't wait. "A future that lies ahead of me seems so bright that it burns my eyes" (a quote from a nursng instructor). I just want to thank my friends and family for supporting me and loving me. Thank you Shaun for putting up with me (literally!!!), accepting me for who I really am, and making me laugh like no one does. Thank you all!
Here's a recap from yesterday...
can you see us in black caps??
greeting with nursing instructors right after accepting the diploma
with Geannie..she cried when she saw me and of course i cried also
with Mariko. Yes, we made it girl!!!
with Shauny
Shaun, me, winwin, & pozaw
doing our funny pose
Yes, they are very proud of me =)
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| student nurses prayer |
[26 Mar 2006|10:39am] |
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"student nurses prayer"
dear lord, i know we go through this every day, but
please give me the knowledge as to why i actually
wanted to go to nursing school. give me the strength
to make it through those boring three-hour lectures
without falling asleep. please, give me the patience
to make it though twelve-hour clinicals with
instructors who cant just give you the right answer.
on the same note, give the nurses the ability to
remember what it was like to be a student and give us
just a little more respect. give me the endurance to
read all the assigned reading and be able to remember
it when i am taking a test with four right answers.
give my family and friends the ability to realize that
i really am on the edge of insanity. finally, give me
the vision to see that one day i will be a real nurse
and i will never have to wear this ugly uniform again.
amen.
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| i'm a happy baby! |
[16 Feb 2006|10:55am] |
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Ok, this is my first update live-jo in a long time. So, Valentine's day went very well. Shaun drove all the way from Torrance to pick me up and suprised me with a dozen roses at the door! poor shaun..he got stuck in traffic for 2 hours! so we moved our dinner reservation to 8 pm. Then, he drove to Manhanttan Beach and took me to this fancy restaurant. Food was delicious! After that, i was like, so what are gonna do next? and he wasn't gonna tell me. But then i figured out as he was driving that he was taking me to the place where we first kissed..it was at the beach, Redondo beach to be exact. I was so happy =)! Then we took a late night walk on the beach and came back home. Oh yah, he drove me back to irvine and drove back to Torrance again. Poor shuan..lotsa driving for him =(. oh and also, he made a special song selection on his IPod..songs that we both can sing along..he loves listening to me sing, he says. haha..the best part of the night was that we both got each other the same gifts!!! how weird is that? there was this one picture of us kissing on new years..somebody took it and we were looking at it n thought it was a really nice picture..so i got him a nice photo frame with that picture in it and he got me the same thing!!! we think so much alike its not even funny. To be honest, it was my first v-day celebration and Shaun made it cute and special. I shall thank him for that..so yah, i'm a happy baby after all, all because of Shaun..
p.s Thanks kim for helping me pick out the gifts. He loves it!!
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| new to Public Health Nursing |
[06 Feb 2006|09:01pm] |
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Has anyone here had Public Health already? Well, i have it this semester and we are to do home visits by OURSELVES after one orientation day with your preceptor PHN!! I'm quite scared to just knock on someone's door and do health history interviews by myself without the help of an RN to help me set up rapport with my patients. Anyone here willing to share some experiences and provide me with some advice? would greately appreciate it =)
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| back to school.. |
[05 Feb 2006|04:19pm] |
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back to school, just moved to a new place, caught a cold AGAIN, work sucks altho i have nothing to do there, feel like crap, gained like 5 lbs over the past month, need to work on my abs =( ..humm..what else..nothing much,..thank you and have a good day...
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| looking back to the year 2005... |
[02 Jan 2006|11:46am] |
Well, it's raining cats and dogs outside and i'm here at work having nothing to do..i felt like "updating" my journal since i haven't done that in awhile. New Year's eve was fun..i hung out with my close friends and enjoyed each other's company as the night turned to new year. I shall say I had a great year. I met some amazing people who i've learned so much from and had crazy times with them as well =). Kim, if you are reading this, i wanna say I Love You! Looking back, i've realized how much i enjoy meeting new people. People are amazing and wonderful in some particular ways on their own and I just can't help but notice that fact. I feel like, wow! there's sooo much that I don't know! My carreer in Nursing has widened my eyes to a whole new side of 'life' other than just simply medicine. I've learned how to appreciate life more and how my kindness and care have made huge impacts on other people's lives. I love my job! I think that's what it is. It put me into tears just thinking that I've made a difference in people's lives no matter how small it is. It is such a rewarding experience, i tell ya.
So, on new year's eve, Shaun took me to the CheeseCakeFactory, had a wonderful dinner, and we went to zack's party later to get wasted =). Then on new year's day, i drove up to Torrance to eat dinner at zack's house cause his mom cooked my favorite burmese food and just hung out with Shaun at B&N, drank hot chocolate, and talked for like an hour..u know, catching up on gossip and all..haha, j/k i don't like doing that =/
Aite, i shall stop here..have a good year everyone!!
-su-
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| Two babies in one day!! |
[19 Sep 2005|03:14am] |
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Yesterday was a fun day. I helped deliver two babies!! I helped calm the moms, counted with each pushes during contractions, and explained some terms like what's placenta, what does it do, n why does baby need erythromycin. I even got to hold (with the gloves, of course) the placenta (don't gross out!). There were a lot of things that i did and i learned so much yesterday. SO i called it a good day. However, i have to share my most embarassing story with you. Ok, there was this doctor came into the delivery room and all of the sudden his beeper beeped. A few minutes later, he asked me to pick up the phone and dial this number. So i did that, but i didn't know what i was supposed to do! Who would? I"m not a regular staff there! I'm just a student and that was my second day and labor & delivery unit! It was all loud and busy in that room b/c it was in the middle of delivering the baby. All i heard was Dr. Cardine. So i thought, well some doctors want residents or fellow to come in and help them. So when the front desk picked up the phone, i said "can you send Dr. Cardine to L&D room 1 please?" and the doctor looked at me and told me to give the phone to the nurse. I was nervouse at the time b/c i didn't know what i was doing. It turned out that Dr. Cardine was THAT doctar in the room and he wanted me to find out who paged him and what they want. I was soooo embarassed! Gosh, i felt so stupid too. I shared what happened with my clincal instructor and several other friends n they told me that one day you'd look back this and laugh at it. I don't know if i can ever get over this embarassed but hopefully i can laugh at it. Aside from my total embarassment, i was thrilled to be a part of a team that delivered babies. When i got home last night, i had a few glasses of wine to celebarte my wonderful experience (i should say one too many glass of wine). I got a little drunk and ended up making drunk calls to several of my friends. My friends were lovely, understanding, and shared my happiness as well as my embarassment. Win Win even dropped by with her "date" to check on me. Then i passed out....what a day...
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| I do not want to study! |
[18 Sep 2005|09:12pm] |
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Ok i'm stitting in front of the computer..bored out of my mind..thinking what should i do altho i know i should be studing for the make up exam i have to take on Monday ( i missed the Legal exam cause i called in "sick" last monday when i was suppose to take it) Haha..ok i'll be honest..i did get sick on sunday night..acid reflux after eating dinner..threw up everthing i ate..so i was like, i don't think i'll be able to go to school and take an exam..so i e-mailed the teacher and said i couldn't make it..It was 50% not feeling well and 50% not being ready for the exam! lol..i'm so bad! So that sunday night, i went ahead and watched Desparate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy instead of studying! I did feel better in the morning but i decided not to go school anyways..
Tuesday - i was supposed to go to the hospital (i have clinicals for pediatrics rotation) The place where we are for this semester is sooo boring..no actions going on..just one patient at a time (i'm so used to taking care of at least two cricitally ill patients that this is just a piece of cake). So i then decided to call in sick. My clinical instructor was understanding cause she knows i'm not a slacker..i have good records..hehehe..Again, i ended up watching "The Intrepreter" that night..
Wednesday - I felt so gulity for ditching classes so i decided that i'm gonna start taking school serious again! It's time now! I'd been slacking off because i'm so worn out with school (keep in mind, i didn't have a break during summer!! I had Psych and ICU rotation and they were 12 hr shifts, two days back to back!!) Anyhow..so i went to all my classes..n found out that i was suppose to buy a ticket for the dance concert that we are supposed to and they are all SOLD OUT! Agrr..they told me i just have to go there an hour early and sign my name on the waiting list and who ever doesn't show up, they'll let me in for that spot! I'm like shoot! I live 25 miles away and u want me to come back?? Well, no choice..
Thursday - So i'm leaving tonite at 6 pm to get there by 7 pm (with traffic!!) and concert starts at 8 pm. Hopefully i can get in! I should start studying for my Legal exam now..i still have like 30 pgs to read..wish me luck!
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| You know you're are a nursing student/nurse/health professional when...(from MJ's blog) |
[28 Aug 2005|11:32pm] |
You know you're a nursing student/nurse/health professional when....
1) The phrase "provide a rationale" makes you want to cry
2) HUG THERAPY is something you've heard of
3) Care plans make you want to cry
4) You know what the hell NPO, PRN, Q8H, VRE, MRSA, BRP, QD, gtt, PO/PR, IVPB, etc mean
5) N/V/D is the back-up precaution for any med
6) "None noted bilaterally" is the back-up assessment for anything
7) You don't go a single day without once mentioning/hearing about/thinking about bodily waste (any form)
8) Sleep does not exist in normal patterns
9) You hoard alcohol wipes
10) You are a hypochondriac
11) You immediately start going through the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation) whenever someone tells you they aren't feeling well/have a sick family member/broke a nail/etc.
12) Your family/friends/loved ones/roommates no longer have a gag reflex when you talk about procedures/sputum/vomit/fecal matter because you talk about it all the time and they have become immune to the point that they can sit through an entire ER episode without cringing
13) You can navigate most any hospital within a 30 mile radius of your school because you have either had a class or clinical at all of them
14) makeup does not exist on clinical mornings
15) You have a clear plug for your facial piercings
16) Your classmates get jealous that you got to see a pediatric open heart surgery
17) Your textbooks should be licensed as deadly weapons because of how fucking huge they are
18) You own your own stethescope, penlight, metric ruler, bandage scissors, and blood pressure cuff
19) You have to laugh when friends complain about waking up for 9AM classes....you have already done morning assessment, AM care, some charting, and given meds by that time
20) You can't say "And stuff" or "Oh no no no" anymore (ok, that's one's just for CSULB nursing students)
21) "Normal" isn't allowed to be said or written
22) You have seen what gravity and old age do to certain body parts (or tried to stick a foley into an elderly gentleman who is now only an inch long or into an elderly woman who has a few too many folds down there)
23) You have practiced on a dummy with interchangeable male and female parts
24) You have a panic attack if you realized you flushed the output without recording it and there was a standing order
25) You can read a dcotor's handwriting
26) You've used your nursing uniform as either halloween costume or a stripper outfit
27) You've used the fact that you're a nurse to pick up someone
28) You've played Doctor (or I should say Nurse) and didn't have to pretend because you actually do know what you are doing
29) You wash your hands all. the. time.
30) You've turned to alcohol, etc. because you are just that stressed out
31) You laugh at how clueless Med School residents look on the floor
32) Any time you hear the words C. Diff you run like hell in the opposite direction because of the foul smelling projectile shit that is involved...
leave me some more....
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[28 Aug 2005|11:08pm] |
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