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ok, so I know that I've been lacking with this blog this past week. I moved a week ago, and then my man came to visit me, and the past two days I have just been lazy :P

Ok, so I am just going to start with the beginning of the week, because I can't really remember the rest of last week...lol!

Monday was learning how to do blood pressures. It was very frustrating trying to listen to the different sounds. Good thing we have more time on Thursday to practice them. :)

Tuesday, all I had was A&P. We finished learning about the muscles in the body. We only have to learn about a third of them, which is a great relief.

And, I will finish up the rest of the blog later tonight after my A&P class. :) 

Mushy brain

Ok, so if I thought the cell was bad...the inner workings and parts of the muscle are even worse! I felt like I was sitting there and nothing was being absorbed. It's really frustrating when the information just doesn't get absorbed into my brain. I guess that this section will just need a little extra studying!

8th week has begun

So, the beginning of the 8th week brings another midterm. Wow, I really should have studied a bit more, but I still think I did not too bad today. I just can't wait to get our other midterms back. But still, why am I always the first person done. I was in there for 40 minutes this time. 

I'm looking forward to tomorrow, as I only have a class in the evening. I can't wait to sleep in, as I worked a night shift over the weekend and didn't get too much sleep. blah!

Another week bites the dust!

I can't believe that another week is over. It went by so fast! I can now say that I have completed the seventh week of the first year of the practical nursing program!

This morning was the basic TPR (temperature, pulse, and respiration). Needless to say, this was again repetitive! Still, I followed along and answered questions as necessary. Mmmmm, the smell in the classroom was great because we had......POTLUCK!!!

The food was great! We had such a variety of food...num num num! We also invited a couple of our instructors and the second year students. It was nice to get to know them :)

The afternoon came, and with it came the different complications with elimination....so, kind of a shitty afternoon. We had some good laughs, and ended up getting out early. Thus, good day spent!

Midterm #3 is done!

So....the third midterm is done. I can't say that it was very hard, but just enough to make you stop and think. This one took me 35 minutes to write, as opposed to 20 minutes yesterday.

Then came my beloved sleep....how I adore thee! The afternoon consisted of a short session on how to write an academic paper. Nothing really that required a lot of thinking :)

I then met with my older adult. We had a great visit this afternoon. It was the first of five visits that are required for my nursing arts class. And, that's pretty much it for me today!

Midterm #2 is done!

So, I wrote my second midterm today. Yes, it was pretty easy! It really only took me twenty minutes to write. I was quite surprised with myself, as I really didn't study for the exam at all. 

Then came health challenges. This morning we got to learn about perimenopause, menopause, and andropause. Very interesting topics, if you ask me. Everyone always thought that a man just has a midlife crisis just because, but now it is actually diagnosed as andropause....pretty much the equivalent to a woman going through menopause. We had a few good laughs this morning.

Then came A & P once again. It was pretty much the review of the skeleton, bones, and joints. I actually get this stuff...it's not too complicated to understand....yay me!

I've been lacking :(

Sorry, I know that I haven't blogged for a week....I'm not worthy! How I disappoint myself that I haven't blogged after every day of school. But, now I am going to! 

It was one rough weekend! I ended up working Saturday night, and it took me 2 days to recover. Luckily, I didn't have class till this evening. 

A&P was pretty fun tonight. I got to be the "TA" (teacher's assistant). All I did was read out the blanks so then the instructor could tell us what to fill in. How easy is that?

Tomorrow is another full day, well, with the exception of a couple hours in the afternoon when I don't have class. Nursing Arts midterm is first thing in the morning....I should ace it ;)

A&P Exam

Ok yes, I know that I am late in writing today's entry. I was trying to recover from my first exam today. Trying to figure out what I did right, and what I did wrong.

Didn't have any classes this morning, so that was a nice break...I was able to sleep in! And, only a 2 hour class this afternoon. Pretty much what we learned was how to treat a patient who had a fever. Pretty easy!

Oh yes, then the anatomy & physiology exam. I thought that I did better then what I actually did, but I still passed :)

The day before the first exam...eek!

So, I know my blog is a bit late today, but I do have a good excuse. I was studying for my first anatomy & physiology exam. I have spent about 7 hours studying for it so far, and I'm not done yet. Yes, this is probably the most studying that I have ever done for an exam. This is a first for me, but hopefully I will do great on it! Yes, must keep positive attitude!

This morning we learned about the complications of the cardiovascular system due to high blood pressure, "the silent killer". I had known about a few complications, but not all of them. So, not too bad. 

Later in the morning was the Nursing Process. It's funny, since I have worked in the health care field for a couple of years, but I am doing the nursing process all the time when I am at work, and don't even realize it. Now, it is just to step back and look at what I am doing each and every time, and analyze myself over and over again. 

A half hour break for lunch, and back again for the afternoon. This was our "Learning Assistance Center" time. Pretty much, teaching us how to pick out the key words in the multiple choice/true and false questions to get the best answer. Not too bad. But then came memory work. This is one thing I am not good at. I have done this memory stuff many times, and I find it even more boring each time I go through it. Oh well....another day is done!

Until tomorrow....