New Job and Things

It's the weekend!

This past week I started my new job, last Wednesday to be exact. I will be full time from now until the end of August. Yikes.

It's been going pretty good. The people are nice and my preceptor is very smart and great at giving explanations to my endless questions.

It's hard though, I know next to nothing and it's daunting to think about all there is to learn and comprehend. Next Friday officially starts my EPIC training. So I'll be in classes like 3 outta 5 days and the other 2 days on the unit. I am greatly looking forward to class as it will help me understand and learn about all the things that I'm seeing on the unit that I don't know much about. I'll have to learn to read heart rhythms and what to do if they're not right. I need to learn about intubated and ventilated patients and the list goes on.

Yesterday I got to give a man breaths through a bag into his tracheostomy. I was cool, but I felt quite bad for him. I have already seen how sad it can be on the "unit" people are very sick. Yesterday I was with a lady when she discovered her leg had been completey amputated. On my old job I would have taken care of this lady weeks after she's realized her leg is gone, but now I'm with her when she finds out, sad sad sad.

Oops, one day later......I didn't finish my blog yesterday cuz Chris came to pick me up for lunch. So here I am again, Sunday night.

Friday was fun, we hung out with Kelsey and Jeff. Chris and I both held David for quite some time and he was such a good, sweet boy! We also took him on a stroller ride! He's so darn cute! Then we went to DQ with Mom and Dad and that was also very fun!

Yesterday I hung out with my fam. a lot cuz Chris worked. Mom and I went to the party store and then to visit Cheri and Kirk while they worked on their barn. Later we watched my 3rd cousin Grace for a while, she's 2 and very cute. Gavin and I played with her outside for a bit. She slept over at my Mom's. We also went to Dora's grad. party!

Today was church and the whole clan was there, at the mall too, seriously it reminded me of a holiday. Probably cuz Brice, Ryan, and Kellie were all there! Chris and I played tennis a bit and ate at home. Now we're about to play a game and then I'll probably go to bed soon! Gotta get ready for the 5 day week! Although Friday is a class on the monitors, so it's 4 days on the floor and one class.

Ok alls, have a good week! xoxox Luv, Brie