The only willing participant...

The first 2 weeks of school is very heavy on skills learning, but the great news is that all of our skills checkoffs are done by next week and then we don't have to worry about any for the rest of the semester (unlike last semester where they were spaced out). This is also advantageous because we then get to practice those skills all semester on our clinical floor with real patients.

We were totally lost a few days ago, but now we are already becoming comfortable with the skills (ex. IV start, IV piggyback, trach suction, and trach care).

Last week looking through all our IV start materials, so much stuff and we had no clue...

Today we were planning to go into school and practice, but unfortunately the lab was being used, so to still feel accomplished today, I decided to practice for a bit. There is a whole "script" things you have to make sure to say and do, or else you fail, so I ran through it a couple of times (yes, talking outloud to myself), but I felt like I couldn't get the full affect without the arm to stick, so I found the only willing participant that I could...It worked great (except he was a little hairy for the tape :) Hopefully my next victim will be alive, with good blood return when I stick them!