T.E.S.T.I.N.G.

Sorry this post is so late in the week. What can I say I have been busy. We have had so much testing this week it was kind of overwhelming but at the same time it seemed like the week was much easier. Tuesday we had a medication calculation test which we had to get 100% on to pass, which I did as well as everyone else in my lab. We also had our theory class on caring for the postpartum woman (the woman who has just given birth). These past couple of lectures have been really interesting. Who knows why, I guess the material is just interesting in itself, and I do have to say the prof who has been lecturing makes the three hour class quite fun. Wednesday I passed out sterile technique testing which was really nerve racking. Standing in room with just you and a professor demonstrating your skills without any mistakes so you pass...yeah felt like i was going to throw up. But I did well and passed that too. Thursday we had a practice testing for medication administration which included injections. I thought I had this one down better than sterile technique but I guess I was wrong. I was so thankful it was only a practice. We had 20 minutes to do everything that was required of us (checking the MAR, identify the patient, asking all the right questions, doing the med checks three times on all the medications, drawing up the injection, administering the injection, and doing the followup and teaching). Well I ran out of time so I wouldn't have passed if it was the real test, but I couldn't get the bubbles out of the syringe when I preparing the injection and it took me like 10 minutes. They taught us all these little tricks to help get the bubbles out but none of them worked. I was ready to put down the syringe and run out of the run yelling "I can't do this, I can't do this." So I know what I need to practice and my final real testing is on Wednesday so say a prayer for me, that would be great! We also have our first theory test on Tuesday and I'm real nervous about that too because I don't know how hard the questions will be and that sort of stuff, plus its the first test. So testing