Semester One, Week Three

I began clinicals this weeks. I'm not permitted to say online where I am doing my clinicals per school policy, nor am I able to comment on my patients (hey, HIPAA!), but, I do have two stories from my clinical day that are very much worth sharing, and very much allowed to be shared.

The first is the employee I was assigned to shadow during my 7.5 hour shift. The first thing I noticed about him was his a) purple scrubs (I adore purple) and b) his gigantic diamond ring on his ring finger. I mean, this diamond was so big, it rivaled the engagement rings that 98% of the girls in my nursing class have.

During an awkward downtime with this guy, and not being sure what to say, I commented on his ring. He told me, quite proudly, that he got engaged this past weekend, and while he shouldn't be wearing the ring to work, because it could get snagged on everything, he couldn't resist.

Alrighty then.

Second, is a story that goes way back. In 2010, right after I completed EMT school, and eager for some clinical experience, I volunteered at hospitals. One [married] employee asked me outright if I'd like to have sex with him. Naturally, I declined, went to HR, they made a big hullabaloo, and forbade this employee from speaking to me again during the rest of my internship.

Fine and dandy until the following year, when working on nursing school pre-requisites, he comes sauntering into my anatomy and physiology classroom. He immediately approached me to apologize and see if we could mend our past. I promptly told him if he ever tries to speak to me again, I will contact his wife and tell her what he asked me to do with him.

Long story short, I ran into him at the clinical site yesterday. He's at another nursing school and was completing his clinical rotations. Our eyes met, he smiled, I grimaced, it was awkward, the end.

Moving on.

Took my first pharmacology test today. I completed it in under 30 minutes (scary!) and was the first to turn in my exam (also scary; I've never done that before.) I found the exam to be really easy, which was really scary--I am not a good test taker by nature.

Results came in hours later. My phone/wifi connection decided to take eons to load, and with shaking hands (thanks, adrenaline) I finally discovered my score of 55%.

Just kidding.

I got a 96%

Praying this trend continues for my clinical calculations and fundamentals of nursing exams on Monday.

I can do this.