Ostomy & NG tube lab

Nice ostomy bag change!

Rachel measuring her wafer

Another lab...NG tubes (which we actually did last semester so....) and ostomy care. It was pretty exciting! Mom and Dad get here tomorrow and I can't wait! I am so excited and we have so many fun things planned for the weekend...it is going to be a blast :)

Trach care lab

My patient....not looking real good or alive for that matter!!

Giving my patient some oxygen during his/her trach care

Hmmm...... should I be cutting that?

Just another day and another lab. We learned how to do trach care and trach suctioning and of course hung more IV fluids. Everything is going good but everyone is really ready for the semester to be over. It is just hard. Plain and simple. Love and miss you all!!

Colbie Caillat

The beauty of a blog is that you can pretty much say whatever you want :) With that said, I just came across Colbie Caillat's music and absolutely fell in love with it. I bought the whole album on iTunes and I love every single song and anyone who loves music knows how rare that is. It is very relaxing and has kind of an island feel to it. Please check it!!

Starting IV's!!!

My first successful IV start! The fluid was dripping out of the tubing, which means I made it in the vein!! YEAH!

Perfection!!

That nurse (Kelley) looks a little eager to give an IM injection!!

Rachel starting an IV!

Flushing the line with normal saline

Well, we FINALLY got to practice starting IV's on our dummies! I made it in on the first try but I'm sure it will be a different story when I am doing it on a real person :) It was a fun lab though! Miss and love you all very much!