Peds lab

I'm ready to catch the baby!! That's how you do it, right?

Amanda acting as "Noel's" labor coach. Yes, her name really is "Noel"
Just a little CPR....

An accurate portrayal of the birthing process. No, really.

Checking the fundus on my upper thigh and abdominal dummy.

Just another fun day in nursing school!! This was actually peds lab, but OB is in the same lab so were just messing around with everything. This is only the first lab posting of the semester and you regular blog viewers know that they will just get better from here :)

A reenactment of a typical day at Vandy....

Steph: "I need help in here!! He's not responding!! MICHAEL!!"
Debbie: "Let's check his blood sugar!"
Michael: "Call Rapid Response!!"

"Get the crash cart!!"

Brenda: "Throw water on him!!!"

Margo: Gives the most painful sternal rub ever!!
Debbie: Pumps up a bag of NS so much that it nearly explodes!!

Everyone crowds around 9217.......

We worked on him for awhile and he finally came to......well, kind of.

Okay, now he looks alive and pretty cute for all he's been thru :) hahaha.

The team!! Debbie, Steph, Brenda and Regina (minus Jenny, Michael, Margo, and Michelle)

Steph, Margo and Jenny!!

Sharon....you're not looking too gangsta!!!????

Whoah.....no words for this one. Working hard though :)

Debbie, Regina, Jenny and Steph

A Michael sandwhich!!!










Oh, the joys of working on 9South at Vanderbilt, especially on Sundays. As you can see we weren't working too hard! We had an exciting day yesterday, and I'm just gonna say I was part of saving a life!! It was amazing. I went to take my patient's blood pressure (per Brenda's request) and he was non-responsive when I went in the room and I couldn't find a radial pulse. I yelled for help, grabbed a doctor from the hall and threw him in the room. I ran down the hall and yelled for Michael and before I knew it the room was packed with all kinds of people. The next hour was exciting with administering Narcan (narcotic antidote), vitals q5min., bolus fluids, rough sternal rubs from Margo, trying to keep the poor guy covered up (he prefered nudity), restraints, acuchecks, labs, etc. The whole experience made me realize how much I want to work in critical care and also how AMAZING all the people I work with are. They are the most incredible people and the best nurses.