at TFS
Yesterday: Had my AP Calc BC test (required about a week’s worth of brain power).
Today: The hospital couldn’t accommodate me today; I’m preparing my presentation and researching all the things I learned/saw in the C-section on Monday.
Tomorrow: Last day of my (and everyone else’s?) project! I’ll be shadowing a nurse in the mother/baby department.
I was in the labor and delivery department at Mercy today. First thing, a tech took me in to watch a c-section then showed me all the ORs and explained the operation.
Afterwards, I shadowed a team of nurses but it was a really slow day for them so I didn’t get to see any other births.
Today, I shadowed a nurse at Missouri Baptist in a surgical inpatient unit (a post-op unit that seems to function as one step down from an ICU). She had five patients (most of them elderly and one 21-years-old) and I got to follow her around during the busiest part of the day. Some things I saw her do: pass out medications, take vitals, chart on Epic, give a suppository, apply ointment in “unseemly places.”
Moral of the story, I enjoyed the experience much more than I thought I would. I still want to work with babies; if plans A, B, C, D, E, and F fail, Surgical Inpatient would probably be my plan G (approximately).
I finished up at Crisis Nursery this past week, and I’m pretty much done with the volunteer/kid part of my project.
For the next couple of weeks, I will be shadowing nurses at three different hospitals and studying a lot for my AP test. The details for lots of my shadowing are still up in the air so I hope nothing falls through!
The past two days, I have been back at school finishing the geometry spreadsheet I started a few weeks ago.
I’ll spend the mornings Wed-Fri at Crisis Nursery because I enjoyed it and they seemed to need help. From 12:00-4:00 they all nap so I’ll leave once everyone’s down. In the afternoons, I’m studying for my AP Calc test and finalizing details for hospital shadowing next week.
I’m exhausted but got to hang with a newborn today so…enough said.
I spent the day at Crisis Nursery North-where I’ll spend this week. I did a short orientation then spent the day playing with the kids. The nursery usually has about 10 kids, ages birth-12.
Yesterday, I watched a few toddlers for a couple hours; after two weeks, we’re practically bffs. We also finished sorting donations and taking inventory.
Today, Angela (the volunteer coordinator) took me to their location in South City. We got a tour of the facility and chatted a lot on the ride; she’s twenty-seven so we get a long pretty well.
Tomorrow is my last day here!
Today was pretty busy. I watched a cute toddler for awhile and heard his mom tell about her life and recovery. In the afternoon, I helped sell jewelry (made by the residents) at a charity event and load/unload a bunch of donations. Oh and one lady is in the hospital having her baby so it’ll be fun when she gets back.
Not much new. Got to watch some cute kids and the house is full; it gets pretty hormonal but it’s cool. I’ve been helping the volunteer coordinator with their big donation drive (happens next week). If anyone wants to donate diapers or pull-ups, let me know!