IU East Blogs

23Apr/12

So close you can smell it….

fresh cut grass, final exams fresh off the printer.....and fresh goose poo all over the campus?? lol You know what that all means, summer time is right around the corner! This has been yet another challenging semester of the nursing program. Hope everyone in the program or just anyone taking classes has a good finals week and takes their next step to graduation with no delays.

I don't know if it will help you guys, but our nursing teachers told us to chew mint gum while you study and test, sleep plenty before the test, eat a breakfast higher in calories and salt to help concentrate and to help your little neurotransmitters find their way. I know it's hard to do but try not to cram the night before either! I'm guilty of this every time!

On a side note, I got accepted to go on my senior nursing trip next year! It to Washington D.C. and NYC in the fall of next year. This will take place of my community clinical for my senior year, so we will spend time going out into the community and helping the less fortunate and experiencing a different aspect of nursing in a large city. I'm super excited to get out and see all that there is to do as well as getting to see another one of the countless sides of nursing.

Popularity score: 1328 (11%)

22Apr/12

Eating Our Way Through ROMA Pt. I

The Pope before his blessing

Phew! Today is the first day in two weeks where I’ve really been able to sit down and write a blog! We have so much to catch up on!

Popularity score: 3331 (28%)

11Apr/12

One test down, 4 to go

Just got done taking my 85 question test over the always exciting endocrine system and auditory system. I know your jealous lol. I'm feeling pretty confident though, which is always a good feeling coming out of any nursing test. I always think it's funny when incoming students are told about study habits and time management in college and just blow it off. I know I did, and man was I wrong! lol Going from never having to study in high school to putting in HOURS before each test is definitely a change up, so my words of advice to anyone is START EARLY! You may be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but it is for sure a lot harder to do.

We finished up our semester long group project and presented it yesterday at the Nursing Showcase. My group's topic was stethoscope cleaning. I never really thought about it being a positionally infectious and dirty thing, but after doing some swabs an

YUUMMMYYY

d a little work in the micro labs, I could be mistaken. You tell me what you think...

EEWWW

Popularity score: 1505 (13%)

9Apr/12

Crunch time!

Why does it seem like the closer to the end of the semester we get, the more work seems to pile up on you?! I hope everyone is managing their mound of work well and keeps on track for these last few weeks, and that they also had a nice Easter weekend and got to spend time not thinking about work for a while and got to relax with family and friends.

This is a busy week for us Junior nursing students. We all have a presentation to give at the nursing showcase on Tuesday morning, a Med/Surg test on Wednesday, and then clinicals on Thursday and Friday. Thanks to Michelle Curry for moving our psychology exam that was supposed to be TODAY back to next Monday to allow for all of us to get through this week and have time to focus and study for each test.

I don't know how each of you spent your holiday weekend, but sadly for me all of my family was out of town on a vacation . So I made myself an Easter dinner courtesy of KFC, watched the masters, and did homework. Sounds fun I know lol. I also picked up the clubs for the first time in a few years and hit the links, and for any of you that think golf is easy....you're wrong!! It definitely took a while to shake the rust off, but I had a good time and was able to relax after getting mad about losing 2394839487 golf balls.

FOOOORRRRREEEEE

Popularity score: 1587 (13%)

4Apr/12

LONDONTOWN VIDEO DIARY

This would be Tyra's face trying to take my picture. AWKWARD.

ANTM ADVENTURES IN LONDON!

Come with me to London! I took videos throughout the day last Friday so you'll get to start the day with us on the train, go in the Museum of London (the video is dark sometimes), catch the view from the Tower Bridge, hear me sporadically speak in my English accent and get  our final thoughts of the day. We were tired, if you can't tell. Also- I think I pick my nose in the beginning? Awesome. Enjoy! xx

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Popularity score: 1765 (15%)