top ten recent happenings!

Well hello there lovely blog readers!  We know it's been a while but we are back with the latest happenings in our nursing world.  

Starting off with # 10:

We each assumed an officer position in NCF at the last meeting!  Aimee is el presidente and Kelly is the community service chairmen!  We are both very excited about these new roles of ours and everything we have planned for the semester! -stay tuned for updates! 

# 9: 

We finished our peds clinical rotation and had a really cool visitor on the unit named Max! 

Max brought alot of smiles to the unit! :] 

#8:

WE SURVIVED THE NCLEX LADY (aka we passed Peds lecture)!! Praise the Lord!! 

#7:

We were so inspired by our peds clinical instructor, that we took an afternoon and painted her a canvas that reminded us of her as a gift!  

<1 Peter 3:4 was the verse we painted on the canvas> 

#6:

Two of our friends got married on the first weekend in October, and we had an awesome time at the wedding ... zydeco band and all! 

Congrats Hans and Becca!! 

#5:

So, with all this fall weather quickly approaching we have discovered a delicious and simple scone mix... seasonal flavor: pumpkin spice and cinnamon raisin!! yum! 

#4: 

On our last day of peds clinical, we went to a local school for health promotion day.  We taught the 1st and 2nd graders about the importance of healthy food choices and exercise... via a puppet show! 

Meet our friends Billy and Anna!  

 

#3:

We recently applied for a Nurse Tech positions on the ICU at a local hospital!  We are anxiously and excitedly awaiting to hear if we got the positions!  :] 

 

#2:

In our latest coffee news, we have recently discovered the magic of Chai!! It's so delicious and you should totally try some!! ...it's like Christmas in a cup -now that's magical! 

 

#1:

In a few short weeks, we will be scheduling for our very LAST semester of nursing school/college!! This is so surreal to us but yet bittersweet! Needless to say we are very excited!  

 

 

We love you and hope you have a fantastic week! 

 

love your baby-loving bloggers! 

-Aimee and Kelly 

Nursing Student Anthem

Nursing Students are in PJs tonight

Everybody just have a good time

And you might even lose your mind

Studying all the time

Nursing Students are in clinical tonight

Everybody trying to give meds on time

And you could even give Digibind

Gonna be charting all the time

Everyday I'm studyin'

Studyin', studyin' 

...So as I was studying today, I automatically started rewriting the words to the Party Rock Anthem in my head.  It's sad, but true.  Everyday I am studying (or at least it feels that way) hahaha.  

I know it's been a while since we've blogged, but I promise we will make it up to you in our next post.  Which will come very soon! : ]  

 

Farewell for now wonderful blog readers! 

ps- you might find a youtube rendition of this 

Nursing Student Anthem in the near future! 

a term for the books

WE LOVE THE LITTLES!! 

So far this semester, we have gotten to do and see so much! Peds clinical has by far been one of our favorites!  Having a teacher that is so passionate about what she does and lives for has made a huge difference on our experiences in clinical.  We both agree that we have learned so much more than just skills and knowledge but life lessons that we will carry with us throughout our nursing career.  

In just a few weeks, we will sadly be leaving our peds rotation and moving on to OB..oh the wonder.  Our clinical will be in Baton Rouge and we are looking forward to helping bring new littles into the world.  :] 

We have a pretty big peds test this Wednesday and quite frankly ready to get it over with! Sheesh.... NCLEX Lady...  

In other news, we have been trying out other study locations such as different PJs and Books-A-Million.  We love trying out these new study abodes for it is a nice change of scenery.  

And even other exciting news: -drum-roll please-

Your local Nurse's Christian Fellowship chapter is coming back to life!  We are very excited about getting involved on campus and in the community both as student nurses and believers.  Our next meeting is a week from today and we will be electing officers and discussing opportunities we want to invest in.  We will surely keep you updated on this new adventure of ours! 

 

Well lovely blog readers, we gotta get ready to roll out!  Yay for quality time and long commutes!  Have a Marvelous Monday! 

Love your bubbly bloggers -Kelly and Aimee-       :]

Friday night dates

Well readers, it's just another typical Friday night.  I'm spending time with Ball & Bindler and Wong.  Can I just say that these guys are lousy dates!  Sheesh!  They don't even know how to buy my PJs .... dates these days...  hahaa  :]  anywho, enough about my non-existent social life

This week hasn't been much of an exciting one.  Just the mundane seemingly endless commutes, late nights spent studying,  5am wake up calls for clinical, and just your typical nursing school frustrations in between.  

This weekend will be spent with our noses in the books, studying for our next peds exam.  

Hopefully soon we will update you on life (or lack there of)! 

Have a happy weekend faithful blog readers! 

-Aimee, Ball &Bindler, and Wong-  

:]

  

simple smiles and magic bubbles

This week my clinical group was encouraged to think about how an ordinary nurse can do something extraordinary.  As this resonated with me in clinical this week, I was thinking on the broader spectrum of things- more heroic.  And then, without even realizing it, I learned how to do just this - how to go beyond ordinary in the smallest of things.  These small things may consist of stickers, coloring pages, stuffed animals, video games, fish, and lastly bubbles (in pediatrics, they are seriously like magic)  :]  I've realized that as a nursing student -especially in pediatrics- I can get so caught up in trying to do the "nurse-y" things and forget about how important it is to recognize the smallest of needs in the little ones.  I've realized how traumatic it is for a toddler to have to be hospitalized, and how much I can do as a nurse to ease that fear.  It made my day just to see my precious little one compose the smallest of smile.  Today I felt that rewarding feeling, the one that makes all the studying and paperwork and lack of a social life (hahaa) worth every minute of it.  Today I was proud to be a nursing student, knowing that even while I am still writing SLUSN behind my name, I have the power to make a difference in a child's life.      

Love y'all!

-Aimee

NCLEX Lady

 So after our insanely hard exam today, we can rest assured that we have learned at least one thing...

....we finally found the "NCLEX Lady" !!!! For those of you Hurst Reviewers out there, you know what I'm talking about. 

For the rest of you lovely blog readers, look forward to a post coming soon! :]

comforting reminders

What a busy week it has been!! It was our first week back in clinicals and we went into it full force.  It's been -by far- my favorite first week of clinicals yet! I love Peds so much!! In the past two days of clinical, I have had so much experience already and gained a vast amount of new nursing knowledge :]  -I even started an IV on an infant!  Through my experiences this week I was both physically and emotionally drained. I was also reminded of several things because of these life experiences.  The first being that as a Peds nurse, every shift is an opportunity to give a precious child unconditional love; to know that at least during my shift, they are well loved and cared for.  I was reminded of the unconditional love that God shows us, and that because of that love we are able to love others unconditionally- no matter what.  Lastly, I was reminded that although we may not have family who necessarily look out for our best interests, we have an Abba Father.  Who meets our every need.  Who is standing there with open, loving arms to hold us and keep us safe when no one else is there.  ... and this is where I find my comfort tonight.  

Love, Aimee 

"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me.  Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.  But take heart, because I have overcome the world." John 16:33