What ARDS you doing? :]

...We'll tell you what we 'ARDS' doing...

We are sitting in our Acuity lecture right now, having our brains twisted into a pretzel.  Sheeshh...this stuff is hard.  

ps- if you were wondering ARDS = Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

If you want to know any more than this, we probably aren't your best resource quite yet.  We recommend WebMD! hahaha! 

Well, back to note taking!  

Hope you're having a great day faithful readers!

the beginning of the end

...light at the end of the tunnel...call it what you will

 Whatever it is, we are excited!!

(and a tad nervous, but that will probably subside by the end of this week)

We are both at a loss for words right now about this semester as it will be filled with its ups and downs.  So in the meantime, we will catch you up on our Christmas break! 

Over Christmas we went on a mission trip to Haiti!  While we were there, we had the opportunity to visit GLA, the orphanage we held the 50/50 raffle for last semester!  It's almost surreal that we actually got to see what we supported all semester.  We felt like kids on Christmas morning we were so excited! It was amazing to see what God was doing there in the lives of so many children through the volunteers there.  Because we don't have enough words to tell you how amazing it was, we will share some pictures with you! :] 

Outside the gates at GLA's new location! 

Some of the kids at the toddler house...check out our little photo-bomber...

NICU bed at GLA

Rooftop at GLA... what an amazing view!

 We still cannot believe that we are in our very last semester of nursing school!  We are looking forward to an amazing semester and cannot wait to share with you as we go! 

We love you faithful blog readers!  Thanks for staying tuned! :] 

Love your rip-roarin'-ready to graduate bloggers! 

(whatever that means) 

smack dab in the middle.... of the semester!

Wanna know what we are doing right now?!  Lounging on a comfy couch, compliments of PJs, with our feet propped up on a table, waiting for OB lecture to commence.  

 ...it's nice... :] 

In other good news, we just both passed our LAST dosage exam EVER!!!! -Praise the Lamb!

And now, a special edition of... 

Driving Mishap of the Semester: 

We recently discovered that we still don't know our way around Baton Rouge.  As evidenced by ending up miles away from school driving cluelessly in the opposite direction.  -you just had to be there...it makes for a good laugh now!  Later that day, while on our way home from school, there just so happened to be a diesel spill causing the entire interstate to be shut down.  After being parked on the interstate for 30 minutes, and nearly losing our minds, we made the executive decision to drive OFF an ON RAMP!  We were never so thankful to have broken the law in our lives!  Needless to say, we were kissing the concrete when we finally got out of the car that day! 

 

A newly discovered procrastination method is currently the obsession of our lives... one word: PINTEREST!! If we fail out of nursing school, this will be the culprit.  Please don't judge; you know you are guilty too! 

What's that? , you're still waiting on an update about our ICU Tech positions?! ...Yea, so are we.. hold tight a little longer.  Hopefully we will hear something SOON!! -Nursing students can only wait so long before going crazy! 

 

NCF Update: We are currently hosting a 50/50 raffle in support of God's Littlest Angels, an orphanage in Haiti!  We are very excited about helping such a great cause! 

Well, we are off to get some brain food before having to endure another lecture! 

Wish us luck! 

 

Love your  hungry and hopeless BR driving bloggers!

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-  

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