1st TB Test Underway!!

Sorry the pic is a little blurry....dang camera phone.

So....who is getting her TB tests done now, even though they will be coming to our first few classes to do them for us as a group? Yep...that would be me. I wait for no one!!

Really....I just get anxious when there is a lot of little tasks on my to-do list, and I feel better crossing them off. Background check, done, 1st TB test, done, Read Mosby's Tour Guide to Nursing School, done. See how nice that sounds?? =)

I went to the student health center at Harper yesterday, and Gail, the RN giving me my TB test was so nice when she realized I was starting the nursing program. She started explaining to me what she was doing, how many doses are in each vial of TB test stuff (its 7:49 in the morning, the actual name for it won't come to me until later), and when I started bruising....she asked me about the Body Worlds exhibit. Awesome lady that Gail is. It made me feel pretty good that she was wanting to teach me. I go back on Thurs for my reading and to get a blood draw for blood titers, and I hope I see her again because she was really nice!

So today.....I work a half-day and then off to school to practice for my CNA skills test. I'm kind of mad at myself because I meant to review my CNA book on my skill procedures and watch the videos that the state CNA registry has on their website....but I zonked out! So I'm nervous going into the skills lab and practicing because its been a year since I've done any of this. I did practice my blood pressure and pulse on Mike last night....poor guy. =)

However, this will be an excellent opportunity to get to know the lab coordinators, Cathy and Barb, and hopefully get some of the things on my CNA skills test checked off early. I just don't want to look like an ignoramoose because I didn't keep fresh on my skills, instead I have been jamming different names of bones and organs, and Na+K+ pumps, and loops of Henle into my brain. Damn advisor telling me to take the CNA class first, I should have taken it last so it would be fresh in my brain! No, I take that back, I wouldn't be starting the program this fall had I not taken the CNA class last summer. We're cool, Ms. Advisor......I liked you a lot actually.

Speaking of advisors, the last one I had a meeting with before I registered for summer classes was a waste of time for me. She told me the basic pharmacology class would be too difficult for me, and basically turned down all of my ideas for classes I wanted to take. And ya know what!? I took the basic pharmacology class this summer, and another 3 credit hour class, and I got As biotch! Don't tell me I can't do something.....because I'm gonna try my hardest to prove you wrong.

*Sigh* Still no book update. I can't be the only one who is chomping at the bits to get these books!!