Med-Surg/PEDs orientation!

Last Friday was our Med-Surg orientation. This semester I will be back on the PCU (Progressive Cardiac Unit) for 5 weeks, then I will be on the Diabetic Renal for the last 5 weeks of the semester. I was kinda bummed that I got these two floors because I did clinicals on them last year, but I'm sure it will be a blast. My instructor has some pretty cool things lined up for us on the PCU and maybe even a surgery to watch!! I start Med-Surg clinicals this coming Friday, so keep me in your prayers!

PCUE- Progressive Cardiac Unit, Evening shift ( 2:30pm-10pm)

DRD -Diabetic Renal, Day shift (6:30am-2pm)

SIM- Simulation lab in the LU nursing lab

Also...Today was my Peds orientation. I am SO excited for these clinicals. As you can see, my first clinical does not actually start till Sep 21, so until then there are a lot of pre clinical things I need to work on to prepare for these clinicals.

LS-Laurel School (Special Needs School) 8 hr shift

VBH-D (Virginia Baptist Hospital- Day shift) 8 hr shift

ER (Emergency Room) -8 hr shift

Including these clinical sites, we are also able to pick 3 independent Sites (8 hr shifts) (Intensive Care Nursery, OR, Surgery, Pediatric office, school nurse). I signed up for the Intensive Care Nursery and I have that October 31st. During these clinicals we are there to observe pediatric care. I still need to pick 2 more sites, some of the ones they listed interfere with my classes :(, but they said that we could choose to do clinicals at our hospitals back home, so I might look into that!

Overall, I am a little nervous, yet excited to get back into the hospital and be used by God!