girl in greenwood

Top 50 'Sesame Street' Moments

Too much fun!

*the way I pronounced Sesame when I was 2

Ooh, interesting. One thing we talked about a lot in school is that labeling your patients as "drug-seeking" or "lazy" or what-have-you affects not only the care you provide, but the care that those around you think is appropriate to provide as well. "Manipulative" is one of those words, but I hadn't really thought about it before. Honestly, I had thought that some patients are in fact manipulative, so why not call a spade a spade?

Then I read this piece from Maria. Here's a quote:

"Consider striking the word “manipulative” from your vocabulary. Just describe what people are doing. “She says that she will kill herself if I don’t give her Vicodin” is a lot more informative than “She’s manipulative”. Furthermore, brainstorming ideas and conferring with others (including the patient) to solve this dilemma is much easier when everyone knows the specific details of the dilemma. How does one solve a problem around an adjective?"

Aha! Of course. You can't make a measureable outcome in the care plan for manipulation. :)

I passed the damn test!

Took the NCLEX today. It shut off at 75 questions, which is the minimum. I think I feel okay about it. I won't know my results for a couple of days. Stay tuned!

Afterwards, I went for burgers and beers with two classmates, then we went over to classmate E*'s house and drank beer and watched a movie, until more classmates arrived and we gave up on the movie and gossiped instead. It was fun.

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Still here. Still studying. One week to go.

I know of 5 classmates who have passed so far. There are 3 more who have taken the test but haven't gotten results yet.

I really can't think about anything else. Sorry to be boring.

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Yoga Today

I did not even know this site existed! They post new approximately hour-long yoga videos for free. Just click on 'em and do your practice. Very cool.

This is a collection of science-related tattoos. Awesome!!!!

Now I'm wondering if my dad will get some phospholipids tattooed on his arm or something...

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