tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371007066415015499.post5086210364433420768..comments2023-03-22T06:51:09.161-05:00Comments on Did I REALLY sign up for this??: Fall break & first clinical...Candihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13995021996457640960noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371007066415015499.post-63356697928848935242012-10-17T14:11:05.209-05:002012-10-17T14:11:05.209-05:00I don't think our teacher would like us follow...I don't think our teacher would like us following around a tech, but we do try to offer our help to other students. I think it will only be like that for the first week though since we had to share a patient and we weren't allowed to pass meds. This week we each get our own patient and we get to pass their meds too. I'm super excited about that!! Can't wait for tomorrow!Candihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13995021996457640960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371007066415015499.post-40446356327518704562012-10-17T14:09:55.729-05:002012-10-17T14:09:55.729-05:00We're not really learning dosage calc, it'...We're not really learning dosage calc, it's kind of like "You have the book, learn it" and since we're not being graded on it, we're kind of all just glazing over it....probably not the best case scenario. And yes the class itself can be quite annoying AND boring, lol.Candihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13995021996457640960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371007066415015499.post-11622280279654753832012-10-17T14:08:25.570-05:002012-10-17T14:08:25.570-05:00That's all fine & great if it's presen...That's all fine & great if it's presented as either an online class or even a hybrid class, but this is SUPPOSED to be a bricks & mortar class, so all of this online stuff is just frustrating. And like I said, not really for the fact that the stuff is online, but for the fact that we still have to come to class!Candihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13995021996457640960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371007066415015499.post-62445065717359068262012-10-17T14:07:20.017-05:002012-10-17T14:07:20.017-05:00Well we're not really learning it at all. He k...Well we're not really learning it at all. He kind of just left it up to us to teach it to ourselves & I'm pretty sure we're all just kind of skipping it seeing as we're not being graded on it. I'm sure that will come back to bite us in the butt later on. That may be one of those things I tackle over the summer....Candihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13995021996457640960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371007066415015499.post-15317704052232934102012-10-17T10:33:09.565-05:002012-10-17T10:33:09.565-05:00Clinical can be beyond frustrating when your patie...Clinical can be beyond frustrating when your patient is asleep through the majority of it! When that happens I usually grab a tech and ask how I can help. You will get into a flow. Mary @ This is How My Garden Growshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255015932614878288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371007066415015499.post-52444154453540105972012-10-17T09:52:35.657-05:002012-10-17T09:52:35.657-05:00When I went back for my NP, I was surprised and a ...When I went back for my NP, I was surprised and a little overwhelmed by the fact that everything, including the lectures, was online. We were required to post questions and responses on a bulletin board and were graded on that. It was a new kind of pressure that I had never experienced before. Advanced pharm online? Man, that was one tough class. I feel your pain.<br /><br />BTW, the calculations get easier because they become second nature as you use them all them time. Wendy at Taking the Long Way Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934786207724059919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371007066415015499.post-36979586957767394542012-10-16T22:41:43.998-05:002012-10-16T22:41:43.998-05:00Learning med calculation was way harder than actua...Learning med calculation was way harder than actually having to apply it during clinical. Depending on the hospital, a lot of it is already done for you on either the MAR or the med itself so it's usually a breeze.Breannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06857915848836095251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371007066415015499.post-9245261074059116642012-10-16T22:12:40.852-05:002012-10-16T22:12:40.852-05:00We've learned dosage calc. and so far it doesn...We've learned dosage calc. and so far it doesn't seem to be all that hard. Especially if your teachers don't require you to do it a certain way We learned 2 plus there's one more that we can learn if we want. We get to use the one that makes the most sense to us. I already knew how to do the ratio method from chemistry but we did it in physiology too. If you know that I don't think it'll be that bad. The formula thing we learned seems super easy. I still have to do my hw to really see how the problems are though. <br /><br />Our instructors hardly put anything online. So our 6 hr and 4 hr classes are a necessity. Our assignments were given on the syllabus but no one misses them because you have to do it in order to get into checkoffs or pass the class. I'd be annoyed if I had to go to a 3 hr class for q & A time because people tend to just ask questions without reading the book first. Hope you are having a great break!Shaylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075801108442397846noreply@blogger.com