Pre-nursing school, my friends would go to bars (or stay home) to drink. No one calls it that anymore. Thanks to pharmacology, our conversations now go like this:
A: 'My weekend plans got cancelled. Wanna hang out? What are you up to right now?'
B: 'Me? Oh, I'm self-medicating.'
26 February 2010
25 February 2010
stop saying 'cohort'
It's still February and the cherry trees are blooming. As well as the magnolia outside the desolate pharm class window. Spring break is a week away.
I just took a killer pharmacology test... my whole class claims to know nothing, but apparently I managed to retain at least one fact. I was reading something about Brittany Murphy's autopsy, and among the drugs in her system was propranolol. Anyway, this website was calling it a sedative. NOT! It's a beta-blocker, for hypertension etc. There you go. The one fact I retained.
I hate that the faculty refers to my class as "the cohort." Other students are picking it up. It's such an annoying word.
Cath lab on Monday should be super fun. Yippee.
I just took a killer pharmacology test... my whole class claims to know nothing, but apparently I managed to retain at least one fact. I was reading something about Brittany Murphy's autopsy, and among the drugs in her system was propranolol. Anyway, this website was calling it a sedative. NOT! It's a beta-blocker, for hypertension etc. There you go. The one fact I retained.
I hate that the faculty refers to my class as "the cohort." Other students are picking it up. It's such an annoying word.
Cath lab on Monday should be super fun. Yippee.
21 February 2010
good to know
Student 1: "What is this? Hamburger?"
Student 2: "Um, no, that's supposed to be steak."
Student 1: "You're silly. Steak is shaped like Africa!"
Student 2: "Um, no, that's supposed to be steak."
Student 1: "You're silly. Steak is shaped like Africa!"
10 February 2010
job description
One of my professors put up this slide today in class.
People to work long house with frequent mandatory overtime. Few holidays and weekends off. Must be able to keep massive amounts of paperwork up to date while making split-second, life-or-death decisions. Must be immune to verbal abuse and able to neutralize the occasional physical assault. Must display patience, kindness, understanding, and caring even when personal life is coming apart at the seams. Salary in no way commensurate with training and ability.
Anyone interested?
On second thought, maybe being a plumber is my true calling.
WANTED
People to work long house with frequent mandatory overtime. Few holidays and weekends off. Must be able to keep massive amounts of paperwork up to date while making split-second, life-or-death decisions. Must be immune to verbal abuse and able to neutralize the occasional physical assault. Must display patience, kindness, understanding, and caring even when personal life is coming apart at the seams. Salary in no way commensurate with training and ability.
Anyone interested?
On second thought, maybe being a plumber is my true calling.
09 February 2010
the force is strong with this one
It's getting worse. Now the boys say "SQUIRREL!" every time I get distracted by something in class. My attention span is not that short, I promise. They just like to show off their hip knowledge of Pixar movies.
Some stuff I just don't get. We were introduced to energy healing. I started pretending I could open doors like a Jedi and then mock-seriously started waving my hands above my partner's head. The prof stopped mid-sentence, looked at me and said "I feel like you've done this before."
Uh... yeah.
It's ok. I pretend to be a Jedi all the time, when I'm not busy fighting orcs. Nothing to see here, move along.
I got an A on my first pharmacology test. Clinical next Friday.
Some stuff I just don't get. We were introduced to energy healing. I started pretending I could open doors like a Jedi and then mock-seriously started waving my hands above my partner's head. The prof stopped mid-sentence, looked at me and said "I feel like you've done this before."
Uh... yeah.
It's ok. I pretend to be a Jedi all the time, when I'm not busy fighting orcs. Nothing to see here, move along.
I got an A on my first pharmacology test. Clinical next Friday.
05 February 2010
miss fidget
Still learning how to keep from killing people.
One month down. First test over. I have a constant headache which I suspect from the holes drilled in my head that knowledge is poured into four days a week.
Yesterday, we were given an exercise on energy healing. Yeah, it's a little more into alternative therapy than I'm comfortable with, but anyway. The professor started talking about finding balance and being in the moment. She asked why it was so hard for us to find stillness.
The guy sitting behind me poked me in the back and hissed "She means you!"
Guess I have a hard time sitting still for three hours. What a surprise.
One month down. First test over. I have a constant headache which I suspect from the holes drilled in my head that knowledge is poured into four days a week.
Yesterday, we were given an exercise on energy healing. Yeah, it's a little more into alternative therapy than I'm comfortable with, but anyway. The professor started talking about finding balance and being in the moment. She asked why it was so hard for us to find stillness.
The guy sitting behind me poked me in the back and hissed "She means you!"
Guess I have a hard time sitting still for three hours. What a surprise.
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