For me personally, life has just been crazy as of late which has left me with very little time to sit and write as I enjoy doing with my “down time”. About a month ago, I started as a clinical instructor for a group of nursing students at my hospital. They’re in their fourth block and going to be ready to graduate in just over a month, which means they’re doing their “Acute Medical-Surgical Nursing” rotation, which includes shifts in our medical and surgical telemetry units as well as the CVICU, taking on a full patient load, working 12 hour shifts, and taking/giving report. Overall, they’re doing fabulously but grading careplans and planning for post-conferences has really kept me busier than I expected. And of course I still have my full-time position as a bedside nurse.
From a non-work perspective, we recently took a family vacation out of state and it was so wonderful to get away for awhile (the picture of the pool is at the hotel where we stayed… amazing). But the day after we got home, our living room (aka big) TV stopped working as well as our air conditioning (a necessity in May in the desert). What are the chances? Both in one day? Hmmmm.
I just wanted to check in and say hi since I feel like I haven’t been posting as often over the last few months. I’ll get back on track here I’m sure. :)
