Oh my goodness, this weekend kicked my butt! Sunday was even worse. All the snow talk was over but we still had 5 couplets and my patient load was overwhelming. I'm usually pretty organized but I forgot to draw a lab on a baby until about an hour after it was due. I felt terrible. Plus, as it turned out the lab was critically high and I had to call ( Read more... )

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Tuesday was my nursing school pinning ceremony and graduation. I didn't go to graduation (instead my family went out for a very nice dinner in Old Town Alexandria), but did attend my pinning which was really nice. It's a very ceremonious tradition in celebrating the transition from student nurse to graduate nurse. The instructors pin your nursing ( Read more... )