God I love it when my husband is at work. After being laid off since September, the hours away are something unbelievable. Its a blessing to be employed in this economy.
So one week to go before classes start back. Tomorrow marks one month with no cigarette (go me!) and I need to start bucklin down and getting organized.
Here's a great nursing school story..
Thought I grew out of my latex allergy, apparently didn't.. I remember during the first semester, practicing the "sterile handgloving technique" (I remember shaking in my scrubs doing that skill check off.. wow.. haha) I went to wipe the hair from my face with gloved hand (yes, breaking the sterile field but we were just practicing) and everything swelling up. My instructors freaked out and made me scrub my face, hands, and arms, and didn't have non-latex gloves to check off with, so I had to use tissue paper as a package, and use my husband's vinyl tattoo gloves (with the ends folded up and everything), that was an interesting time. To this day, the school still does't have non-latex gloves, so they bought me a box of vinyl to keep with me at home.
I didn't have a deadly reaction or anything, and fortunately all the hospitals have non-latex around here...
Leave it to me to be the special one.
About Me
- TourniquetRN
- 25 y.o. RN, married, mommy to a 3 year old boy, determined, dedicated, with crazy mood swings.
2 comments:
hey don't feel bad...i found out in school to that my skin doesn't like latex or any type of tape...lol
LOL, you were the special one too then. I look forward to trach care this semester, we practice on the dummies before the real people the first week, so I get to explain yet again to another set of instructors why I won't use their gloves.
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