These past couple of weeks have been hectic. The instructors have been trying to cramp everything we need to know into just a couple of weeks and between school, clinical, and work it was has been a crazy couple of weeks. But I only need to get through the next couple of days and then i am home free. Here are a couple things I have been up to. 1) I experienced my first patient death. It was sad and horrible but yet such an amazing experience. We saw the signs and syptoms of death and did our best to keep her as comfortable as possible. 2) I gave my first IM and S/cut injections! It was so cool. It was crazy how easy it was. I was nervous the first time but my clinical instructor told me 'I don't know why students are so nervous about givinf injections, if heronine addicts can inject themselves so can you" 3) We used the robot to stimulate situations that might occur in the hospital. The technology of this robot is unbelievable. This robot could talk to us and respond to questions and can even give birth! Weird! 4) I got a transfer to SOF in St.Albert because I am going to come home for the summer. I am kind of excited about coming home and seeing everyone but I think I am going to miss my friends down here. Most of them are from school or work and I am going to be sad about leaving them! But I will be back soon. 5) When I get come back to lethbridge I am going to have to find a new place to live because my landlord is going to sell my house. :-( boo. So that is pretty much my life right now. Not super exciting but super busy!

Tomorrow I have to practice my nursing skills on a robot.

I am so excited. This robot breathes oxygen, bleeds and has a pulse. It responds to the treatments that we provide, just like a human would. This way we can hone our nursing skills without putting patients lives in danger. This way we can practice and if our 'patient' dies it doesn't matter. We can just press a button and it will come back to life!

Its amazing how technology works!

On that note.. I just thought I would let everybody know I only have 20 more days of school! Yay!

Last evening my friends and I were discussing what seemed to be the new trend around the college: people dying a streak of their hair a bright and wacky colour. After some discussion and in the heat of the moment it was decided that we should dye someones hair, nobody wanted to do it permanently but in my moment of brilliance I remember seeing a pack of Koolaid in our pantry so I suggested we dye our hair with that because it would wash out right away. So my friend and I sat down and the others proceeded to dye our hair. And wow.

The streak in the back was bright blue.

So after joking about it for a while I went to wash my hair to remove the colour. Then I wash it again. And then once again.

Turns out it doesn't just wash out.

Now not only am I walking around with blue in my hair...

.. I also smell like raspberry lemonade.

Sorry Jolene my camera isn't working right and will not take pictures. Hahaha.. Not that I need documented proof of my idiocy! Then I tried with my phone so I could send you a picture but it was too dark to see it. Dang.