Acceptance Excitement Still There

The excitement of geting accepted to nurse-midwifery school still hasnt settled down. I'm just as excited as when I opened that email and just started thanking God and having a praise party. God has blessed me in so many ways especially in answering my educational requests. I am very blessed and grateful. Today in the mail I received a plump envelope in the mail with my name on it. Instantly I thought, my sister didnt tell me she was sending me anything. And I looked at the return address and saw it was from Frontier. I was all excited rushing to get into the house to open it like a christmas gift. I thought maybe it was some paperwork of some sort to fill out. But instantly scracthed that thought because it was so thick and I opened it...........there inside is a novel titled " Wide Neighborhoods: A Story of the Frontier Nursing Service". I am soooo happy. I love reading and receiving this book confirmed my decision in attending this school with such a rich rich history and an awesome reputation in the midwifery world. I already feel and sense the support that will be provided thru this program. So I just wanted to share and now I'm off to my bed to immerse myself in the mountains of eastern kentucky. Plus I am really happy that I have a fellow blogger ahead by a term and which we can share our thoughts and experiences with each other.

NURSE MIDWIFERY

I GOT ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!! CNM in the MAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I"M SO FREAKIN EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOO!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!!

3hrs in the Life of a L&D Nurse

So thru my hospital we have a nurse residency program in which we're taught materials from the AWHONN module materials. SO these past two weeks we went thru the Labor and Delivery process. I really loved it. I really had a sense of appreciation. i say that because while in the accelerated nursing program I really didnt have the time to appreciate the material. Plus our professor seemed like she was on her menstrual for the whole 3 mos. which we found out she was at the end of her doctorate program which consisted of long nights of getting ready for her dissertation.

Anyhoo, I love these classes, so we went on the floor and I was the only one paired up with the nurse who had a patient in labor or in the process of being induced for labor. I got to hang the holy grail of Pitocin. The end result of my experience is that I loved my interaction with the mom and family. But I didnt feel that the doctor/resident did not take the time to explain to mom what she was going to do beforehand. Only explained she was doing a cervical check but while she was in there she ruptured the membrane which produced +1 meconium amniotic fluid. Went ahead and inserted a fetal scalp and contraction monitor. And she left. The nurse then cleaned changed the chuck and stepped out to get something to hook her to the monitor.

I told her that she can hold my hands and squueze if need be thru the whole procdure and chanted some encouragement and for her to focus on me. It seem to work. Then when I saw no explanation was done I went ahead and did the patient teaching. She was concern about her fluid being green and I explained that her baby had a little poop in her tummy and that most likely peds would be there when she was ready to deliver to make sure everything was okay with baby to address and issues that could arise from meconium aspiration. In which the resident felt that it wasnt a great concern due to lightness of green signifying a small amount. And that they inserted a little probe on her baby's scalp to monitor his heart rate along with her contractions. She also wanted to know how long she would be having the baby which I again informed her that being that this is her first pregnancy based on stats it takes the average primip 12hrs of labor, but also informed everyone is different and that it can be shorter or longer.

What I really disliked was that when the resident came in the room she asked the mom if she's okay with her mom, brother, and father being in the room while she did the exam. Mom clearly said yeah she was okay with it. But I guess the noise level in the room was too much for MD in whcih decided to boot everyone out. In my head I was like what da hell, isnt this a family centered facility, and at least keep the dad in the room. Now that I think about it I should have spoke up at this time. Other than that it was a great experience and enjoyed it more than my nursing school rotation.

Sent my midwifery application off and have a scheduled phone interview. I'm really psyched. I cant wait to be a midwife.

Unclear

Well here's the dilemma, I really want to work with adolescent/underserved mom as far as providing midwifery care. But at the same time I would really like to work in a birthing center environment without all the medicalized interventions which equates to low risk pregnancy. Which the moms I would like to provide care for does not fall into that category. But I have a preceptor offer in which it would be in a birthing center which I am totally psyched. Maybe I could provide prenatal care for this population and still provide midwifery services in a birthing center. Maybe thru my prenatal teaching this population thru behavioral changes decrease their risk. ooooooh I dont know, meaning its time to pray!

Its been so long

Well HAPPY NEW YEAR!(3mos too late) Its been a whole 9 months since I've last updated. I SURVIVED the BSN accelerated program. Graduated past Septempber. NICU nurse for past 3mos. Almost off of orientation. Process of applying to Midwifery school. Looking into registering for a DOULA workshop hopefully thru ALACE. And thats about it! HAPPY and BLESSED! AND will be updating more in detail soon..hopefully:)

Cherisse Performs

Free from the grips of third quarter

So I'm getting ready to tackle my last quarter head on. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOSSHH!!! Only freakin 11 weeks left. These last 9 months has been hell, the question is would I do it again. I'm insane but I'd say yes. Why because before going into this program I knew what I was setting myself up for which was no life for 12 months. I am so freakin' happy. I ended last quarter with Peds-A,Community-A,Pharmacology II-A-, and Adult II-B+. Peds clinical was the quarter I enjoyed the most suprisingly I didnt think I would. I think it was because I wasnt in a hospital setting, it was a long term healthcare facility with children born with congenital abnormalities, intentional or unintentional accidents(bath tub drownings, gunshot victims,MVA, abuse, etc). I got alot of straight cath experience, tube feedings, trach suctions. I really loved my experience and I felt proficient.
I feel blessed because for some reason this quarter was the hardest for me despite thru the rumor mill 2nd quarter is the hardest. Anyhoo, Adult was the class I studied my ass off and I was pulling B's after my failing first quiz score of a 73, a 76 is passing for us. I guess just couldnt get the style of the professors teaching but I passed and I am moving on to the last quarter. Can you tell I'm excited?

I am blessed and i dont care how horrible this upcoming quarter is which again its supposedly the "hardest", I will be fightin tooth and nails to get to crossing that stage and getting pinned. I will be a Registered Nurse and I will continue on to getting my masters and I will meet and surpass my goals and I will succeed. Why you may ask? Because Jesus got my back.

So next in line is critical care,gerontology(I'm so tired of that topic), research(I plan on enjoying that if I have the time), senior seminar, and nursing leadership(I'll be sharpening my skillz).

Oh yeah I never got to tell you my exciting news, I was able to shadow this nurse on one of her prenatal house calls. Can I say I was like a little kid in a junk food store. I could so see myself waking up every morning doing this job. Unfortunately where I'm relocating that organization is not established. So what does the initiator in me wants to do? You got it, I plan on getting the ball rolling. Alrighty I'm going to continue relaxing before hell quarter starts. I'll try to update more. Much love.