I have contacted several photography companies regarding our Graduation pictures. So far it looks like we will be going with a company called Blue Rascals Photography. They were referred by our co-student, Cindy Tinney. The photographs will be taken the day of graduation, during rehearsal time (when we have on our graduation uniform). The photos will be taken indoors with a back drop. You may also take a group photo indoors or outside (your choice). Packages are being created, a variety of packages will be available. I will have more information in about a week and a half. Please let me know if you have any questions, please remember this is my first time doing this so please be patient and vocal with me. I do take any comments welcoming. The website to the company is www.bluerascals.com, turn up your volume and enjoy.
Also, in regards to our yearbook I am also working on that too. I will be going through a company to create our yearbook, you know me though I will be extensively involved in the "Yearbook Process" . As of now, it looks like the yearbooks will be mailed to your house after graduation or you may pick them up at the school, (due to the date of graduation pictures) we HAVE to be in our graduation whites and its a hassle to dress up and get pretty, schedule to take pictures of all 50 million of us will we continue to school. More yearbook info to come!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
We Celebrated in Style!
I Had So Much Fun!
I Had So Much Fun!
I Had So Much Fun!
Look At Our MenWe Love Them!
YES! More Mock Code Pictures
Mock Code Day
Yes We Are HAPPY, HAPPY HAPPY!
HI Ladies!
Cassie Wants To Be Intubated
Good Job Ladies!
I Love This Picture!St Joseph's N7 {LAST DAY}
Look At That Crazy Girl and Her Crazy Tongue!
Awe How Cute!
Adios N7!
The Get Fresh CRew!
Who Looks The Craziest? Oh Look another Question!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Picture time!!!
Ok so here are some pictures from our crazy clinical group....enjoy!!!
Our clinical group at BJ's
Susan and Shawna
Fantastic Four!!
Fabulous Five
Silly six (and yes they were all on top of me...)
Would you like some Pizooki (sorry not quite sure how to spell it)
Our clinical group at BJ's
Susan and Shawna
Fantastic Four!!
Fabulous Five
Silly six (and yes they were all on top of me...)
Would you like some Pizooki (sorry not quite sure how to spell it)
Nursing 7 pictures St. Joseph's AM
Mrs. Peterson's St Joes AM Clinical group
The first half.....
and the second half @BJ's (sorry nicole:( )
wake up jennifer clinicals are over! (I'm not excited)
The Gang and Mrs. Antran (Post-test)
We have questions. Do you have answers????Tuesday, October 16, 2007
MRSA article
Staph Fatalities May Exceed AIDS Deaths
By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported Tuesday in its first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ.
Deaths tied to these infections may exceed those caused by AIDS, said one public health expert commenting on the new study. The report shows just how far one form of the staph germ has spread beyond its traditional hospital setting.
The overall incidence rate was about 32 invasive infections per 100,000 people. That's an "astounding" figure, said an editorial in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, which published the study.
Most drug-resistant staph cases are mild skin infections. But this study focused on invasive infections — those that enter the bloodstream or destroy flesh and can turn deadly.
Researchers found that only about one-quarter involved hospitalized patients. However, more than half were in the health care system — people who had recently had surgery or were on kidney dialysis, for example. Open wounds and exposure to medical equipment are major ways the bug spreads.
In recent years, the resistant germ has become more common in hospitals and it has been spreading through prisons, gyms and locker rooms, and in poor urban neighborhoods.
The new study offers the broadest look yet at the pervasiveness of the most severe infections caused by the bug, called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. These bacteria can be carried by healthy people, living on their skin or in their noses.
An invasive form of the disease is being blamed for the death Monday of a 17-year-old Virginia high school senior. Doctors said the germ had spread to his kidneys, liver, lungs and muscles around his heart.
The researchers' estimates are extrapolated from 2005 surveillance data from nine mostly urban regions considered representative of the country. There were 5,287 invasive infections reported that year in people living in those regions, which would translate to an estimated 94,360 cases nationally, the researchers said.
Most cases were life-threatening bloodstream infections. However, about 10 percent involved so-called flesh-eating disease, according to the study led by researchers at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were 988 reported deaths among infected people in the study, for a rate of 6.3 per 100,000. That would translate to 18,650 deaths annually, although the researchers don't know if MRSA was the cause in all cases.
If these deaths all were related to staph infections, the total would exceed other better-known causes of death including AIDS — which killed an estimated 17,011 Americans in 2005 — said Dr. Elizabeth Bancroft of the Los Angeles County Health Department, the editorial author.
The results underscore the need for better prevention measures. That includes curbing the overuse of antibiotics and improving hand-washing and other hygiene procedures among hospital workers, said the CDC's Dr. Scott Fridkin, a study co-author.
Some hospitals have drastically cut infections by first isolating new patients until they are screened for MRSA.
The bacteria don't respond to penicillin-related antibiotics once commonly used to treat them, partly because of overuse. They can be treated with other drugs but health officials worry that their overuse could cause the germ to become resistant to those, too.
A survey earlier this year suggested that MRSA infections, including noninvasive mild forms, affect 46 out of every 1,000 U.S. hospital and nursing home patients — or as many as 5 percent. These patients are vulnerable because of open wounds and invasive medical equipment that can help the germ spread.
Dr. Buddy Creech, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University, said the JAMA study emphasizes the broad scope of the drug-resistant staph "epidemic," and highlights the need for a vaccine, which he called "the holy grail of staphylococcal research."
The regions studied were: the Atlanta metropolitan area; Baltimore, Connecticut; Davidson County, Tenn.; the Denver metropolitan area; Monroe County, NY; the Portland, Ore. metropolitan area; Ramsey County, Minn.; and the San Francisco metropolitan area.
By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported Tuesday in its first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ.
Deaths tied to these infections may exceed those caused by AIDS, said one public health expert commenting on the new study. The report shows just how far one form of the staph germ has spread beyond its traditional hospital setting.
The overall incidence rate was about 32 invasive infections per 100,000 people. That's an "astounding" figure, said an editorial in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, which published the study.
Most drug-resistant staph cases are mild skin infections. But this study focused on invasive infections — those that enter the bloodstream or destroy flesh and can turn deadly.
Researchers found that only about one-quarter involved hospitalized patients. However, more than half were in the health care system — people who had recently had surgery or were on kidney dialysis, for example. Open wounds and exposure to medical equipment are major ways the bug spreads.
In recent years, the resistant germ has become more common in hospitals and it has been spreading through prisons, gyms and locker rooms, and in poor urban neighborhoods.
The new study offers the broadest look yet at the pervasiveness of the most severe infections caused by the bug, called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. These bacteria can be carried by healthy people, living on their skin or in their noses.
An invasive form of the disease is being blamed for the death Monday of a 17-year-old Virginia high school senior. Doctors said the germ had spread to his kidneys, liver, lungs and muscles around his heart.
The researchers' estimates are extrapolated from 2005 surveillance data from nine mostly urban regions considered representative of the country. There were 5,287 invasive infections reported that year in people living in those regions, which would translate to an estimated 94,360 cases nationally, the researchers said.
Most cases were life-threatening bloodstream infections. However, about 10 percent involved so-called flesh-eating disease, according to the study led by researchers at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were 988 reported deaths among infected people in the study, for a rate of 6.3 per 100,000. That would translate to 18,650 deaths annually, although the researchers don't know if MRSA was the cause in all cases.
If these deaths all were related to staph infections, the total would exceed other better-known causes of death including AIDS — which killed an estimated 17,011 Americans in 2005 — said Dr. Elizabeth Bancroft of the Los Angeles County Health Department, the editorial author.
The results underscore the need for better prevention measures. That includes curbing the overuse of antibiotics and improving hand-washing and other hygiene procedures among hospital workers, said the CDC's Dr. Scott Fridkin, a study co-author.
Some hospitals have drastically cut infections by first isolating new patients until they are screened for MRSA.
The bacteria don't respond to penicillin-related antibiotics once commonly used to treat them, partly because of overuse. They can be treated with other drugs but health officials worry that their overuse could cause the germ to become resistant to those, too.
A survey earlier this year suggested that MRSA infections, including noninvasive mild forms, affect 46 out of every 1,000 U.S. hospital and nursing home patients — or as many as 5 percent. These patients are vulnerable because of open wounds and invasive medical equipment that can help the germ spread.
Dr. Buddy Creech, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University, said the JAMA study emphasizes the broad scope of the drug-resistant staph "epidemic," and highlights the need for a vaccine, which he called "the holy grail of staphylococcal research."
The regions studied were: the Atlanta metropolitan area; Baltimore, Connecticut; Davidson County, Tenn.; the Denver metropolitan area; Monroe County, NY; the Portland, Ore. metropolitan area; Ramsey County, Minn.; and the San Francisco metropolitan area.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
SNA General Membership Meeting Oct 15th - Locke 314 - 1pm
SNA General Membership Meeting Oct 15th - Locke 314 - 1pm
Kim Thompson from the Nursing Student Success Program will share information regarding the benefits of the program and the many ways they may help you complete the ADN program and successfully pass NCLEX the first time.
We lost our Treasurer to the rigors of N7 so that means we have a vacancy that YOU may fill. Please review the description of duties below and if you can commit to a few extra hours here and there for SNA officer activities then feel free to contact me @ goshblogit@gmail.com or come to the meeting and raise your hand.
Treasurer: Keeps financial records, makes deposits and payment requests for club events, manages inventory and ordering.
We will also have an ICC update and vote on support of a member going to the 3 day CSNA conference in San Jose.
SNA gear will be raffled along with a fleece jacket to celebrate the change in weather!
Kim Thompson from the Nursing Student Success Program will share information regarding the benefits of the program and the many ways they may help you complete the ADN program and successfully pass NCLEX the first time.
We lost our Treasurer to the rigors of N7 so that means we have a vacancy that YOU may fill. Please review the description of duties below and if you can commit to a few extra hours here and there for SNA officer activities then feel free to contact me @ goshblogit@gmail.com or come to the meeting and raise your hand.
Treasurer: Keeps financial records, makes deposits and payment requests for club events, manages inventory and ordering.
We will also have an ICC update and vote on support of a member going to the 3 day CSNA conference in San Jose.
SNA gear will be raffled along with a fleece jacket to celebrate the change in weather!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
N7 Critical Care Tutorials
Don't forget about this helpful site. It is a quick study and very helpful for comprehension.
http://www.ccmtutorials.com/
http://www.ccmtutorials.com/
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Monday, October 08, 2007
Funny for the day
A nursing assistant, floor nurse, and charge nurse from a small nursing home were taking a lunch break in the break room. In walks a lady dressed in silk scarves and wearing large polished stoned jewelry."I am 'Gina the Great'," stated the lady. "I am so pleased with the way you have taken care of my aunt that I will now grant the next three wishes!" With a wave of her hand and a puff of smoke, the room was filled with flowers, fruit and bottles of drink, proving that she did have the power to grant wishes before any of the nurses could think otherwise.The nurses quickly argued among themselves as to which one would ask for the first wish. Speaking up, the nursing assistant wished first."I wish I were on a tropical island beach, with single, well-built men feeding me fruit and tending to my every need." With a puff of smoke, the nursing assistant was gone.The floor nurse went next. "I wish I were rich and retired and spending my days in my own warm cabin at a ski resort with well groomed men feeding me cocoa and doughnuts." With a puff of smoke, she too was gone."Now, what is the last wish?" asked the lady.The charge nurse said," I want those two back on the floor at the end of the lunch break." from:http://www.angelfire.com/wa/nursejokes/page3.html
Sunday, October 07, 2007
My Plans at This Point!
I will soon be making attempts to contact photography agencies, in regards to "GRADUATION PHOTOS"! I was thinking it would be great if a comp. could come and take our photos in our graduation uniform, the day of graduation. Because we are supposed to be in the auditorium for practice and last minute things. If anyone has any suggestions, comments or phone numbers of photography companies, let me know!!!
Love YA!!!
Love YA!!!
Friday, October 05, 2007
Historic Trauma Cases
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Funny, but so true
So as I was surfing some of the other blogs, I came across this. I though it was hilarious, so I decided to post it on here. Enjoy....
BTW we only have two more weeks of n7.....;)
*You know you're a nurse (or soon to be one) if...You would like to meet the inventor of the call light some night in a darkalley.
*Your sense of humor gets more warped each year. Almost everything can seem humorous...eventually.
*You know the smell of different diarrhea to identify it.
*You wash your hands BEFORE you use the bathroom.
*Discussing bodily fluids over a gourmet meal seems perfectly normal to you.
*You think that caffeine should be available in IV form.
*You get an almost irresistible urge to stand and wolf your food even in the nicest restaurants.
*You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if you say,"It'sunusually quiet around here today"
*You have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye and say "I have no idea how that got stuck in there".
*You notice that you are using more 4 letter words than you even knew before you started nursing.
*Every time someone asks you for a pen you can find at least 4 of them onyou .
*You live by the motto "to be right is only half the battle, to convince the doctor is more difficult."
*You've told a confused patient that your name was that of your coworker and to holler if they need help.
*Your bladder can expand to the size of a winnebago's water tank.
*You find yourself checking out other customer's veins in grocery waitinglines.
*You avoid unhealthy looking shoppers in the mall for fear that they will drop near you and you'll have to do CPR on your day off.
*Your finger has gone places you never thought possible.
*You have seen more penises than any prostitute.
If you are not a nurse and have been sent this by a friend who is, it's just to help you understand our mind set and questionable mental status/sanity. Most of the time we function in spite of this sick sense ofhumor, fairly normally and very responsibly.
Scary, huh??????
BTW we only have two more weeks of n7.....;)
*You know you're a nurse (or soon to be one) if...You would like to meet the inventor of the call light some night in a darkalley.
*Your sense of humor gets more warped each year. Almost everything can seem humorous...eventually.
*You know the smell of different diarrhea to identify it.
*You wash your hands BEFORE you use the bathroom.
*Discussing bodily fluids over a gourmet meal seems perfectly normal to you.
*You think that caffeine should be available in IV form.
*You get an almost irresistible urge to stand and wolf your food even in the nicest restaurants.
*You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if you say,"It'sunusually quiet around here today"
*You have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye and say "I have no idea how that got stuck in there".
*You notice that you are using more 4 letter words than you even knew before you started nursing.
*Every time someone asks you for a pen you can find at least 4 of them onyou .
*You live by the motto "to be right is only half the battle, to convince the doctor is more difficult."
*You've told a confused patient that your name was that of your coworker and to holler if they need help.
*Your bladder can expand to the size of a winnebago's water tank.
*You find yourself checking out other customer's veins in grocery waitinglines.
*You avoid unhealthy looking shoppers in the mall for fear that they will drop near you and you'll have to do CPR on your day off.
*Your finger has gone places you never thought possible.
*You have seen more penises than any prostitute.
If you are not a nurse and have been sent this by a friend who is, it's just to help you understand our mind set and questionable mental status/sanity. Most of the time we function in spite of this sick sense ofhumor, fairly normally and very responsibly.
Scary, huh??????
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
How Does A Yearbook Sound?
I think I want to create a Year Book for our graduating class of 08. Let me know your input on it!
As Always, Much Thanks !!!
As Always, Much Thanks !!!
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