Forever and a year...

The four hour clinical sessions are going to have to go! I cannot do it this way all semester. I'm going to have to submit a change in my clinical schedule after I work it out with my preceptor. I was with my preceptor Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of this past week for approximately 4 hours each day. I did participate in a director's meeting for TDH and JCAHO preparation. The facility will be surveyed by AOA within the next 90 days as well as TDH within the next 30 days. JCAHO could be anytime. The facilty is new and this is their initial survey with all of these accreditation entities so they are very excited and confident. It is a well managed facility.

Clinical Times

So...we all probably started clinicals this week. My clinical schedule is going to take forever! Due to my work schedule, I could only work in 4 hour clinicals, 3 times per week. It is a lot to keep up with. I started on Wednesday, the 17th and did a few more hours on Friday, the 19th. Keeping a log of experiences would have been much better if I could have done five 12 hour shifts. Even one per week would have been great. It's also a fairly slow portion of the day when I meet with my preceptor. Many of the organizational meetings and troubleshooting happens during the first portion of the day. The good part about that is that my preceptor and I can focus on what we are trying to accomplish. Still, it's all very time consuming.

Starting Again...

Here we go again. That break went very fast! Is everyone ready to jump back in again? My schedule has calmed a bit. The girls softball season has ended which relieves some stress. My sister is doing fairly well at her nursing facility now. I still have the same aggravations with long term care facilities and the negligence that I find on occasion. My mother moved out of our home which caused stress and relieved stress at the same time. The kids are occupying themselves. Now, getting on with this course, I think I understand the clinical portion. We should have a head start on our paper since the topic was started last semester. That's a bonus!!!