I'm up to my eyeballs in schoolwork at the moment. It's funny, because I'll be totally stressed, but then I'll finish up an assignment, and I'll feel the giant band of pressure around my ribcage relax for an hour or so, then I'll realize how much I have left to do, then then the tension builds all over again.
This weekend was the Montana Student Nurses' Association state convention in Helena. It went really well, and we had a great time. Photos will be on flickr when I get a chance.
The only downside of the convention is that I had to trade weekends off in order to go, which means that between last Monday the 11th and March 1st, the only day off I have is Presidents' Day. Buh-yuck.
When caring for a client in detox we utilize a tool called the CIWA, or Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment. It's a series of questions about the patient, some asked directly of the patient and some observed by the nurse, that helps us to assess the severity of withdrawal symptoms being experienced. The questions take into account things like tremors, nausea, sweating, and so on. With this information we can make sure that they get the enough medication to help counter the worst of the symptoms. (I just found this fascinating.)
The temperature is supposed to get up to almost 50° on Monday - I can't wait!!
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