Another Banquet.....Year Officially Over

The banquet was a success this year, despite all the things that felt like they were going to go wrong! We had a blast and I received an award for leadership in the nursing society. Nice to put on the resume. I have a load of pictures that I want to put up here so I'm not going to say much. The pics will do the talking.

First set: some of the graduating crew with Janice and Kim to the right is Willy (Willena Nemeth) and I













Mark and Erika looking lovely dressed to their best & Me and Debbie Brennick on the right. I spent most of my clinical time with either Debbie or Willena on 4B, 4C, the Cove and critical care












Heather and I on the left, and the original girls on the right: Angela, Amanda, Chrissy and myself.













More faculty: Jill and Corrine in behind who taught me peds and fourth year plus wound care respectively. I also had Corrine for community nursing this year. In front are Karen, Janice and Kim. Janice had me on the orthopedics floor and Kim was my mental health instructor. I never had Karen on the floor; she does 4A. To the right, a picture of Judy, Me and Cyndee. Judy taught me how to assess a patient, and also laid the beginning foundation of my nursing education. Cyndee was my Obstetrics instructor on the floor. I learned how to hold a baby and take his heartrate so he wouldn't cry.












Last (and not least) a picture of the group with Clare, who came back to be our guest speaker. She did an amazing job, and had some wonderful pieces of advice for us as we make that transition from student to nurse. And a picture of our executive (missing Christine, my treasurer and Saviour) Erika: seceratary, Janice: Faculty adviser, Me, and Barbara: my vice president.

Code Blue and Apartment Hunting

On Tuesday we went to a code blue thing at the hospital for our last clinical, where we did presentations, had a mock code blue and Debbie, Janice and Willena told us stories about their first code blues. These included Debbie crashing into everything in sight (sounds like something I'd do) Janice cutting the air tube that holds the ET in place (yikes!) and Willena being forced to push a med as a graduate nurse (oh the things we do). Debbie also told us about her longest code (4 hours!) and about the time they had to shock someone who was in a puddle (oh graduate nurses! Come shock this man)
































Here are some pictures of my new apartment, I signed the lease yesterday! Don't be fooled, it's not finished yet but it's going to be awesome when it is. It's a nice spacious one bedroom with a beautiful kitchen and laundry right in the apartment. I can't wait to move up to halifax and spend time with the boys, and with Jeanie, Rob and the Chloe as well.