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Vet Tech Journals: Finals #3 and 4
I had a very hard time sleeping last night. I kept tossing and turning
and twice I woke up thinking that I was late to my final. I finally dragged my butt out of bed, had breakfast and made it to school, after a brief stop at Starbucks. I wasn't jittery, but i was twitchy, from the lack of sleep and the anxiety of finals. My friend Jennifer saw me and said, "You ought to put that coffee down, that's the LAST thing you need at this point." I chuckled and kept sipping. Okay, Final #3 - Clinical Procedures Lab practical. Multiple Choice Questions - these were easy but later I saw I had missed one of the dosage calculation questions and I'm still wondering how I got that one wrong. Oh Well Instrument Identification = "Okay, those are Metzenbaum scissors, and those are Adson forceps. Waitwaitwaitwait, no, those are Adson TISSUE forceps. I need to write down the entire name. Those are Mayo-Hegar needle holders, and those are mosquito forceps...NONONONONONO, (scribbling) those are Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps, WAIT, NO, they are HALSTEAD Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps.... whew!!!" That was pretty much was my whole thought process, but i made it through and I think I got everything. Anesthetic Machine and Monitoring - I had to hook up the machine for a 5 pound kitty, which is easy, but then I had to do a pressure check, which wasn't. Fortunately I made it through. Now I just need to hook up the Pulse Oximeter, which I've done at work. It's just a clip you attach to the tongue or some extremity. See? Easy as....what? What do you mean it's upside down? Normally at work when you put it on tongue it doesn't matter if the sensor is on the top or bottom of the tongue, but here I guess it matter. Hmph.... Gowning/gloving and suturing - Had a few moments of angst trying to get my hands into the $^&#@! glove while my hands were inside the cuffs of my surgical gown, but i made it without ripping the gloves. Suturing was no problem. Overall score - 92% yeeeeeeeeeaah, baby Final #4 - Clin Pro Lecture Final This was the one I was worried about since there's SO much stuff to remember. There were 100 questions and by question 40 I could feel my energy just draining. There were even some questions that were completely out of nowhere, and I just had to guess. Well, got 80/100, but she will grade on a curve so my score might go up. WHEW!! I'm finally done with Small Animal Nursing and Clinical Procedures, two classes that have given me a run for my money the past two semesters. I may not know my final grade, but I'm happy to know that I at least passes both classes and will NOT HAVE TO TAKE THEM AGAIN!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Two things left, a take home final for Large Animal Nursing and a Lab Practical for Large Animal. I'll have to demonstrate how to find a horse's heartbeat, bandage a horse's hoof, give medication to a cow, etc. I'm not too worried about either since it's reasonably easy. I still have to work for it, but I know I'll do just fine. I'm just happy to be done with the other classes, *MANIACAL LAUGH* Kristi |
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"Mischief" wrote in message
oups.com... I had a very hard time sleeping last night. I kept tossing and turning and twice I woke up thinking that I was late to my final. I finally dragged my butt out of bed, had breakfast and made it to school, after a brief stop at Starbucks. I wasn't jittery, but i was twitchy, from the lack of sleep and the anxiety of finals. My friend Jennifer saw me and said, "You ought to put that coffee down, that's the LAST thing you need at this point." I chuckled and kept sipping. Okay, Final #3 - Clinical Procedures Lab practical. Multiple Choice Questions - these were easy but later I saw I had missed one of the dosage calculation questions and I'm still wondering how I got that one wrong. Oh Well Instrument Identification = "Okay, those are Metzenbaum scissors, and those are Adson forceps. Waitwaitwaitwait, no, those are Adson TISSUE forceps. I need to write down the entire name. Those are Mayo-Hegar needle holders, and those are mosquito forceps...NONONONONONO, (scribbling) those are Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps, WAIT, NO, they are HALSTEAD Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps.... whew!!!" That was pretty much was my whole thought process, but i made it through and I think I got everything. Anesthetic Machine and Monitoring - I had to hook up the machine for a 5 pound kitty, which is easy, but then I had to do a pressure check, which wasn't. Fortunately I made it through. Now I just need to hook up the Pulse Oximeter, which I've done at work. It's just a clip you attach to the tongue or some extremity. See? Easy as....what? What do you mean it's upside down? Normally at work when you put it on tongue it doesn't matter if the sensor is on the top or bottom of the tongue, but here I guess it matter. Hmph.... Gowning/gloving and suturing - Had a few moments of angst trying to get my hands into the $^&#@! glove while my hands were inside the cuffs of my surgical gown, but i made it without ripping the gloves. Suturing was no problem. Overall score - 92% yeeeeeeeeeaah, baby Final #4 - Clin Pro Lecture Final This was the one I was worried about since there's SO much stuff to remember. There were 100 questions and by question 40 I could feel my energy just draining. There were even some questions that were completely out of nowhere, and I just had to guess. Well, got 80/100, but she will grade on a curve so my score might go up. WHEW!! I'm finally done with Small Animal Nursing and Clinical Procedures, two classes that have given me a run for my money the past two semesters. I may not know my final grade, but I'm happy to know that I at least passes both classes and will NOT HAVE TO TAKE THEM AGAIN!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Two things left, a take home final for Large Animal Nursing and a Lab Practical for Large Animal. I'll have to demonstrate how to find a horse's heartbeat, bandage a horse's hoof, give medication to a cow, etc. I'm not too worried about either since it's reasonably easy. I still have to work for it, but I know I'll do just fine. I'm just happy to be done with the other classes, *MANIACAL LAUGH* Kristi Congratulations, Kristi! Now party on 'til you have to get back to it! Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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Mischief wrote:
snip I'm just happy to be done with the other classes, *MANIACAL LAUGH* Congratulations, Kristi! -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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Congratulations.
Ann -- read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos "Mischief" wrote in message oups.com... I had a very hard time sleeping last night. I kept tossing and turning and twice I woke up thinking that I was late to my final. I finally dragged my butt out of bed, had breakfast and made it to school, after a brief stop at Starbucks. I wasn't jittery, but i was twitchy, from the lack of sleep and the anxiety of finals. My friend Jennifer saw me and said, "You ought to put that coffee down, that's the LAST thing you need at this point." I chuckled and kept sipping. Okay, Final #3 - Clinical Procedures Lab practical. Multiple Choice Questions - these were easy but later I saw I had missed one of the dosage calculation questions and I'm still wondering how I got that one wrong. Oh Well Instrument Identification = "Okay, those are Metzenbaum scissors, and those are Adson forceps. Waitwaitwaitwait, no, those are Adson TISSUE forceps. I need to write down the entire name. Those are Mayo-Hegar needle holders, and those are mosquito forceps...NONONONONONO, (scribbling) those are Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps, WAIT, NO, they are HALSTEAD Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps.... whew!!!" That was pretty much was my whole thought process, but i made it through and I think I got everything. Anesthetic Machine and Monitoring - I had to hook up the machine for a 5 pound kitty, which is easy, but then I had to do a pressure check, which wasn't. Fortunately I made it through. Now I just need to hook up the Pulse Oximeter, which I've done at work. It's just a clip you attach to the tongue or some extremity. See? Easy as....what? What do you mean it's upside down? Normally at work when you put it on tongue it doesn't matter if the sensor is on the top or bottom of the tongue, but here I guess it matter. Hmph.... Gowning/gloving and suturing - Had a few moments of angst trying to get my hands into the $^&#@! glove while my hands were inside the cuffs of my surgical gown, but i made it without ripping the gloves. Suturing was no problem. Overall score - 92% yeeeeeeeeeaah, baby Final #4 - Clin Pro Lecture Final This was the one I was worried about since there's SO much stuff to remember. There were 100 questions and by question 40 I could feel my energy just draining. There were even some questions that were completely out of nowhere, and I just had to guess. Well, got 80/100, but she will grade on a curve so my score might go up. WHEW!! I'm finally done with Small Animal Nursing and Clinical Procedures, two classes that have given me a run for my money the past two semesters. I may not know my final grade, but I'm happy to know that I at least passes both classes and will NOT HAVE TO TAKE THEM AGAIN!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Two things left, a take home final for Large Animal Nursing and a Lab Practical for Large Animal. I'll have to demonstrate how to find a horse's heartbeat, bandage a horse's hoof, give medication to a cow, etc. I'm not too worried about either since it's reasonably easy. I still have to work for it, but I know I'll do just fine. I'm just happy to be done with the other classes, *MANIACAL LAUGH* Kristi |
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"Mischief" wrote: I'm just happy to be done with the other classes, *MANIACAL LAUGH* Congrats, Kristi! |
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