Christmas and Hospitals

We are about 2 weeks away from Christmas and my birthday. Im not all that excited about my birthday because I'm not exactly getting any younger, but I am somewhat excited about Christmas. Kate will be here with us for a while and I am real happy about that. I almost had hospital duty on my birthday, but luckily the Clinical Instructors are having their Christmas party that day. So I actually lucked out. I guess there is a benefit for having your birthday during the holidays. So while I was supposed to be studying for my medical surgical exam tomorrow, I made another movie.
Anyone who knows my family will find this funny...but if you don't, then I hope that you enjoy the movie anyway lol


I believe while I was at my most recent hospital duty, I saved a child from going into convulsions because I was able to catch her fever before it reached a dangerous level. The staff nurses didn't believe me the first time that she had a fever. They claimed that she wasn't even hot. So I went ahead to prove to them that I wasn't an incompetent student nurse. That time, the child's temperature was 39.8C. Im not sure on the conversions, but lets just say that a person may go into convulsions once it reaches 40.
It was a scary moment for me. Not because she could of gotten brain damage. I am usually pretty good at making sure my patients get the care that they need. I was more afraid that I was just about the only person who cared about her. She wasn't even my patient, and I just "felt" like taking her vitals. My clinical instructor was even saying "oh, its the end of our shift, so lets go". I just said "you can go ahead without me. I need to make sure my patient is ok." Then he replies "I thought that you didn't have a patient today." No, I did not have a patient that day, but that doesn't mean that I should not care for the patients in the ward. I was assigned to supervise my group mates, so I did not have a patient assigned to me. I just waved him away, risking the "letter of explanation" for not listening to him.
It is certainly a sad day when a student nurse's teacher tries to make her feel bad for trying to save a life.