Today was an amazing day for me. We started off with a long but very interesting BLS training. While I was recently certified, it is always good to keep up my skills.... and it's always fun to get to use the mannequins.
I surprised myself with how well I was able to keep a consistent rhythm. My instructor made a comment about it as well. I was proud of myself for being able to complete all of the skills with ease. And I was very appreciative of the practice. I must admit, the entire time I had "Another One Bites the Dust" flowing through my head.
After lunch we had an intriguing presentation from an OR nurse. She explained the in and outs of the OR here at Prisma and what to expect if we get an OR assignment during our clinical days. She was very interesting to listen to. OR is a unit that I have been interested in for some time so I hope that I will get to learn more about it soon.
It amazed me just how many services Prisma had to offer when it came to surgical procedures. Our presenter had different divisions on each slide and under it were countless surgical services that Prisma has the capacity to offer. It amazes me how so many things can be going on in a hospital at any given moment.
A little later we had a presentation from Cassandra. This was truly my favorite part of the day. She has so many accomplishments under her belt. I was completely in awe. She talked about a unit in the hospital that she created and ran while she was in Louisiana. The unit she created was meant to contain high risk patients (from Angola prison). Now, the mention of Angola prison sparked my interest from the very beginning. This year I took a class on Sociology of the South. During this course, we talked extensively about Angola prison. We covered many topics from the Rodeo, Tours, Gift Shops, Work, and even Death Row. However, we never covered access to healthcare. Cassandra talked about the policies she created for this unit and her attention to detail was amazing. She created policies so that no visitors were allowed and no off duty staff were allowed as well. However, details as small as making the floor seamless to reduce violent incidents was something that takes a lot of thought and attention to include. Her attention to detail and precision in her accomplishments truly made me aspire to learn from her and try to follow in her footsteps in my own way.
Today I walked out of the nursing building with a smile. And I couldn't ask for anything better than that.
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