queenie_baby

blah blah blah

aepoidjweopifjwp4eojrtfpwofkjpemfpweodjqwpofjpdkfnmefinef
who's your daddy
don't stop believing
find me somebody to love
the lion sleeps tonight
everybody's starry eyed

and so and so on

a dream is a wish your heart makes ^_^

end of 2nd day-
after getting off internet, went upstairs to change, met up with claire and kelly in Newmarkt to go for food, went to italian, shared pizza's, walked around, came back to our hostel and played cards with a mix of vodka and pepsi, played aggresive snap and spoons and charades, sooo fun, actors had to make the other guess the South Park movie, Minasoda, Blanket, Just dance song. They left about 1 ish, we got ready to get to bed, weird hippy girl below Lisa started slapping herself, we were all really scared, the new Swiss girls had never seen this she, proper was beating herself for a bit, then stopped and we all fell asleep. Lisa and I got up at 9.30, packed and left at 10 to get metro to Holen..shaft? then shuttle bus to hostel, found it really nice, a real hippy place, the guy at the desk was very nice, we have the green room that has banana adverts printed on the walls lol. only 4 beds for girls, one girl was already there, the room needed cleaning so we went for a wonder, there were hammucks, I didn't really enjoy it lol, went to the lounge with a nice cup of tea, these indian/american guys working on computer games as a job in Germany talked to us, had a fun chat, they propose we meet up some time tonight or tomorrow to drink and hang out, hmmmmm, i dunno. we went back to the room, did make-up, eeek we counted our money to see how much we've spent, I have only spent a little more than Lisa, but it came out to only 5 euro difference, eek, plan on going to museums tomorrow cos we have to travel a little further and it was later in the day, so now we just want to walk through the jewish qtr and see where our feet take us. we plan on being as stingy as we can with money, maybe just coming back to the hostel for some cereal and food we can buy from the counter lol. last day in amsterdam tomorrow, aww i'm going to miss it, the terrifying cyclists, the ladies in windows looking bored, the induendic shops that sell the two main themes of the city, weed and sex lol. Mostly just having a lot to look, stare and laugh at, with a good friend beside me. Right now we are on the computers at the hostel desk waiting for the shuttle that will come in 10 mins, we've been waiting about 20. lets see whats around the corner...

first day
-no sleep-getting on flight fine-didn't last that long-got train to centraal station-walked to hostel fine-settled in fine-12 bed place eeek-beds were fine-grabbed essentials and went wondering-saw2 fair in sq-had flimsy map-walked for ages to find a decent and cheap place to eat-were soooknackered from no sleeep, no food and collapsed in really nice place and i had spag bol, we shared a salad-found a bong, go weak weed, couldn't do roll ups, got supermarket food for room, realised later that salami and cheese in a hot locker isn't a good idea, stayed out late, met swiss guys in the hostel bar, went to theirs and had spliffs with alcohol, no reeaaal effect, stayed out till 1.30- sleept really well till 11.

day 2
woke at 10- went to 11.15 tour-very fun american kevin was great, 2.5hours, lots of walking, lots of history, met some really nice people, met claire and kelly, usa's and leeds uni, went to thai rest for meal, was really fun, planed to meet up next day, wnt back to hostel, got ready to go outm went to stoners rock cafe next door, had a drink, played some cards, then with some spanish guys, went to bed about 11. really annoying guys cam into room with mattreses already in at 3am and were reallty bad. kept lisa up quite a lot


to be continued

hiiiiidehoooo
well life is life
I am sooooooooo excited about this holiday. I am going to burst. Need to sort packing, money and hair. Its going to be bleached at the tips and dyed hot pink! woohoo.
Just been in uni for an hour, got advice on new essay, eurgh, health promotion, basically giving info on nutrition or woundcare to pts, assess how well we did it. eurgh
shit lesson in 5

OMG I wish I had seen this article in my first year. It makes me realise that thats what I'm doing this bloody course for. It has recieved lots of acclaim so I'm gonna post it on here.

Student nurse blog: What I love about nursing
Published: 08 January 2009 17:34 Author: Katrina Michelle Rowan More by this Author Last Updated: 08 January 2009 17:34 Reader Responses (9)

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New Nursing Times student blogger Katrina Michelle Rowan loves being a student nurse - even if she can't always find the correct orifice...
I've just finished my second placement, my head is reeling from everything I've learnt and I'm panicking about my essay that is due this month. Why oh why did i decide to do this course?

Actually that's an easy one - its been on the cards for years. I may complain about the work, shift patterns, the horrible nurse who refuses to learn my name and missing out on time with my children.

But you know what? I'm loving every minute of it.

My second placement, on a surgical ward, was amazing. My mentor was fantastic and i have learned so much. I feel overwhelmed by how much i dont know; I'm still frightened about the anatomy side of things - (I havent studied biology in 15 years); and dont even get me started on the drugs round.

But there are so many things I love: the staff nurses who don't mind being bombarding with questions and who are happy to show me again what they showed me seven times yesterday; the ones who dont laugh when you're trying to catheterise a patient and can't find the right orifice; the ones who give me feedback and tell me I'm doing well.

But most of all i love the patients and the opportunity I've been given to broaden my knowledge base and challenge myself to learn things that frighten me.

I love the fact that I take the job home with me, that I have phoned the ward at 2am as I'd forgotten to do something - much to the amusement of the poor staff nurse who answered my call and took 10 minutes to figure out what on earth i was waffling on about.

I also love the people I meet that make me laugh and cry. And most importantly all of them - every single one - helps me learn.

I can't wait to qualify, even though it's a distant two and a half years away, and i would love to take you on this journey with me.

hmm..tum te tum tum.. just on placement. I should be finding something to do, but the nurses are just taking handover and I can be cheeky and pop onto the computer teehee. How is everyone? Life is still fine, but I feel real bad for not starting my work yet, i'm seeing my lecturer this afternoon.. 'shit!', I've got like an hour before to speedily get something to show him, looks like i've made an effort but obviously still looking for guidance. Stupid research assignment. It looks so hard. Got to look at a particular paper and analyse it using either a qualitative or quantitative assessment tool. We get the choice of 3 research papers on patient falls, cardiac failure and obese patients. Interesting, hmmm. Its starting to pick up in subjects now. We were discussing blood disorders yesterday, sooo interesting, but very confusing. 'eucaryotes (bad spelling) are white blood cells...' (struggling to remember more lol) So far I've given out drugs, wiped a few bums and cleaned some dentures this morning 'yay' sarcastically. xxx

How come I am always bad about updating on this- oh yeah I'm an overworked nursing student who is very lazy and forgetful- I don't know how i'm going to pass this course
anyways- yep lots of lack of confidence, i don't think it will ever change, but over these last (ONLY) 4 days so far on the ward, I have felt memories of which drugs do what and how to do proper handover notes.
I am sitting at the desk, waiting for the nurse to come back from her break, she said she will let me go after, yayayayayayayay, 2 hours before shift is up yayayayayay I think I will go home read my new book and have a little sleep. I might actually have a go at my exercise dvd, I nearly know it off by heart, so lets hope my bad shoulder has recovered enough to lift it up a bit higher without rolling out of the socket-eeek-
Patients are fine, all either had knee or hip replacements, all going home soon, all chatting peacefully, obs fine-what else can i say without giving too much away, their names would be the max, but I guess its just nice to know that their gradually healing and resting-ish- given out painkillers at 12.
CAN'T WAIT TILL SATURDAY- it might actually feel like a weekend, I hate working weekends, cos I don't feel like the week has ended, I was off from placement tuesday (at uni), wednesday and friday (did nothing really, apart from bood and physio appointments). Guy troubles that u probably don't want to know cos its the same thing all over again- I don't understand them and I always want what I can't have- I'm still really choosy- Dr keeps in touch, but he's too..weird/kinda- a close guy is so sweet and I know will respect me, but lives too far away (no u can't guess) and one smokes/drinks and eats too much but is still very sweet and funny.
omg and then patients have still been suggestive always hinting to others if their enjoying the female attention, yesterday I was asked if I was australian or irish- omg is my accent really that weird- i have an australian mentor that i haven't met yet, so that might have an effect on me- i bet it will- apparently she is a really good mentor everyone says fantastic!!!
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I've been thinking about this all week, I've wanted to search properly just for your present, but the only time I was in town and just fixated on searching for my companions sisters present, sooooorry. So is there anything specific that I can afford or should i just get random crap that i hope u will like? I don't think i'm very good at getting presents, it just makes me look like i don't know anything about my friends/family.
Book, jewelry, extra condoms for secret lover...oops, I mean your boyfriend (sorry might have dropped the bomb) LOL
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it is 1.10am and I am bored. I've bloody brought the wrong book!!! I had just finished Harry potter, Half blood prince and thought I had picked up the next and last one from home cos it had a different cover, that decieved me. So I'be basically brought the same book grrrrrrrrrrrr I hate reading celebrity magaizines, I know its all shiny and colourful but its just mindless. So now I've attempted playing Mahjong online but failing miserably. The staff nurse is just brewing some hot chocolate which will hopefully perk me up, but I know I'm fading fast. I won't get a sleep break in a while, I think I can last until the other staff nurse has had her 2 hours, but I kinda wanna wait till I go home cos then I might have a proper 8 hours if my body will let me. Last time I couldn't manage more than 4 hours, soooo weird. Ok, computer screen making me more tired, will sign off and hope for entertainment of some kind, humph
yay hot chocolate
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