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  • Clinicals Always Make For Good Blogs

    The first semester was a complete and total blur. Sorry to say that, all you new students. When I went home for summer break, friends and family would ask if I enjoyed nursing school. To which, I would respond "I don't know. It's all going...
    09-06-2008, 5:19 PM by renee to renee
  • Jenn's Summer Winter in South Africa

    As you have already heard about what I did over the summer, I thought it might be beneficial to hear about what some of my classmates did. Jenn participated in the MHIRT program and here is what she wrote about her summer abroad. Another summer has come...
    09-05-2008, 7:57 PM by kathy to kathy
  • Birth Companions

    It's 2am and I'm driving home from a failed attempt at labor. I am a birth companion. JHUSON has a groundbreaking program called Birth companions which provides labor support to high risk low income women. Women in and around the Baltimore area...
    09-04-2008, 8:06 PM by kathy to kathy
  • Leaves on the Ground

    Already? Can it be that fall is already riding in on summer’s heels? Walking up the stairs in the School of Nursing building this afternoon, the sight of fallen, brown leaves in the courtyard grass down below caught my attention. Perhaps I’ve...
    09-03-2008, 10:39 PM by liz to liz
  • Farewell Summer, Hello Fall

    Since this is my first post I thought I should tell a little bit about me. I am a military brat (Marine Corps) who grew up all around the US until I was in 6 th grade when I moved to a small town, Lynden, WA. I went to middle school and high school there,...
    08-30-2008, 3:26 PM by julia to julia
  • Summer is Winding Down

    Only one week left until Fall Orientation, so you know we're really busy here at the School of Nursing! We are diligently putting your packets together, planning the sessions, oh, and ordering the food! August is generally the "dog days of summer",...
    08-19-2008, 3:19 PM by chrisb to A Note from the Desk of Chris Boyle
  • Activities in and around Baltimore over the summer

    1. Work 2. Visit Fort McHenry 3. Attend Baltimore’s very unique annual “Artscape” 4. Road trip up to Philadelphia for the Mütter Museum of Anatomical Awesomeness 5. Take the Marc Train to DC 6. Spend a day at Delaware’s Eastern...
    08-11-2008, 9:37 PM by lauren to lauren
  • Summer semester

    Well I seriously was slacking in by blog posting for the summer. Here it is the last week before finals and I’m finally posting a blog. Probably because I had to cram everything in to 10 weeks!! Yes, I only had 7 credits, but as you know grad credits...
    07-31-2008, 1:57 PM by jenice to jenice
  • Getting around Town: Metro Subway

    If you are thinking to yourself, "Baltimore has a subway?", then you would be sufficiently surprised to find out that, in fact, it does! The Metro Subway is 15.5 mile, 14 station system that runs from the Johns Hopkins Hospital to Owings Mills...
    07-29-2008, 2:16 PM by chrisb to A Note from the Desk of Chris Boyle
  • Mile High Catheter Crazies

    I have a dirty little secret. Without the rigors of nursing classes to hose off my new car smell…I've gotten soft this summer. My shoulders aren't tense, I chew my food before swallowing it, and I sleep 7 plus hours a night. I almost feel...
    07-16-2008, 6:53 PM by david to Adventures in Mursing School
  • Wedding Week

    Wedding week, in my case, was all about damage control. My year and a half of planning was pretty thorough, but there seems to always be those unforseen/unanticipated changes; the aloof bridesmaid the month before the wedding, the absent mate that changed...
    07-15-2008, 5:48 PM by kathy to kathy
  • Summer Externship Program

    Sitting in my last day of NCLEX review at the hospital, I think these 8 weeks have been quite an experience. On the cardiac care unit at this particular hospital, the ratio is generally 2 or three patients per nurse. I was very lucky to work with a number...
    07-15-2008, 5:32 PM by kathy to kathy
  • Q&A: Summer work as a Nursing Student at Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Q: What exactly is my title or position in the hospital for the summer? A: I work as a “Clinical Associate” on a general medicine floor at the hospital. A Clinical Associate is similar to a CNA, but the work involves more technical tasks related...
    07-11-2008, 12:10 PM by lauren to lauren
  • Why Does My Window Not Open?

    It's June! And here at the SON everything is chilly thanks to an overactive A/C. Call me silly, but I thought windows were designed to be user friendly. After two years of trying to figure out how to open my window I've given up. I've come...
    06-19-2008, 11:33 AM by chrisb to A Note from the Desk of Chris Boyle
  • Culture

    Culture is what Dan calls it. While my friends spend their weeknights studying, Dan and I take the old guys out for baseball, go to dance lessons or enjoy a date night. While my classmates wisely use their Saturday evening before finals to understand...
    06-04-2008, 9:09 PM by kathy to kathy
  • The CNA/Nurse Extern Process

    One day during my spring break, I headed up to the Maryland board of nursing to obtain my CNA (clinical nurse assistant) license. I went equipped with my transcript, two passport photos, a money order and the CNA application. Feeling like I was going...
    06-04-2008, 8:41 PM by kathy to kathy
  • What Makes a Good Nurse? The Voice of a Patient

    She dug through the pretzel bag searching for just the right one as her husband fondly looked on. “It’s the little things,” he whispered, as I watched their interaction from the edge of the bed. My patient’s husband predictably...
    06-03-2008, 7:01 PM by lauren to lauren
  • Public Health Celebrity Siting at Miami International Airport!

    Enfin c'est la derniere jour a Haiti! Alas, our final day in Haiti has come! We bid adieu to Jeremie early this morning, boading our 16-seater 'puddle jumper' bi-prop plane to Port-au-Prince. To say that we were sad to leave would be an understatement....
    05-25-2008, 7:11 PM by haiti5 to Team Haiti: Group 5
  • Day 8: Sisters of Charity

    May 24, 2008 After savoring a delicious rainfall overnight to cool the air, we sat down as a group and talked with the head cook chez Bette to gain a better understanding of the social network here in Jeremie. It was fascinating to hear about her relationships...
    05-24-2008, 10:23 PM by haiti5 to Team Haiti: Group 5
  • Day 7: Working in Robin

    Friday, May 23, 2008 Today we traveled to Robin, a village near Bonbon (the beach we visited yesterday). A group of visiting American nurses and doctors also joined us, along with a number of HHF employees (health agents, midwives, etc…). We went...
    05-24-2008, 6:10 PM by haiti5 to Team Haiti: Group 5
  • Day 6: La plage Bonbon

    Today was a fun day! A group of us got up early and walked downtown to watch the Corpus Christi procession – lots of singing, praying and beautiful flowers everywhere. Later, we drove out to Bonbon, a small fishing village by the beach. We spent...
    05-22-2008, 10:35 PM by haiti5 to Team Haiti: Group 5
  • A cornucopia of public health activities!

    Haitian proverbs for the day: Deye mon, gen mon. (“Beyond the mountain is another mountain”, i.e. what can be seen is not necessarily all there is) Yon sel dwet pa manje kalolou. (“You cannot eat okra with one finger”, i.e. we...
    05-22-2008, 12:53 AM by haiti5 to Team Haiti: Group 5
  • Another Day in Haiti

    Today was another amazing day in our public health clinical rotation. We woke up early and headed to the Haitian Health Foundation for our introduction to the KOMBIT project, the program working towards reducing maternal and neonatal mortality (for which...
    05-20-2008, 9:39 PM by haiti5 to Team Haiti: Group 5
  • Greetings from Haiti's Western Coast!

    This is Team Haiti 5 blogging from Jeremie, Haiti! We arrived in Port au Prince last Saturday with 16 enormous bags packed with medical supplies. After zooming through customs, we boarded a small 2 propeller plane for a short hop west to our destination...
    05-19-2008, 8:22 PM by haiti5 to Team Haiti: Group 5
  • Team Sport

    You know that feeling you get after you've changed into clean underwear, ran a marathon, or been found after 40 days lost at sea? It is the same feeling I now have after completing one year of nursing school...relief. The main take-away lesson learned...
    05-18-2008, 2:25 PM by david to Adventures in Mursing School
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