Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
Archive for date: August 30th, 2015
Vietnam War Archives
The article that stuck out to me most was from a mother and son in El Toro, California. This letter caught my attention because of the photo attached on the top left. This photo was of a little boy who was 2 1/2 years old who has never seen his father. in the little section there is a note from the boy directed to Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson and it says:
“I am 2 1/2 years old. My daddy has never seen me. For over 2 years he has been missing in action- shot down in the Vietnam war and my mommy is very sad. She cannot get word as to whether he is dead or a prisoner of war. She keeps asking everybody but cannot find out a thing.”
PLEASE HELP ME FIND MY DADDY!
This stuck out to me most because this is what still goes on today and most children never find out what happens to their father when he goes to war. Bizz Johnson did reply back to the mother and son who had the curiosity for their loved one. He replied with :
“Arthur S. Mearns, is listed as ‘missing-in-action’”
This letter was very dear to my heart I wouldn’t have been able to be the wife of Arthur S. Mearns and be able to just take the response Bizz gave her I would have more curiosities growing and be wanting to know more about his whereabouts.
First Post!
I can’t believe we are all starting our second year of the nursing program! It is amazing to think how far I’ve come from the first day, and that we will all be nurses in less than two years. I have gone from being extremely nervous to be in the hospital, to being excited about getting my own patients to care for! I felt a little skeptical about the technology aspect of this course, but after the first day I can’t wait to see how much I can accomplish throughout this semester in Med Surg II.
Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
Nursing school year 2!
Well, it’s the beginning of year 2 of nursing school! Although I’m a little nervous about all the new technological requirements, I’m very excited to expand on my knowledge which should be beneficial in & outside of nursing school.
Here’s to another year of nursing school (and being that much closer to graduation)!
Nurse in progress
First Clinical
I cannot believe how far we all have come since our first day at clinical. I remember how scary it was to even think that we would be TOUCHING a patient and asking them when they last had pooped. I was especially nervous due to feeling so unprepared, I don’t think anything can really prepare you for your first day at anything. Surprisingly enough I felt so comfortable at clinical, and to this day I always count down the days until I am in the clinical setting because to me that is what makes everything so worth it. By everything, I mean the countless hours we put into our education and career. I will never forget my first patient, they were so kind to me(which I now have learned that not every patient will be this kind!). This patient told me that they would pray for me and my success in nursing school, and even boasted about me to my clinical professor! The one thing I will never forget is when this particular patient, six weeks later, came back to the hospital on the day we had clinicals just to say thank you to me. I will never forget the kind words I was told that day as well as how great the patient had looked after recovery! I know as nurses we all will get to experience great patient’s like this one, and that is what makes me so excited for our careers. Not only are we doing something that we love, but it is something that will touch others’ lives. I cannot wait for the next patient that I make an impact on.
