NRS 420 Final Entry

Does anyone else ever find themselves thinking about how they would hypothetically medically treat someone?

 

Like, if you’re watching a movie, and someone gets hurt in the movie, and you start thinking about what you’d do to help them? Or even just a story on the news, or an experience your friend tells you about. My brain immediately starts to think about medical care that would be involved. It’s weird, but perhaps it’s a good sign.

The closest thing I can equate it to is when I took a film class in high school. We were to watch the movie Casablanca nearly frame by frame to understand the composition, camera work, setting, lighting, etc. . After finishing watching the film like that for a few days, my teacher said, “now, when you see things on TV or in the theater, try not to analyze it like you did here.” I think a similar thing is happening to me with nursing, in that I’m thinking about it constantly instead of just thinking about it when applicable.

Maybe I’m just really itching to start working. Either way, my experiences in this class and in the attached clinical have been phenomenal this semester, and I feel like they’ve really helped to get me motivated for what’s to come. Being in the critical care, DOU, emergency, and operating room settings have helped me to really apply what I’ve learned in class to my patients, and I can’t wait to start doing that as a real nurse.

 

Cheers!

-Carl