A Definite New Experience: DON'T Read on if scared by death....I promise I will update this one sooner than the Bed Bugs one :)
Tonight I had the expereince of watching and taking part of the process of what happens after someone passes away during my clinical time. It was quite the expereince as I think I have only seen a dead body once (and that was when I was in the 1st grade),let alone touch one. I actually toe tagged someone, and put them in a body bag. Wow. It really makes you reflect on life, and how life can pass you by so quickly. Though the process seemed very impersonal, it was nice to see the primary nurse take extra care to wash the body up in a gentle way and show resepect for the person's life. You can really care right to the end. Just thought I would share with you all what was very new for me and interesting. Take Care
7 comments:
Cool. Sounds like you are getting really neat experience!!
I want to know more. What's the nurses job exactly when someone dies? And was it pretty hard to do?
Tell me more, tell me more...
hey i tried to post but it erased, i will call you or talk to you soon to talk about it :)
oh wait it worked, ok ok first you wash the body up all over real gently, and then you cross the legs and arms and tag them with their name, then you put them in the body bag, and then you call the morgue and clean up the room and make sure everything goes to where it needs to go :) it is surreal and yet still I time where you feel you can make a powerful difference in a persons end of life of experience :)
ask more. I love it. are you still interested in nursing?? We have to hang out soon. Jeremiah is gone soon, and I will be so lonely, lets hang out :)
Where is Jer going?
Well, I applied to the fast track program at the U of C as well as the regular nursing program at MRC, but I think I've decided that I don't want to do the fast track program anymore. All of the nurses I've talked to have told me that fast track nurses don't get trained well enough and just end up being pretty useless in the end. I think I'd rather just do it right. So, I'm really hoping that I'll get into MRC. I called the school today and left a message about wanting to meet with someone to discuss which of my classes can be transferred, and what I can take this summer. I can't wait for her to call me back. Part of me wants to get through the program as fast as possible and become a nurse, while another part of me wants to just take it slow, work a little, and enjoy it. I'm just so excited!
In a couple of weeks my course load will be really slow. Maybe we should do lunch and then you could take me for a tour of your school or something.
And Amy, you need to join facebook.
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