Party Time!

Btw I thought I posted this last night! Opps  :-)

I drove back from Irvine today. on my way back as I was at the 57 freeway going to Diamond Bar area I saw a deer right off the side of the freeway. Who knew California Even had deer!?!

I got home just in time to go to M's lesson in relief society. her lesson was from a talk by Neil Anderson from the last October Central Conference. It was about having faith even during our trials.

afterwards we went to the singles Ward and went to the Sunday School class there. the lesson there was on the law of consecration. M brought up an interesting thought about the law of consecration her feelings about it. She feels it is the same as communism. However I think it important thought she missed was in the law of consecration is everybody's equal and everybody get the same amount. And its all out of brotherly love.

Tomorrow is my birthday. We had a little party at mom and dads. We ate cake and ice cream. And had lasagna for dinner. My parents got me wheat and some neat tshirts! Its hard getting older and feeling like I've missed something important. But I have hope God is in control and if I keep turning to him it will work out.

Irvine!

I went for little get away down to visit my Aunt and her family.  She's showed me around the OC area and we went to the beach. Its been a lot of fun. I hope to take Little D and Beckinstine this summer. 

Fair Pictures

Well work was extremely annoying. I'm so happy to be off.

On the bright side I'm off for several days. And I'm getting my pictures ready to submit in.the country fair. I'm  submitting 5 pictures. I've never put anything in the fair. It should be cool.

Reflecting the Days Events

I had one of  those days at work! I and my patient were placed in a very dangerous situation because of an ahole/money hungry/poor time management doctor and a spineless supervisor. It could have ended very poorly for a patient.

Its caused me a lot of reflection this evening. I had a bad feeling about the procedure from the start. I was literally forced (although the hospital will say there's no mandatory overtime... utter BS in my department) to stay over and do the procedure.

The patient had a complication which could have been prevented by going slower.

Next time I will the big bad witch and follow my gut. I'm not making any friends at work these days.

Rushing around does not improve patient care... and it is extremely dangerous.

Summary of what I've figured out. Background first when things go wrong I often rethink them over and over, wondering if I did the right thing. I should have slowed down. I should have followed my feelings and rescheduled it for a time more appropriate. I did response rapidly. And those assisting responded fast with appropriate resources. There will be no long term injury to the patient. But I will be scarred for life, and I have learned a great deal.

The Visa Is In!

This has been an eventful day... so I will start at the top!

Early this morning I took Moose to the dog park. We had a fun time, until two husky dogs came and they were bullies. Anyone who knows Moose know's he's a very gentle dog but they kept circling around him trying to make a fight. He was a good boy and just ignored them. But it was still annoying for both of us. Even their owner said the dogs are bullies. Why do people bring their dogs if they can't behave! Its one thing to have them at home its another to actually drag them in the car.... okay rant over! Its fun to socialize with the people and their dogs. Tomorrow I plan on taking him again. 

******THE MAIN EVENT!******

My working holiday visa came through!! So I could legally fly to Australia today and start working (dare I say another life?!?) :-D 

It is very tempting. But I think I will wait a little bit longer. I've spent the rest of the day speaking with travel agency recruiters, wired some money to my Australia bank account, and cleaned mine and Baby Bird's room. The recruiter I spoke with today said that since its getting into winter its getting really slow and it might be a good idea to wait. This work well for me anyways because I was thinking of waiting until January so it would be a new tax year. And it allows me to keep saving money.  I'm looking forward to what the future holds. 

Although there is so much happening evil/sadness in the world I take comfort that Jesus is my Savior and makes up for where I fail. 

Near Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia 

Sermon of One

Today it was my weekend to work. My first procedure was not until 11am so I was able to sleep in. I did miss church still. After work I went to visit my parents and had a great discussion about world events. When I came home Baby Bird (my niece who's 5) is sick so I sat on the couch and held her. She's not normally very cuddly so it was kinda special to hold her and talk to her. 

After she relaxed more I spent the rest of my evening reading the scriptures (giving myself my own personal sermon). I started out in D&C 88, I've been taking several days to finish the section I want to really understand it. I came to verse 118  And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of  wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith. Afterwards, I went to John and was reading more when a particular scripture again stuck out  Jesus had washed his disciples feet he said to them in John 13:17 "If ye know these things, happy  are ye if ye do them". 

What I learned from those scriptures although my faith is weak keep studying, look for opportunities to learn, and apply what I learn to my life and in return "happy are ye if ye do them". 



This is from my trip to Paris last year, it has nothing to do with this post. 

Some Medical Abbreviations Used in Aussie Hospitals

I'm preparing to hopefully move to Australia in next few months. I have my APHRA registration (the Australia nursing board). Working on my visa (I'm doing with a working holiday visa). I've been looking at a lot of jobs of nurses in Australia mainly in NSW, but I'm not too picky about the location. Its my plan to do travel/contract nursing at first until I'm more settled. Tonight I went over some of the common medical abbreviations used in Australian Hospitals. This list was from a travel agencies I'm planning on working with

Its neat how there are a lot of similarities, and  fair amount of differences in the medical abbreviations used in the USA.

ABG arterial blood gas

ACLS advanced cardiac life support

AF atrial fibrillation

ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome

ARF acute renal failure

AS aortic stenosis

AXR abdominal X-Ray

BD twice a day

BIB(A) brought in by (ambulance)

BNO bowels not open

BO bowels open

Bolus one large single dose

BP blood pressure

BPM beats per minute

BSB backslap and bandage

BSL/BGL blood sugar level/blood glucose level

CABG coronary artery bypass graft

CAD coronary artery disease

Cap capsule

CCF or CHF congestive heart failure

CHD congenital heart disease

CNC clinical nurse consultant

CNS clinical nurse specialist

c/o complained/complaining of

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

COAD chronic obstructive airways disease

CPAP continuous positive airway pressure

CRF chronic renal failure

CT computerized tomography

CVC central venous catheter (central line)

CVP central venous pressure

CXR chest X-ray

d/c discharge

DSH dynamic hip screw

DVT deep venous thrombosis

DX diagnosis

ECG electrocardiogram

ECHO echocardiogram (ultrasound of heart)

EEN endorsed enrolled nurse

EN enrolled nurse

ESRD end-stage renal disease

FFP fresh frozen plasma

Hb haemoglobin

HTN hypertension

Hx history

IM intramuscular

IV intravenous

JVP jugular venous pressure

K potassium

Mane morning

MI myocardial infarction

MO medical officer

MRI magnetic resonance imaging

MSU mid stream urinalysis

NBM nil by mouth

Neb nebuliser

NFA no fixed address

NFR not for resuscitation

Nocte night

NOF neck of femur

N/S normal saline

NSAID non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs

NUM nurse unit manager

OD once daily

PCA patient controlled analgesia

PE pulmonary embolus

PO oral

POP plaster of paris

PR per rectal

PRN as needed/ when required

pt patient

PU passed urine

PUIT passed urine in toilet

PV per vagina

q4h, q6h.... every 4 hours, every 6 hours etc.

qid four times a day

RMO resident medical officer

Rx treatment

SC or Subcut subcutaneous

SL sublingual

SOB shortness of breath

STAT (statim) immediately

Tab tablet

TEDS compression stockings (TEDS is a brand name)

t/f transferred

tspn teaspoon

tbspn tablespoon

Tds three times a day

Top topical

Tx transplant

UA urinalysis

US ultrasound

w with

w/o without

# fracture

< less than

> greater than

A Windy Day!

Title says it all, a lot of wind. Makes it so I can't do much outside. Gives me time to clean and write in the blog.  My sisters Keamy and Ginger came over and we are attempting to play a video game. We stink! It is a good thing my life is not actually dependent on saving some warrior person. 

The bombing in Boston has made me think more of the importance of being prepared for emergencies/disasters. And the importance of spiritual preparedness. 

After thought: 

When I was in Utah I went to visit my Grandma. It was a very nice visit. We talked about a lot including some of her thoughts about the future and her testimony of Jesus. She told me she felt the Savior would return in her grandchildren's lifetime. And although there are difficult times ahead that if I stayed close to the Lord, life would work out okay. I wish remembered and wrote down sooner all she said.  It was a touching experience it left me feeling so loved. I felt that I was listening to a great sermon such as when Alma was talking to his son Helaman sharing his testimony and important advice Alma 36-37.

Happy Saturday! Day 103

I'm doing a year long journal. And figured I'd try to keep this blog more active. And since its pretty easy to copy and paste... there ya go :-P

Little Brother's (LB) house has come a long ways. He's done a lot of work and it shows. The house is very comfortable.We came to Cedar in the morning and did shopping. 

Afterwards we went to Frisco for some exploring.There's so much to see around area. There were not any do not enter signs (last time I went there was a large sign that said "do not enter your life is in danger)", so we went all they way up to the mines! I gotta say it is VERY cool! Thankfully we lived. The mines go down so far you can't see the end. We dropped a rock or two down and it took a good 10-12 seconds to reach the bottom! Moose (my dog) came along as did LB's dog Valkyrie (a black lab mix). Look below see the treasures we found! I love exploring. 

There's a lot of wildlife around this area of Utah. I love to see animals in the wild. It brings me happiness. Animals I saw today: Bald eagle, antelope  deer, cow and cow babies, horse and horse babies, coyote, rabbit, lizard, crow, and a mouse (dead)!

This evening(night?) I went to visit my old work and had a nice visit with some of the awesome nurses there. 

The Quiet Life

Its been an amazing day. I got notice that I'm a registered nurse in Australia! And then offered two very tempting jobs here in the USA. I'm still going to Australia. I will probably leave in January... lots to do. I spent the rest of today touching bases with travel agencies in Australia. And was able to obtain more information that was very useful. I also applied for my working holiday visa. I need to do the medical side of it and that requires a trip down to San Diego. I will call the doctor down there tomorrow and schedule and appointment. I've been so excited I only ate a salad at lunch... and I'm still not hungry  Oh and I exercised for 30min with M.M. and played with Moose!

Someone said something that made me thing they must think I'm so boring! If they only really knew me. I don't post everything I do on facebook. I get to do a lot. And I have many "boring" adventures :-)