Relay for Life......is cancelled. :(
The reason? Because it might rain. :(
And the turnout might be low :(
What ever.
I walked in Relay for Life for many a year. And every year I walked....it rained.....and I stayed on the track. I am not made of sugar and I am not going to melt. Not only that but I feel confident that I can take blood pressures and test glucoses in the rain. I can do it on a train.....I can do it on a boat........I am not even trying to gloat. (thank you Dr. Seuss)
And the turnout might be low??? What the fluff? What. Are we on a self promotion campaign? Is it all about us? I think not. I am damned disappointed. I cannot even go myself because we are given busy work to replace what would have been a great experience.
I wonder if it has something to do with stoopid insurance or something.
Oh yeah. I forgot to tell you. Remember me being all nervous about drawing blood and IVing my classmates and myself. Get this. Cannot. Why? Insurance doesn't cover it. The school could get sued. So let's do it at the hospital during clinicals. Guess what. Cannot. We can get sued. And the school doesn't have insurance and the facility won't cover us. What the fluff?
Whatev.
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However. I got the call again today. someone needs platelets so I will replace that activity with another.
Why do I always freak out about that? I hate needles is why I guess. *sigh* I am such a baby. I just have to remember it wasn't so bad last time.
As for Relay For Life, I think it's kinda stoopid myself to cancel it because it might rain. Who cares if it does rain. Walk anyway for crying out loud.
*sighs*
I feel like they are not being straightforward with us. What the truth is I can only guess. However the instructor who was supposed to be with us today so giving meds would not be so unmanagable (we have to be supervised even for by mouth meds - which is understandable - we operate on her license) and who was to go with us to the Relay.....they sent her to the LPN program for the weekend. AND there are still some folks going to the relay....AND Relay wraps up at 9AM tommorrow. The truth is out there....but it isn't being told to us.
Which leads me to another miniRant.
We are held to a standard to act properly, act truthfully with full disclosure. Which is as it should be. We are expected to be professionals.
We are making incredible sacrifices. There is a girl who is set to get married in July but they refuse to give her an answer as to whether she will get the day off for her wedding. She did her part telling them before she started the program. They will not tell her if they plan to fail her or not. (Miss one day of clinical and you fail) We don't see our kids, our families......but we do it for the greater good for our families and the Greater Good.
The very least I feel we are owed is mutual respect. Be straightforward. Be truthful. It is a part of being professional...giving and getting news you don't want to hear. But giving the most advance warning as possible. And telling the truth. IT is positively shameful that they won't be honest with us. I am very disappointed. Worse than before. Worse. They made a goal of giving $10000. They opened it to the honor students. They did not open it to anyone else. They made a paltry $2000. Now $2000 is nothing to sneeze at however....as an individual....I raised $455 for March of Dimes. Correction.....I did it with a lot help from my friends. It wasn't about me but I made 1/4 of what the WHOLE school made total. What is wrong with this picture? Lack of leadership. Shame when you do not recognize the talent around you. More shameful when you squander it. Opportunity lost. I take responsibility too. I kept thinking I should fundraise on my own. But I let myself be intimidated. I showed a lack of leadership and for that I suck. But I tell you this. THAT will never happen again. A friend at work told me, well you are doing your part on the oncology ward. I know they meant well but to that I say BullS... WE ought to be out there even more so. *sigh grumble sigh* I am so mad I could spit chiclets.
If your fellow students sign a release you should be off the hook legally. I think the real reason they won't do it is the cost of the IV sets.
We used to give IVs through a sheet of rubber into a selastic tube filled with red dye. It worked because the rubber hid the 'vein' and the feel was just about right.
Missing one lab shouldn't be any big deal because you can usually make it up on another shift. Sounds to me like your teachers are being evasive for some reason.
I was born in Virginia but only lived there six weeks. I hope to visit DC to see the Smithsonian. I plan to wait until Bush leaves.