Communication Barriers

I think that technology helps and hinders overcoming communication barriers in today’s society. I think technology helps overcome communication barriers with telehealth. With telehealth it is easier for patients to overcome communication barriers by using a phone or internet etc. Also another benefit technology has to overcome communication barriers are with electronic health records. Personally I think that the electronic health records provide a better way of forming communication with your colleagues in a much more effective and accurate way. On the other hand I think that some technology can hinder overcoming communication barriers, especially in the nurse-patient relationship. I think that technology is eventually going to take the place of any therapeutic relationship in the nurse-patient relationship. Even though I think technology has many benefits, I think there is still room to improve.

Here Come Finals

There are three more days left to week eleven. There is only thirteen weeks in this semester. This means there is only about one and a half weeks left to this semester! Thank god! Then we have to tackle finals, which luckily I only have three. Surprisingly I made it through last week managing to complete everything that I need to get done! I think I did pretty well on the two papers that I had to pass in and I know I did well on the grammar quiz I had to do because I got the mark back. Unfortunately I have to go back and redo ambulation and transferring for my spot test. I will just have to try my best next time and be better prepared for that component of the test. Other than that I’m pretty much done, I can finally start to prepare for finals. I have no more papers to write, which I have to say, is a major relief. At this point in the semester I’m feeling the stress of finals start to hit me, in the way that I really want to do well in my courses and I’m just feeling the pressure that I put on myself to do just that. Like everybody I want to be successful in my chosen profession and I can definitely say that sometimes in this course I question myself on whether or not I can be successful. In the end I know I am a well determined individual and I know that if I keep putting the work into it that I am now, that I will come out on the other end proud of myself. I stress myself out too much sometimes. I know that I spent last week with several nights with only three hours sleep. I was so tired and just couldn’t get to sleep with everything on my mind. Spending hours staring at my ceiling in the night and hours staring at my clock in the mornings I found out that music is one of the things I use to calm myself down and relax. One of the songs that I found motivated me was It’s my Life, by Bon Jovi. All in all once again, I’m going to put my all into these last couple of week of school and finals. Again I am really looking forward to having that long overdue break and seeing family and friends from back home! I think this break will give me the energy to get through next semester and keep going with everything I got. All I have left to say is bring it on!

Time is Flying

Here it is, week 11, gosh time has been flying! I think I’m speaking for everybody when I say “Come on break!” It’s well overdue and I am sure we all need it. There are only about two and a half weeks of actual classes left, and then three exams for me. Then I have a twenty six day break! That is going to be really nice. By the time I get back I know I will want to be back ready to jump right back into it! This week is definitely going to be very stressful and tiring. With exams creeping their way up and no time to study for them, just causes my mind to be going all the time. Always just thinking ok I have to do this, this and this, then I can finally study for exams. It’s never ending. This week is huge for me. Wednesday I have an information and communications in technology quiz. On Thursday I have my final spot test which I am extremely nervous for. Then to top all that off I have two major papers due on Friday. I just really hope that by the time Friday is over most of the stuff will be done and over with so that I can crack down and start studying for finals! It scares me so much. I just want to do well. All in all, I still really love what I’m doing so far. I’m really excited for next semester to get out into clinical and really experience what nursing is all about. Definitely not before that break rolls around though. I’m really excited to see my family, old friends and my dog. I miss them all. Only thirty one more days to go!

Burnout

It’s November 5th and a lot had been completed so far. We have passed in a lot of work and it definitely feels endless. Midterms are done thank god, but finals are creeping their way up. I feel like I don’t have enough time in a day to get completed what needs to be done. I wish I could get ahead of the work, but if anything, it feels like I am falling behind. Burnout is evidently a risk for me at this point in the semester, and I think I can speak for everybody in the nursing program when I say this. We all just have to stick together and help each other out because the break is coming soon! I have already said to a few people that I have probably wrote more papers this semester than I did during my whole high school career. I still love the nursing program and wouldn’t change my choice even if I had to. Nursing is my dream. Sometimes there is just so much to do, I just want some time to kick back and relax, without having everything that I have to do the next day, running through my mind. I’m just going to put everything I have into this last month or so of school and then relax on the well overdo and well needed break! I can’t wait to see my family and old friends again, and then I will be back here with a fresh start and a fresh mind!

Hello. My name is Amanda. I am a nursing student at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa. I have been enjoying the program so far. It is definitely a lot of work but I think at the end of my four years in this program, my hard work is really going to pay off. I enjoy writing most of the assignments that are assigned to me because it gives me the opportunity to learn more about nursing and myself as a nurse. I think that writing a blog in this program is a good opportunity to take the time to stop and think about my feelings and interests associated with nursing and to get to know myself better in the nursing profession.