I wonder just how many blog posts have that title today? Probably a huge majority.
The last two days of the year were spent tying up lose ends in preparation for starting school on Monday. We managed to get everything done, with one small exception that I hope to finish up with on Monday.
On the 30th Mike and I drove in to Seattle to complete our CPR for health care providers. I had not previously taken the health care provider specific course, but had heard quite a bit about it from friends. The general consensus was that in many ways the health care provider course was easier than the basic CPR course. It is assumed that you know how to perform CPR, and that most likely you will be performing CPR in a hospital setting which is quite different than CPR in the field.
The instructor for this course did not follow that plan. It was the same old dummy on the floor. Everyone else has said that in their class the dummies were on the tables, as in the hospital you wont be coding people on the floor.
I tried my best, but despite a stellar performance, my dummy was still in the plastic and dead category when I left.
On the 31st we ordered our text books. I think we saved about $200 by ordering from amazon.com instead of buying from the college bookstore. We are also trying out amazon prime, so shipping was free! And, since we saved so much we treated ourselves to a couple things we thought might be helpful. We got a student nurse planner that had many great reviews, and a care plan/nursing diagnosis book that was also highly spoke of.
So, now we just have to get the house ready to be neglected and write up a meal plan for the first couple weeks.
We had a nice quiet evening at home with the kids. We ordered take out Chinese, and had root beer floats for dessert. Then we gathered around the TV to watch a movie and play wii. We received a couple fun family games for Christmas, and the kids had fun playing into the wee hours of the morning.
Just a couple days until we start classes!
The last two days of the year were spent tying up lose ends in preparation for starting school on Monday. We managed to get everything done, with one small exception that I hope to finish up with on Monday.
On the 30th Mike and I drove in to Seattle to complete our CPR for health care providers. I had not previously taken the health care provider specific course, but had heard quite a bit about it from friends. The general consensus was that in many ways the health care provider course was easier than the basic CPR course. It is assumed that you know how to perform CPR, and that most likely you will be performing CPR in a hospital setting which is quite different than CPR in the field.
The instructor for this course did not follow that plan. It was the same old dummy on the floor. Everyone else has said that in their class the dummies were on the tables, as in the hospital you wont be coding people on the floor.
I tried my best, but despite a stellar performance, my dummy was still in the plastic and dead category when I left.
On the 31st we ordered our text books. I think we saved about $200 by ordering from amazon.com instead of buying from the college bookstore. We are also trying out amazon prime, so shipping was free! And, since we saved so much we treated ourselves to a couple things we thought might be helpful. We got a student nurse planner that had many great reviews, and a care plan/nursing diagnosis book that was also highly spoke of.
So, now we just have to get the house ready to be neglected and write up a meal plan for the first couple weeks.
We had a nice quiet evening at home with the kids. We ordered take out Chinese, and had root beer floats for dessert. Then we gathered around the TV to watch a movie and play wii. We received a couple fun family games for Christmas, and the kids had fun playing into the wee hours of the morning.
Just a couple days until we start classes!
