Job Training

I have had a blast traing to be a Clinician Aide (CA) at the BYU Health Center. I have learned how how to take somebody's body temperature, blood pressure, and vitals. Learning how to take the blood pressure was the hardest out of the three because I actually had to do something. For the temperature and vitals, I had the machine do all the work. I had fun learning how to take somebody's blood pressure...Ashley and Bryan might have a different opinion. The first two days I spent at the front desk. I enjoyed the front desk because a lot of babies and children were coming in for check ups. With that, I would get the opportunity to weigh them and basically check them in. I have really enjoyed the CAs at the front desk. Juan (a.k.a John) and Emily were the first to show me around and teach me the tricks of the trade. On Tuesday I met Kristine, Natalie, and Petra. I really like Natalie. She was so easy to work with and learn from. She is in the BYU Nursing Program right now, so I also was able to learn some tips from her. Kristine was the CA that made me check in a patient all by myself ...meaning...I had no one supervising me. I wasn't that comfortable yet, but I managed to get through it. I had Kristine come in and take the blood pressure again because I didn't think that I did it correctly. I wasn't that off. Wednesday and toady I have been in Urgent care (UC). Janet has been the person that I have been shadowing. She is the sweetest person and I feel like she really wants to help me succeed at this job. She has all these papers with notes on them and she is letting me have them. It was been a REALLY SLOW week, especially in UC. Come on...I had enough time to set up a blog, jk. Thanks for all your help Ashley:). I know that I made you help me redo my page. Hopefully I can keep up with it when I am in school and actually have homework I can work on.

Wow...that was interesting. I just checked in a patient and I was going over his history with him. I was reading to him the surguries that he has had. I found myself saying..."The computer is showing that you have had your Gall Bladder removed in the years ---- and ----. It just didn't sound right. I thought to my self..."you only have one Gall Bladder". I got a good laugh at it because it was the computer's fault, not mine. Janet and the patient were pretty amused too.

Tomorrow I will be in UC again, but I get to leave at lunch time. Kim said that I can't have more than 40 hours this week. I don't have ANY problem with that. :)

Life Story in a Nut Shell

I was raised in Shingle Springs, California. I am the youngest of five kids, three of which are married. My mom is one of my best friends. She has many wonderful qualities and one is patience. This comes in handy when you live with my dad. My dad is a hardworking man and is not afraid of stating his own opinion. He has a great sense of humor and with a lot of work he passed it down to his childre. Well, Josh portrays more of my mom's sense of humor or at least the way he acts. First there is Josh and his wife Ashley. They have the sweetest little named Keira. She will be one on September 9th. Tami comes next. She is married to Weston and they have two children. Makayla just turned four on June 5th. We had a huge birthday party with games, prizes, dinner, and the best part...the cake (because I made it)! Evan will be one on July 10th. He may look tough on the outside, but he is sweetheart. Bryan in the middle child, but by no means is he forgotten. He was lucky enough to score a 10 cow wife, Ashley. I know...two Ashleys? What can I say, the boys have the same idea when it comes down to the names. So when the whole family is together, there is a Jashley and a Brashley. Bryan and Ashley will have their two year anniversary in October. Jarom is out in the Boston, Massachusetts' mission right now. His hump day is sometime in the next week. I can't believe he has been out for a year already. And then there was me. I am 18 years old and starting college on Monday. I plan on graduating with a degree in Nursing. I want to work in Labor and Delivery when I graduate. I am currently living with Bryan and Ashley in their (a.k.a my dad's) apartment. For the past week I have been training to work as a Clinician Aide at the BYU Health Center. So his is my life story in a nut shell.