compassion is invincible.

hi, tumblr! i’m not dead, i’m just in the midst of a hectic first week back of my last semester of nursing school. i’ve passed the evil required pharmacology exam with a 95%, so that’s a load off. today we had a very long clinical orientation— i’ll be on an ICU step-down unit (intermediate care unit or IMCU), which i’m excited about. twenty-four pts, all quite sick, all on telemetry, so i’ll be able to practice reading strips. cardiac fascinates me, and i want to study and become more proficient in understanding it all.

anywho, i’ve just finished printing out about 100 pages of powerpoint lectures for tomorrow through next week, plus extra study guides and things. i’m quite tired. luckily, the prednisone has kept my joint pain at bay, but i’ve been tapering it and now the dosage is small enough that the pain is coming back. i’ll see my rheumatologist tomorrow. silly body. silly lupus.

okay, time for bed. bonsoir!