Sterile Technique Gets Me Everytime!

I still can't believe I'm on the downward slope of the hill! And what I can't believe about that is I'm so far passing all my classes! There are so few weeks left, however those few weeks pack a HUGE punch. I have more assignments, tests, papers, test outs and craziness than all of the 11 completed weeks combined! Just one day at a time!

•  The best thing that happened this week happened in Fundamentals.  We got our Midterms back, as in we got to see the test and look at which ones we got right and wrong and not just a percentage.  As I looked it over I realized that one of my answers that I had right on the hard copy of the test was marked wrong on the scantron. Either I messed up filling in the bubbles or the scantron messed up. I told my prof that I'm mad at myself for screwing up, and she said, "I'll give it to you!" I was like "Seriously?! I PASSED!!!!" So I bumped my score from a 78% to an 80%. I passed the midterm! I was very pleased!
• I had a paper due on a case study for Fundamentals. I didn't get it back yet, but according to the grade book I got a 97%. I'm happy about that!
• I didn't have any quizzes in Sills Lab this week. PTL!
•  In clinical I got to give my first Subcutaneous Injection!!! (or 3!) Everyone else in my clinical group only gave oral meds. I also got to watch an MRI and a GI Endoscopy. So I had a great clinical week!
• I finished my week off by writing my entire Cultural Assessment Paper, a Care Plan, and Journal. It takes sooooo long to do these clinical busy work assignments and when you add working the entire weekend to the mix, you are ready to die!  Mostly because I'm sick so it just makes everything 10 times worse.
• Now the worst part of me week: We tested off on inserting and removing catheters! I failed this skill. Skill wise, it was flawless, however I touched the outside of the carton with my sterile glove, twice. I knew I did it, and if I would've said something like "I touched the carton, I need to change my gloves" I would've passed. But dummy me didn't say anything and I failed. That meant I had to go into skills lab and retest out and I did fine. All three skills so far with Sterile Technique, I've flubbed somewhere, but this time it got me. Now I'll never screw up on sterile technique again.

11 weeks down, 6 weeks and 3 semesters to go!