Picking a picture that represented me was pretty hard. I’m a family girl… I love my kids, I love my two dogs, and I love my fiance more than I could ever put into words. I love to be silly with my family, and although I have thousands of fantastic pictures with my family, this one from Mother’s Day is one of my faves. Our pictures together always end up something like this. It captures a moment where we weren’t taking ourselves too seriously and we were just enjoying life. In all the seriousness of nursing school and studying and taking care of very sick people, I have to make sure I have more moments like this with my family.
Now, regarding the “dreaded” lab values, it was a challenge to choose my favorite because they can all be a little confusing. I’d have to say my favorite value is potassium (K+)! It was pretty much the first lab value I ever memorized in nursing school. Go ahead ask me, I’ll scream “3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L” before you even finish the question. It is such an important value to watch in our patients, and there were a few instances last semester when I had to take it into consideration during med passes, etc. My least favorite would probably be phosphorus….and maybe magnesium. I can’t seem to get those values to stick in my brain, ugh!
