I Survived Clinical
Well, I survived my first semester of Clinical. I did get one more master comp today. I was stoked when I pulled an order for an abdominal series first thing this morning. I had a patient who was ambulatory for a change, so I was going to get to stand him up for the erect and then put him on the table for the KUB. He was an older gentleman who walked with a cane. He needed the cane to stand for the erect abdomen x-ray, so I positioned him and gave him his cane to steady himself. The minor problem that got by me on this exam was that he managed to move about 3″ to the left before I got the picture made, so I had to re-shoot that and didn’t get the comp on the erect abdomen. On a good note, I nailed the KUB. I knew I would on the first chance I got to put a patient on the table. So, I ended up with 3 of the 4 comps I needed for this semester, which gave me a grade of 93 on the comp section of my class. After everything was said and done, I had a 96.6 grade for the clinical over the entire semester.
I now have until Monday to prepare for my class and lab exams. I’m going to be busy with that this weekend, so I’ll report back on those results sometime after Tuesday. I’m still hoping that I can manage an A in both of those classes to maintain my 4.0 GPA, but it’s going to take some hard work this weekend to make that happen.
The video here is my first attempt at shooting some simple video with a new camcorder I got this week…
It is very interesting to follow your ” Road to Radiography”. I have been reading your website since I got into the RAD program. I very like the way you note down the journal. I just have finished the second semester yesterday. I got all A and i’m so happy with that. I think you will get what u want for the semester. Gook luck to you and enjoy the winter break.
Cheers