Dear Friend,
Life has picked up since the last time I have blogged and I thought that this might be a good time for us all to take a minute from the holiday cheer and laugh at my expense. :)
As some of you know I have been for the last few weeks been taking a CNA (certified nurses assistant) course at a local college. I am now done the course and waiting to take my State exam in a few weeks time. I did, however, end up having a few funny incidents that I cannot help but write about.
-A Decapitated Dummy-
*Imagine me in scrubs about to do a procedure on a dummy (the dummy's name is Ms. Josephine... I'm not sure why but my teacher calls her that) I am nervous because my classmates are watching me do a procedure and are critiquing what I am doing. "Ms. Josephine" is on the raised bed ready for the procedure.*Things are going well and I have remembered all of my supplies. I am telling the dummy what the procedure is and that I need to flip her on her side so I can get to work. Feeling less nervous and more confident I press on. Forgetting how Ms. Josephine is not a real person, I proceed to flip her on her side with a bit too much force! An awkward pause happens between all of us as Ms. Josephine lands on the ground. We all (my classmates and teacher)then burst into fits of laughter as it was completely accidental. However... the story does not end there. As we are laughing quite loudly and forgetting that this was supposed to be a serious procedure, the head of Ms. Josephine rolls out of the room without any of us noticing. We hear a loud scream outside the classroom and stop laughing... We look at each other and run to see what the issue is. A lady who was out in the main area had come in to sign up for classes and saw Ms. Josephine's head rolled out on the floor and thought it was a real person's. :) We all were laughing (the lady that saw the head too!) until we were in tears. Medical humor anyone? ;)
-A Prison Break-
While in the CNA course you are required to do clinical. (Hands on learning ( for me it was in a nursing home) ) The second day of my clinical work I was working in the Alzheimer/dementia ward. Early on in the day I meet a sweet elderly lady named Hazel. She beckons me into her room and tells me to shut the door. (If anyone has worked with anyone with Alzheimer's or dementia you realize that this can be a very bad thing to do) I, shut the door however, and asked her if she needed anything. She told me to get close to her. When I was close enough for her, my ear was right to her mouth. She whispers, "I know what this is." I look at her and ask her what she means. "Dear," she says, "I know that I am in prison." Without taking a breath she continues, " The code is -----" (which, by the way, was the right code for the unit so that the patients won't hurt themselves and leave the factility) "Now, grab my cane! We are getting outta here Marideth!" (not sure why she called me that ;) ) I tell her that for right now we have to wait, and maybe later I can come and see her. Her response to that was, "Stupid girl! Of course! I need to put my lipstick on before we break out!" ;)
-A Homeless Man-
My last story is about a homeless man that I met on my lunch breaks at the college. The first day that I am walking to the park as he stops me and asks me if I have any food. I had already eaten and told him I didn't. He then asked me if I had money... which, I hadn't because I just paid for scrubs. I learn that his name is Joe and promise the next time that I would give him some food if I saw him. A few days later he sees me and happily I tell him I have some food for him. I told him that I made sure I had extras of what I normally ate so he could take what he wanted. He takes a look at my celery with peanut butter, tuna with walnuts, almonds and my apples and shakes his head. He says, " Girl, I ain't eatin' that." I say, "Why not?" He says, "I hate healthy food." And walks away. Ha! A picky homeless man. :) Who would have thunk? ;)
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