Medical Assisting

Can I take your blood pressure?

So I have been learning so many cool things in the Medical Assisting  program. We have learned how to give shots in the deltoid (intramuscular), In the fat pad of the upper arm (subcutaneous), In the thigh, and butt..ocks (dorsogluteal, and vastus lateralis IM).

We have learned all the patient positions, how to take blood pressure, temperature, and lots of other things. We even got our very own blood pressure kit. I chose purple.. my favorite color!

The latest thing we have learned has been how to do Phlebotomy (drawing blood). It has been so exciting! For your pleasure I have taken some videos of the experience. If you get faint at the sight of blood, beware!

This is me drawing blood!

This is me getting my blood drawn

Some of my fun classmates!

A lot of people don’t know a lot about Medical Assisting, or wonder what the difference is from nursing. well… I can tell you!

Medical Assistants can be used in a lot of different settings. They can do administrative work. This includes, making appointments for patients, taking calls, etc. They can also do clinical work. This includes, giving shots, taking blood, doing urinalysis. They take patients vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respirations, height, weight). They also take patients into their room and ask them questions before the doctor comes in, and they also teach patients about their conditions and teach them how to take their medicine.

Anyways I have been having a lot of fun with all the things I have been learning and I thought I would share!

Love is a great thing!

We had such a great weekend! At least it was for me… and I’m pretty sure it was for Hans too :) 

We were able to enjoy a wonderful 3 day weekend!

On Friday after my appointment with a tutor, I went with Sarah to go get Valentines gifts for our husbands, which was a lot of fun! After that, Hans and I went to Cynthia’s birthday party ( She is the girl I visit teach) in the lounge, with some other couples from our ward. We played some games and ate snacks and cake, it was good to get together with some people from our ward both that we knew, and others that we didn’t know as well!

On Saturday we went to play dodge ball with our ward team. I ended up sitting out and talking to some of the girls from our ward, and Hans played. Then we went to get breakfast at the crossroads. Hans went to go take a test and then we did homework until later. Then we went to the store and got some stuff to prepare for Valentines day! That night we went to the Valentines dance with Sarah and Jaren, we got there a little late but it was still fun :)

here are some pictures:

Before the dance:

 

The funniest part was when the guy who was taking our picture  said, come on, “pop the leg woman!” to me. haha (I’ll put that picture up when they post all the dance pictures online on the BYU Idaho website)

Here is Sarah and Jaren:

Sunday (Valentines day!)  Well actually starting, Saturday night we got a call saying that we had an appointment with the stake presidency on Sunday morning! We were wondering a little because we had met with them last Sunday, and they said it was a “get to know you” meeting, so we thought is was a little weird that they had called us in again!

So what happened you might be asking yourself?? Hans got called as the 2nd counselor in the Elder’s Quorum! He sang with Mike that Sunday. Mike had gotten called as the first counselor that Sunday too, Weird that they ended up singing together. Anyways, Hans got set apart after church and I went home, cleaned up, and made a delicious lunch :) When Hans got home we ate and then I told him I needed to make some cookies for the Relief Society choir, and he said he would do it for me (So nice!)

I have been really nervous about the Relief Society choir (just our ward), since this falls under my calling, and I have never lead a choir before, I had to figure out the best time to get everyone to be there. After a lot of confusion, we had choir at 5 in the lounge and we had to bring a keyboard. I think it went ok, because i didn’t really practice and I thought i knew how to lead music, but I was much mistaken. Because it is a lot different when people are actually watching you to make cues and stuff. about 12 people showed up, which was good because it was better than i thought. They loved the cookies and asked who made then, I thoroughly enjoyed saying that my husband did :)

We got each other gifts and gave them to each other that morning! Hans got me roses and a heart pillow that I wanted :) I won’t tell you what I got for him, but I’ll tell you that he really liked it!

Valentines night was a lot of fun for both of us. We went all out and bought steak on Saturday so we had steak and mashed potatoes for dinner we even bought A1, it was delicious! We ate dinner while watching the old Pride and Prejudice, it was a good day!

We look so happy!

Monday was our 6th month anniversary! In the morning we had cinnamon rolls, and then of course we did homework for hours ( I don’t know how many, i just know it was a lot). Then we drove to Idaho Falls and used our movie gift card from Grandma and Grandpa to go to blind side, it is a really good movie, we loved it! After that we went to dinner at Applebee's with the intention to get the “Blondie” (my favorite desert) but we were too full to get desert. We got two different meals and shared them. The waitress told us she thought it was funny that every time she came by, we had our plates switched, oh the joys of being married! We sat at the same side of the table and watched figure skating for the Olympics! it was a good day!

This week is going well so far… We have been enjoying the Olympics! although our projector is broken and our clear play. We are grateful that we were able to get a DVD player from Becca and Brad, because I don’t think I could live without movies :)

Mr. Snowman

On Friday we had fun making a snowman (Fabio… that’s his name). We made it in the middle of our apartment complex with Sarah and Jaren. We did it at about midnight, haha. The snow was perfect for packing. It was so fun and then after we went to their apartment and had hot chocolate.

This was about a week ago, so I thought I would post it! On Saturday we also saw Planet 51 with Kim and Brad which was a lot of fun too. The movie wasn’t too bad, it was kinda funny! Anyways it’s almost the weekend, valentines day is coming up, and our 6 month Anniversary is the day after Valentines day :) fun stuff coming up!

I LOVE my Husband!

This is a stress graph. It is important that everyone has stress because without stress we wouldn’t do anything, that’s why, at the stress peak we have peak performance. BUT once you get past the peak, that is the danger zone!

I have been past this peak for a while now. I’ve been feeling very discouraged and frantic. I have so much to do! I’m so sick of school and homework, my body can’t handle the stress. word of advice, don’t take 18 credits or more, it is DEATH! I’ve been having a hard time sleeping, and I haven’t been feeling well. Sometimes I feel like I can’t breathe, which I think are mini panic attacks, and I have a constant dull headache. I really need a break, but if I take time off from my homework, I get behind which makes me even more stressed! I have also been getting very negative, and very selfish.

Hans is the best husband I could ever ask for! Sometimes I wonder what I did so right to have all the blessings I do in my life. Heavenly father knew just what I needed and what would make me happy, and I feel so blessed, and sometimes I don’t think I deserve it.

Hans will do anything I ask, and I’m not kidding, I mean everything. I ask him to drive me to the library for a group meeting, because I don’t want to drive by myself. Even though he doesn’t want to, he takes me there and hole punches a about a whole pack of paper for me and then waits there for me to be done so we can drive home together. I ask him to go get my jacket, my papers,my books, while I sit on the bed and do nothing, and he does. now, I know these are little things, but they sure add up and they mean a lot!

Today I have been really stressed out (of course). Hans came home from work and he was starting to clean up, and I told him I wanted to get a pizza, and a movie. He said he didn’t really want to leave the apartment because he has been gone a lot. But he was still thinking about it. Then I decided to ask him what he wanted to do because we always do what I want.

I grabbed him by his arms and I said “Hans, what do you want to do?”    He said “ I want to do what you want to do.”  I repeated “ no, what do YOU want to do?”

He said “ I want to do the dishes, clean up the apartment, and put together the bookshelf, I want to do it for you, because you are stressed.”

I said “ I’m ok, I’m a little less stressed, what do you want to do.”

He said, “I just want to make you happy because I love you”

I asked him one last time and he said “ a movie sounds good, but I still want to clean and put up the bookshelf for you.”

So he put a pizza in the oven, cleaned up the dishes and picked up the apartment and now he is putting up the bookshelf. Best husband ever!

We’ve almost been married six months, which isn’t really that long I know, but I can tell how our love grows for each other as time goes by. I don’t believe it when people say that “In Love” feeling goes away over time. I don’t feel “In Love” all the time, but who does really? There are just those special moments when they do those things that show love to you. For me it’s when Hans does things for me or when we spend time together. For Hans it’s when we kiss or hold hands.

I just love seeing how much he loves me! He just looks at me and his eyes look like they are melting and sparkling. I call them his “lovey dovey” eyes, he just looks so lost, and sometimes I prepare to catch the drool (haha Just kidding). The funny thing is, I only noticed it a while after we got married and it seems like it happens more as time goes by. I ask him why he is looking at me like that and he says “ you’re just so pretty! and I love you SO MUCH!” anyways, I didn’t mean this to be so mushy but I can only hope that I can be the best I can for him and that I can show my love to him just as well as he shows his love for me.

I’m so grateful for everything, and to be married for all eternity to Hans Michael Petrich!

We have a lot of icicles hanging outside our apartment, and Hans likes to pick them off and throw them into the snow below. He usually comes into the apartment with them after work. Makes me laugh every time! That thing is huge.