Another week has passed by so fast! I did not get sick at all during the winter, and now I have had strep throat for two weeks straight. I have been stressed out with a new promotion at work, and trying to finish with my head above water in school that I think I forgot to take care of myself. School and work is important, but we all need to stop and remember to eat and hydrate ourselves. With only weeks left until the summer, the stress has never been piled up so high in my life. I hope you all are staying healthy!!
QOTW #8
I absolutely loved the topic this week. We forget about the seniors in our community, and they are the ones that need our help the most. It would take a lot for my granfather to admit to me that he is HIV positive, so I would do everything I could to help him. If he doesn't want me to tell anyone I won't, but I would remind him that it would be easier for him if he had a large support group. He needs to be able to talk to his family when he is having health problems, and there is only so much I can do with school and work.
Quiz #1
I am really nervous about our quiz this week. I want to try to study as much as I can for it, but at the same time I do not want to burn myself out. I will probably need until the very last day to take it because it scares me that we only have one chance to take it. My grade is not terrible in this class, and I am going to do what I can to get a good grade on this quiz.
Did You Know?!
According to the NY Times, 800,000 medical professionals are accidently pricked with used needles each year (Accidental Needle Prick, 2010). "According to the Johns Hoopkins study, medical schools discourage students from reporting incidents of accidental pricks, which increases the risk of silent malpractice through infection" (Accidental Needle Prick, 2010). I think it is crazy for schools to tell students not to report needle pricks because then students would fear getting on immediate medications. What would the schools do if they did report the inceidents? Would they punish the students? I do not understand the thinking of these schools because this could be a major reason why HIV is spreading in hospitals.
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Don't sweat the quiz. You'll do fine. The quiz is straight from the material being read, and it's not a lot of slides like the other modules. Sorry to hear that you are still sick! And what calendar are you using that says summer is a few weeks away? Didn't we just start spring??? :-)
ReplyDeleteI wonder how these medical schools discourage reporting? Reporting is required through OSHA, if I'm not mistaken. Not to mention, who would pay for their claim if, God forbid, they came out positive? I'd be curious to know which medical schools practice this. Your last statement about HIV spreading in hospitals...I'm not sure about that. I haven't heard much about that, but I've been wrong before. Thanks for the informative Did You Know...!
I'm sorry to hear that you are still sick. Did you take any medicine? Because when I just had strep it was gone after a few days. Maybe you should go to another doctor, if you already went to one. On a lighter note, if you haven't taken the quiz yet, it was easy as long as you read all the slides ahead of time. I finished it with time to spare because I went through each module twice before starting the quiz. I just made a plan for the rest of this semester, because it is essential that I do well in all my classes. I know it's going to be hard but it is in reach- as are your goals im sure. You will be fine, just get some rest and don't stress!
ReplyDeleteIf you study the material on the slides, you will do fine on the quiz. It is straight from the slides. There is nothing you wouldn't know if you completed your reading. I also thought the QOTW was interesting this week. It is wierd to think of our grandparents and sexual activity but why wouldn't they be sexually active? Their hearts are still beating!
ReplyDeleteInteresting Did You Know feature...it is crazy to me too that schools would discourage something so important. I also wonder how they discourage someone from reporting the incident. With something as serious as HIV, you would think a school's reputation would come second to a person's health.
You should all be able to take the quiz without reading the notes, with the exception of one question. The material is something you have been reviewing daily.
ReplyDeleteDon't understand why schools would discourage students from reporting needle sticks. They happen. They are a fact of life. I think the schools have to rethink that policy.