BSU Football and Boise State12 Nov 2009 03:27 pm
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Boise State is #4 in the BCS rankings!
The first Bullshit Championship Series (BCS) rankings came out this last Sunday and our 6-0 Boise State Broncos are ranked the 4th best team in the country. This is our highest ever BCS ranking. We finished the 2006-2007 season ranked 5th after the Fiesta Bowl win against the Oklahoma Sooners.
I volunteered at Frontier Elementary’s Field Day and got to run the tug 0′ war station. When I had breaks I took the opportunity to get some pictures of Abbie and her class having fun.
I remember having field day and we had mostly track events. Our two fun events consisted of frisbee throw and shoe kick. Now days they just play in the water.
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- Abbie waiting in line to search for marbles.
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- Searching for marbles
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- Logan racing back with his marble.
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- Waiting for their turns.
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- Searching for another marble.
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- Abbie blowing bubbles at Logan.
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- Logan playing with bubbles.
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- Pull!
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- Winning at tug o' war.
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- Playing in the pool of water bombs.
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- Picking up the water bombs.
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- Playing in the water.
Today was my first day on the floor in my acute care clinical. I spent the morning in the Cardiac Observation Unit at St. Luke’s downtown. I had the opportunity to start an IV, and to see a Transesophageal Echocardiogram, or TEE, followed by a direct current cardioversion.
The patient had atrial fibrillation, or a-fib, which means the atrium of the heart was not conducting current correctly so she had irregular atrial contraction. Atrial fibrillation is the most common dysrhythmia in the USA, affecting approximately 1 in 136 adults. Atrial rate can be over 350 beats per minute with a-fib, and ventricular contractions from 50-180 bpm. A-fib can cause pooling or collecting of blood in the atrium that increases the chance of blood clot formation. These blood clots can dislodge and pass to the brain and cause a stroke.
Top: A-fib heart rhythm, Bottom: Normal Sinus Rhythm
I got a permanent position at St. Luke’s!
I found out yesterday that HR has approved the CCU/Telemetry department’s request to keep me on after my summer externship and roll me into a permanent, benefit eligible position in the Telemetry Unit in Meridian effective August 17th. I get to keep my current position as a Nurse Apprentice which allows me to keep my pay rate as well as train for extra duties such as Unit/Telemetry Clerk, EKG, and/or phlebotomy.
I am pretty excited because they are open to my requested schedule around my classes. The benefits are not as great as they were at UPS, but the flexible schedule, more hours, better pay, and unique clinical experience more than make up for it.
