Your Nursing Update

Hey Guys!  One more month!!!  I'm so excited that in one more month I will be finished with my nursing program!  We just finished our last day at the hospital where we were doing clinical rotations.  The hospital you see pictured is a new hospital in Santa Maria and let me tell ya--it was an awesome hospital to train in!!!

So I will tell you that I got to work in various departments at the hospital including Med-Surg, OB, CCU, Pediatrics, and Labor and Delivery.  Med-Surg was my favorite!!!  Anyone out there love Med-Surg?  :))  Okay I really want to do a review of these departments for anyone who might be interested in reading about the various departments in the hospital:

1) OB--the floor women go after they have a baby--was alright but there is so much teaching involved.  I felt uneasy teaching these women how to be a mom when obviously I have NO experience in this area! Ha. 
2) Labor and Delivery was my second favorite.  Intense monitoring, lots of charting.  Things can change within seconds.  Lots of action.  Loved it. 
3)  Pediatrics.  No way.  Least favorite.  Really did not enjoy having kids associate me with pain.
4)  CCU--critical care unit--lots of monitoring.  People on ventilators.  Was really neat.  Really have to know what you're doing! I did go into the Emergency Room a few times while on my CCU rotations.  Saw some pretty amazing cases.  LOVED it! 
5)   Operating Room.  Saw a heart bypass surgery, total knee replacement, total hip replacement, C-section birth, and a neck bone fusion.  Do not want to work down there. 
6)  I loved Med/Surg--the medical/surgical unit-- the best because of the variety of cases that I treated/cared for.  I was able to apply all my learned nursing skills and become familiar with a variety of medical conditions.

Pictured here is my class on our last day of hospital clinicals.  It was an awesome experience.  I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to work there.  Nursing is an amazing field and I am so glad to be a part of the team!

 

We're Live!

Hey Fellow Blogger, the Gospel Lighthouse is live!  GospellighthouseLPC.com or click here:
http://gospellighthouselpc.com/home.html Stay tuned for updates!

~Elisabeth

Alana Graduates

Congratulations to my sister Alana for her academic accomplishment.  She graduated on May 26 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.  Im proud of you, Bub!  

So my mom, dad, and I flew up to Washington for the big event.  We never did take a picture together so i posted an old one of the 4 of us.  Bella our poodle stares out the window waiting for our return... And then the graduation pics begin.  

Garden Party at the President's house(plantation?)for all the graduates

JD on the end, Aunt Nancy and Uncle George,  G and G Hurtt and me.  

Gospel Lighthouse of Lompoc, California

Here is a presentation of the Gospel Lighthouse of Lompoc, California.  Enjoy the pictures and the people.
(For some reason this presentation keeps looping to other presentations.  No idea where it ends.  This clip is only 3 minutes though)

Howdy

Hi Folks. This is me going crazy studying for tomorrows pharmacology test. I need a break so here i am. This is going to be a long night... Thanks to all who are leaving me comments. Love it. Jessica so glad to hear from you. Miss those chorale practices playing with ya... Hope all is well. Nursing school girls-- thanks for the enc. thats all for now. Ill be back again soon!

Nursing School

Here are a couple pictures live from nursing school! in our program we have weekly tests of which we are required to score no less than a 77%. if we do score lower we are given 1 opportunity to remediate. PRESSURE!!! Despite the pressure, large amounts of weekly memorization, copious amounts of homework, and early school hours, I love being in nursing school. Our clinical days are so fun and I especially enjoy introducing myself as Nurse Elisabeth! God is my Help. I could not have made it this far without Him.

Indiana Bible College ANTHEM TO OUR GOD

Photoshoot

 

Happy Valentine's Day!  It is a beautiful 70-degree day in California and I'm looking forward to a 3-day weekend.  Yes! :)) 

 

Here are some pictures we took at CMas time... 

Photography by Daniel Truck.

 

 

The Best Month of The Year



Hello Everyone! Picking up from my last post I will open by saying "Don't blame me, I voted for Romney!" :))  Since I last blogged....

 

My parents went to Brazil to inaugurate a new church started by one of their Bible school couples.  The Lompoc church donated clothing which my parents delivered to this couple to distribute to the new converts in their church.  Here is the duffle bag full of clothes...



 

Twenty-Eight first time visitors were present at the inauguration service.  God is opening doors in this new area!

 

Right before my parents went to Brazil, we hosted the Wilson family.  I really enjoyed them and their ministry.  They did a few services in Spanish, too!  

 



We went to the Acts 2:38 Conference in Bakersfield.  What an amazing facility for a youth conference.  I was so impressed with their system and organization.  

 



 

THANK GOD!  We finally bought a house.  I love this house and after living for so long in our Brazlian house and then a fifth-wheel, this house feels very luxurious.  I am very, very thankful.  

 

So here we are in 2013, exactly 2 weeks away from my birthday. January is the BEST month of the year! It has been wonderful so far--I have just come off of a 2-week vacation from school and this weekend we are granted a day off for Martin Luther King Jr Day. YES! Happy January, everyone!