My brain is tired from studying.

But I managed to drag myself up and haul myself to my Small Animal
Nursing lab practical, worth 50 points

25 multiple choice - Very easy, I only can pray that her lecture final
is this easy.

Station 1- IV Catheter placement - 5 pts - I think I did okay on this
one, although a fake leg with a tough rubber tube filled with red fluid
as a vein is a poor substitute for the real thing.  And thank goodness
even though i didn't get any flash of red fluid, she said that was
okay.  Then the taping was pretty easy too.

Station 2 - Bandaging - 5 pts - Bandaging is reasonably easy as long as
you keep everything neat and covered.  I placed a bandaged on a stuffed
animal and I think it was okay.

Station 3 - CPR - 10 pts - my scenario was a 16 pound obese cat that
had a thready pulse but wasn't breathing.  What do you do?  I explained
that first I would verify the respiratory arrest, but make sure that
the cat had not gone into cardiac arrest.  (I saw her nod, and I knew
that I had made a valid point)  The CPR animal dummy already had an
endotracheal tube, so all I had to do was hook him up to the machine
and perform manual breathing.  Most of everything was already set up,
all I really had to do was connect the tubing, fill the bag and start
pressing.  I think I did okay, but it was so easy, i had this feeling I
forgot something.

Station 4 - Dental Charting - 5 pts - I thought i had done okay, but it
wasn't until afterwards that I realized i had charted the wrong tooth.
*sigh*  Never ask someone who is dyslexic to chart a tooth.  Cause on a
dental chart the right is left and left is right and it doesn't help to
realize afterwards that I neglected to notice that the model was
purposely put upside down in the first place to mess us up.
Grrrrrr......  Ah, it's only 5 pts.

I was so tired by that point, i just wanted to get it overwith and get
out of there.

But overall, I think i did okay.  Now I have three hours to study for
my Small Animal Nursing Lecture final. I'm pretty confident about most
of the stuff, but I'm worried about the pharmacology.

I have three classes, but each has a lab final and a lecture final, so
if you want to get technical I have six finals.  One of them is a take
home which is good.  Urgh, i just want to get this overwith......

Will keep you updated on the rest of my finals.  

Kristi