Better than I thought

Well, it is 1 week into my most dreaded rotation, but I must say that it really isn’t that bad. Actually, it may turn out to be one of the best rotations I take. It has been very busy, but I definitely needed that after the last two dreadfully slow months. I am usually there from 7 until 5, although I am occasionally there by 6 a.m. to prepare for rounds. Even though the hours are long, the time flies by because I am so busy. I have already learned a ton of stuff and seen lots of new and interesting problems/people. I probably won’t have much time to write because projects, papers, and presentations are coming up, on top of all my other duties, so I expected to be even busier! I will be sure to write a post at the end of the month summarizing this rotation…So far so good!

In other news…Amanda and I went to Nashville for the 4th. Despite the sunburn, we had an awesome and relaxing (for the most part) time. We spent some time on the lake, where I got to command the G-Daddy across the lake and was the first to pull boat with the in-laws new Dodge Ram. We also attended Amanda’s cousin’s Graduation party and saw three Firework shows.

We also went to Franklin, KY and checked out some houses. We will hopefully buy a house this fall instead of renting, pending our loan approval. Here is a link to the first house we picked out. The picture definitely doesn’t do it justice. Everything in this house is custom made and beautiful–there wasn’t a thing we didn’t like. The grass still needs to be sewn, and a few other minor details finished before the house is completely finished, but it is almost done! Hopefully it will be ours in a couple months! Check it out here and here!

Until next time…

Not so bad

Well, the first day of my most dreaded rotation is over and I am still alive. Tired, but alive. Luckily, the rotation will be more Adult Internal Medicine and less Pharmacokinetics. I started at around 7 with a short orientation to the rotation and expectations, then 1 1/2 hour computer training, then got to round with the physicians and residents for about a half-hour, then another hour of orientation. After that, I got the chance to review the patients assigned to my medical team. The number of patients can range from about 3-5 to about 16-18. Luckily, I only had 7 patients, and 2-3 will be gone by tomorrow. However, my team is on-call tomorrow, so I expect to gain several more patients. Thursday will definitely be rough. But at least I get out early Thursday and am off for the weekend and get to go to Tennessee to visit the family and hit the lake!

I pretty much spent most of my afternoon reading my patients charts and getting to know them and whats going on with their care. Then, for about 2 hours, the PharmD resident, my preceptor, and I met and discussed our patients and their drug treatments & monitoring that is needed. My patients range from those with MRSA staph infections and Urinary tract infections to end stage kidney disease and HIV. When I go in tomorrow morning, I will have to review the charts to see what transpired overnight. Then, around 9, I will meet up with the medical team to round with the physicians and visit the patients. Who knows what I’ll be doing in the afternoon. The first day wasn’t too bad at all. I expect to carry long hours, but I think I will learn a ton of information this month. I need a fast-paced, information rotation, because the last two were surely lacking! I will keep you posted!

More White Coat Ceremony Pics

Here are some more pictures of the UK COP 2009 White Coat Ceremony, courtesy of the UK COP Website. Click the link below.

http://www.mc.uky.edu/pharmacy/news/py3_whitecoat.html