It has really been a challenge for me to manage my time lately. I have been basically overwhelmed with school work, classes, labs, physical therapy, and Young Life. This coming week I have a test in Fundamentals of Nursing on Monday, and then on Wednesday I have a test in Health Assessment for nursing. It is a lot of work, I tell ya. It is not easy to make time for all of these things in addition to fun activities and what every college student loves, SLEEP!
BUT, all this to say, I love being busy. It is just hard sometimes.
More to come soon, I am going to the Cleveland County fair this week, so that should be an experience of a lifetime!
Peace,Love,&Jesus,
Bryanna
Monday, September 29, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Hey Y'all!
Thursday is when I have my 2 nursing labs. The labs are great because we have most of our labs in a place called Crawley Hospital. Crawley Hospital is an extended-care facility for elderly people, but Gardner-Webb has access to a wing of this facility and we use it as our nursing lab. It is great because it is set up like an actual hospital with private patient rooms, beds, etc. Each bed also has a patient-dummy in the room so we practice real skills on the dummy.
Today we practiced putting restraints on patients, transporting patients, and assisting patients with crutches and walkers. Next week we will have a skills evaluation on the skills we practiced today.
One of my professors has been ill and has missed several classes. She is in our prayers and hopefully will return soon.
The swim team is underway with full length and full intensity practices. Even though I am not swimming this year because of my back injury, I still spend time in the office and hanging out with a few girls on the team. My duties as manager will really pick up once meets start in October. I am really excited for this to happen so I can hang out with everyone on the team. Our first team trip is October 11 and we are traveling to Atlanta (my hometown!!) to have a Saturday morning practice with GA Tech and then go to the GA Tech vs. Gardner-Webb football game! That should be a lot of fun!! :)
This weekend I am headed up to Windy Gap! Windy Gap is a Young Life camp near Asheville, NC! My roommate Casey, our friend Sarah, and I are all headed up there to do some volunteer work on Saturday. Sarah and I will be working in the horse barn and taking campers out on trail rides and Casey will be one the the crew who operates the ropes course.
Young Life is going great in Cleveland County and we are taking OUR high schoolers next weekend to camp at Windy Gap! I can't wait for them to get to have a great weekend and get to hear more about Jesus!
Much love y'all!
Bry
Today we practiced putting restraints on patients, transporting patients, and assisting patients with crutches and walkers. Next week we will have a skills evaluation on the skills we practiced today.
One of my professors has been ill and has missed several classes. She is in our prayers and hopefully will return soon.
The swim team is underway with full length and full intensity practices. Even though I am not swimming this year because of my back injury, I still spend time in the office and hanging out with a few girls on the team. My duties as manager will really pick up once meets start in October. I am really excited for this to happen so I can hang out with everyone on the team. Our first team trip is October 11 and we are traveling to Atlanta (my hometown!!) to have a Saturday morning practice with GA Tech and then go to the GA Tech vs. Gardner-Webb football game! That should be a lot of fun!! :)
This weekend I am headed up to Windy Gap! Windy Gap is a Young Life camp near Asheville, NC! My roommate Casey, our friend Sarah, and I are all headed up there to do some volunteer work on Saturday. Sarah and I will be working in the horse barn and taking campers out on trail rides and Casey will be one the the crew who operates the ropes course.
Young Life is going great in Cleveland County and we are taking OUR high schoolers next weekend to camp at Windy Gap! I can't wait for them to get to have a great weekend and get to hear more about Jesus!
Much love y'all!
Bry
Hello Friends!
Today has been very relaxing for me! Starting in October, I will have my nursing clinicals on Tuesdays, but until then it is a day of rest and catching up! I went to physical therapy this morning for my back injury and then met up with some friends in the Caf for lunch. The Caf always has ice cream available, but today I got really excited because they had Moose-Tracks! Yum!
Across the street from campus we have Broad River Coffee shop! It is a great place to hang out with friends or grab a cup of coffee and study... Thats what I did this afternoon. I had myself a nice Caramel Latte and did some reading for my Fundamentals of Nursing Class.
Tonight I went to what is called The Verge. I had never been before, but it was super fun. We sang a few worship songs and then listened to Clayton King. He is a native of the area and of Gardner-Webb and I really enjoyed what he had to say about living a Christian life! Also, there were 8 people that gave their life to Christ tonight at this service! How awesome!
Hope all is well!
Peace,love,&Jesus,
Bry
Across the street from campus we have Broad River Coffee shop! It is a great place to hang out with friends or grab a cup of coffee and study... Thats what I did this afternoon. I had myself a nice Caramel Latte and did some reading for my Fundamentals of Nursing Class.
Tonight I went to what is called The Verge. I had never been before, but it was super fun. We sang a few worship songs and then listened to Clayton King. He is a native of the area and of Gardner-Webb and I really enjoyed what he had to say about living a Christian life! Also, there were 8 people that gave their life to Christ tonight at this service! How awesome!
Hope all is well!
Peace,love,&Jesus,
Bry
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Man! What a busy day today has been.
This morning I went to one of my nursing labs like I always do on Thursdays, but today we met in the library to do research for a project. Daniel, Victoria, and I are making a skit about a patient with a UTI... to be presented sometime in October. Nursing is so great because we have jumped right into everything and we have already had some hands on experience with each other and our practice dummies. Later in the day I had what is called a "Check Off", or a Simulation for nursing. This is where we are graded on our skills aspect of nursing. I had to give my dummy a proper bed bath and also put on nursing protective wear (gown, gloves, mask) the correct way. Although it made me really nervous, I did fine and it was actually fun.
I went to work from 5-7 in the admissions office. After work I grabbed a meal to go from "The Kennel." The Kennel is a place where we can get meals when the Caf is not open or we just want a different atmosphere.
Around 7:15 I met up with some friends at the Boiling Springs Town Hall for an event called College Life. College Life is a great way to get to know fellow college students and get to know a few leaders from the Boiling Springs/Shelby Community. My friend Daniel who I mentioned earlier met me there and we had a fun time with about 25 or so other students. At CL we sang a few songs, played a version of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? and it was really fun.
As if the day wasn't already long enough, when CL ended, I jumped into my car to go to a Crest High School JV football game. I am a Young Life leader in Cleveland County and I minister to kids at Crest High School. (Young Life is a national Christian organization that specializes in outreach ministry to high school and middle school students.) Young Life is great and I absolutely love getting to know girls that go to Crest High School. More to come later, folks!
Peace,love,&Jesus,
Bryanna
I went to work from 5-7 in the admissions office. After work I grabbed a meal to go from "The Kennel." The Kennel is a place where we can get meals when the Caf is not open or we just want a different atmosphere.
Around 7:15 I met up with some friends at the Boiling Springs Town Hall for an event called College Life. College Life is a great way to get to know fellow college students and get to know a few leaders from the Boiling Springs/Shelby Community. My friend Daniel who I mentioned earlier met me there and we had a fun time with about 25 or so other students. At CL we sang a few songs, played a version of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? and it was really fun.
As if the day wasn't already long enough, when CL ended, I jumped into my car to go to a Crest High School JV football game. I am a Young Life leader in Cleveland County and I minister to kids at Crest High School. (Young Life is a national Christian organization that specializes in outreach ministry to high school and middle school students.) Young Life is great and I absolutely love getting to know girls that go to Crest High School. More to come later, folks!
Peace,love,&Jesus,
Bryanna
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Why GWU?
Hey Everyone! I'm Bryanna and I am a sophomore from Atlanta, GA. I came to Gardner-Webb because I loved the swim team and GWU has a great nursing program. I visited GWU during the spring of my senior year of high school and like some GWU students I did not want to come here.
The swim coach continued to pursue me in hopes that I would join the team. After a few weeks, it was evident that God really wanted me here at Gardner-Webb, and the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to come here.
Coming to GWU has been one of the best decisions I have ever made.
There are so many things that GWU has to offer that most colleges do not. The first thing that comes to mind as I write this is "The Caf."
The Caf is our cafeteria, and it is our only cafeteria. Most larger schools have several, but we just have the Caf. The Caf is a great place to eat and hang out with friends. I always see people I know in the Caf and it is a good environment to spend time with my favorite people.
More to come on GWU Swimming, Nursing Program, and Young Life in my next entries!!
Peace,love&Jesus,
Bryanna
The swim coach continued to pursue me in hopes that I would join the team. After a few weeks, it was evident that God really wanted me here at Gardner-Webb, and the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to come here.
Coming to GWU has been one of the best decisions I have ever made.
There are so many things that GWU has to offer that most colleges do not. The first thing that comes to mind as I write this is "The Caf."
The Caf is our cafeteria, and it is our only cafeteria. Most larger schools have several, but we just have the Caf. The Caf is a great place to eat and hang out with friends. I always see people I know in the Caf and it is a good environment to spend time with my favorite people.
More to come on GWU Swimming, Nursing Program, and Young Life in my next entries!!
Peace,love&Jesus,
Bryanna
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