The Coolest Thing

So, I learned the coolest thing from Nurse Rockstar yesterday! Okay, so you know how when a patient gets a transplant they have to go on anti-rejection medication for the rest of their lives because their cells recognize the new organ as foreign matter and do their best to kill it dead? Well, get this. The reason that happens is that all of our cells are, well, sort of bar-coded. They are specific types of cells that are unique to the individual person. Unless. Well, as it turns out, there is a period of time after a baby is born, a few months, BEFORE their cells are bar-coded. That means that if a baby is born with a malfunctioning heart he can have a heart transplant and his body will NEVER recognize it as foreign. It thinks the heart was there all along. Isn't that AMAZING?! The body is so cool.

Today was P-cubed. It went well...we did our first validation. It was on passive range of motion and restraints. That went fine. We're headed into occupied bedmaking and bedpans. Hooray. So, that's today. Now, it's off to study!