Hey guys, it’s me again so I guess I can say that I’m just CRAZY busy with school, HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America), and scholarship applications.  We only have six months to go and I think senioritis is catching up with me.
With school we are almost done and sometimes it just doesn’t seem real to me yet.  Some of the Health Technology class recently went to Columbus, Ohio for HOSA competitions.  This is where our lab can compete in knowledge and skills of health care. Personally, I am on the HOSA bowl or Knowledge bowl where we compete with other school on how well we know health care and facts about HOSA.  This is a pretty exciting trip we get to stay in a hotel and just have a good time with the people you have grown close with through our journey through OHP.
Now some of you probably know this already, but I’m just going to say it again: apply, apply and apply for all the scholarships you can.  It’s free money that you can earn for just writing a paper that takes you maybe one hour.  I have personally been applying for many and it feels like I have written 100 papers, but if it helps me pay for college its all worth it.
So I know this school year is getting closer to the end!  Just push on through those hard times.  If you guys want to ask me questions about OHP, HOSA, or anything I’m hear and also on Facebook on the Journey page I’ll love♥ to answer any questions

Hey Everyone!

Sorry it has been awhile. I hope everyone had a good New Year and Christmas. It is hard to believe that in in a little over five months I along with the other seniors will be graduating. Everything is coming to a close here at Ohio Hi-Point soon and college choices are beginning to be made and finalized. Here at Hi-Point many doors have been opened for me because of my lab and all the opportunities that I have received. For all the people that don’t know a lot about the Health Tech II Lab, most of the seniors back in December took the STNA (State Tested Nurses Aide) test and received their STNA licenses. That was a wonderful experience for me and all the hard work, effort and studying for those tests payed off. I am currently in the processes of getting a job at a nursing home working as an aide. This would have been a very difficult task to achieve in high school if I would not have chosen to come here. Many of the nurses and staff that work there can not believe that I am a senior and I am able to work as an aide and pay for my college on my own now. Everyone says they wish they would have known about or had the opportunity to come to a school like this. To me Hi-Point has helped me get further ahead for college and my career and as the last months of school go by fast, just take a second to realize so far what your lab has done for you or is doing for you now, because if it is anything like mine I’m sure it is helping you out a lot.

Jess

Okay so we have some major updates for me! For starters, I passed my STNA (State-Tested Nurses Aide) exam, which was a big step for me in my health career. Next on the list is a more recent update! As of today (December 21, 2010) I am going to State Competition in HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) for prepared speaking! This will be both difficult and rewarding, because if I win, I will be on my way to California for National Competition.

You know what else is big news? Christmas is in 4 days! How exciting! That’s all for this post! I just wanted to update you on a few things. Everyone have a good break and happy holidays

Wow it was a stressful week for me last week, and I hope everyone else’s was good.  It was the week of our STNA testing and I am now an official STNA .  If anyone who is interested in nursing, STNA is something that is very valuable in becoming a registered nurse.
What a STNA stands for is a State-Tested Nursing Assistant.  During your senior year you’ll be taking the STNA course.  This course is very time-consuming but definitely worth it.  During this course you’ll spend four days outside of school at clinicals.  The clinicals are held at Heartland, a nursing home in Bellefontaine and it is fun meeting the residents and know that you made a difference in their life.
To become a STNA you must have certain characteristics and derives that  make you want to help others.  The residents love seeing happy, loving, and caring people who can take their own problems off to the side and focus on the residents.
My teacher Mrs. Purcell gave me a quote that everyone should follow if thinking about being a nurse. It is called “I AM THE DECISIVE ELEMENT”

“I’VE COME TO THE FRIGHTENING CONCLUSION THAT I AM THE DECISIVE ELEMENT IN A RESIDENT’S LIFE.  IT’S MY DAILY MOOD THAT MAKES THE WEATHER.  I POSSESS A TREMENDOUS POWER TO MAKE A RESIDENT’S LIFE MISERABLE OR JOYOUS.  I CAN BE A TOOL OF TORTURE OR AN INSTRUMENT OR INSPIRATION, I CAN HUMILIATE OR HUMOR, HURT OR HEAL, IN ALL SITUATIONS, IT IS MY RESPONSE THAT DECIDES IN ALL SITUATIONS, IT IS MY THAT DECIDES WHETHER A CRISIS WILL BE ESCALATED OR DE-ESCALATED AND A RESIDENT HUMANIZED OR DE-HUMANIZED.”—HAIM GONOTT

What this quote says to me is that we as the STNA’s are the ones who determine what our residents day is going to turn out.  So I know when working I won’t bring my problems to work, we are there to take care and make our residences days everything they deserve.
So if anyone of you have questions about anything about the STNA training I would be glad to help and answer everything I can.

peace and love,
Megan

Hello everyone! How are you all doing? I just wanted to give you all an update on how the STNA (State Tested Nurses Aide) state testing is going! The first bunch of students tested yesterday, including yours truly, and let me tell you, it was intense. It is a nerve-racking experience, and I’m still nervous. We don’t find out if we passed or not until later today. Until then, I’m going to be on edge. There are so many things counting on me passing this, including my career path. I’ll be sure to make a post about my results! Have a good day!

- Dylan

Hey Guys,

Many of the juniors are always saying nothing is ever hands-on in lab. However, if you just give it some time you will come to realize that later in the junior year, and definitely in the senior year, you will be doing a lot more hands-on activities. For the Health Tech lab especially this applies. Most of my junior year was book work and we didn’t get to go into the hands-on stuff very often but this year in the senior lab it has been like a complete flip. We are in the lab working on patients and learning are skills everyday, rather than just reading how to do it. So if you are feeling like you don’t get much hand on times in lab yet just give it time. The book work you are doing now and what us seniors did last year pays off big time when it comes time to do hands-on activities.

Jess