Getting off track....

Ok am I the only one who starts getting off track at the end of the semester? I don't remember doing this in my other semesters & maybe I've just gotten sidetracked b/c my children have been out of school for two weeks, but dang if I don't feel like I've been derailed. Last night I had an online test due & also a lab paper & darn it if I didn't forget to turn in my lab!! Now we are only allowed to turn in our labs three times before we fail the class & the first time I knew I was going to turn it in late (that was they day of my paper disaster & I just couldn't face it), but last night I just totally blanked on it & didn't turn it in!!! Of course I left school early the other day & then totally ditched my class on Wednesday, so I think I just got a little off course b/c of all of this. BUT guess what I got on my TERRIBLE paper? An 89!!! Can you believe that?!! She must have been REALLY lenient on that grading scale, but hey, I'll take it. Now as far as the major things are concnerned I only have 2 more papers (one is really small) & a portfolio to turn in & then it's tests & finals only. Only 4 more weeks of actual class & then FINALS!!! So, here are my grades so far. Assessment C (I HATE that I have a C in that class, I'm really hoping to pull that up with these next two tests). Gerontology A, Patho B, Nursing Trends A and Professionalism A. That's pretty good right? Then all I have to do is get 75% on my final assessment & I'll be good to go!! I have to say that although I don't feel much more prepared to be a nurse after this semester I am still loving the direction my life is going.
Hope everyone has had a great week, the weekend is JUST around the corner! :)

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Got the job!!

So the director of the Med/Surg floor said I would hear something by today and well, I waited as long as I could before calling her seeing as I hadn't heard from her. I said I would wait until 4:00 but by 3:30 I was chomping at the bit so I called her. She said "I was just filling out your paperwork to offer you the job"!!! Yay me!! Now I know it's just a PCT/CNA job, but hey it gets my foot in the door right? I've talked to several of my friends who are in the semesters ahead of me & they've all said the same thing. "Get a job NOW". I have one friend who said she can't even get a PCT job b/c no one will hire her b/c she's too close to graduating. I never thought of that. Why wouldn't they want to hire you knowing that soon you'd be able to be a nurse there?? I don't know, but I am glad to have the job. The director said she thinks the pay is $10 an hour, which is pretty dece...

I'm still not sure...

DONE with my ER rotation! As a matter of fact that means I'm DONE with clinicals period! Woohoo!!! Friday was my last real clinical in nursing school. I worked 6 twelve hour shifts in the ER & I can truly say that I would feel 90% comfortable going straight to the ER from nursing school. Besides the actual trauma codes that come in, I feel like I could easily handle what goes on in that ER straight out of nursing school. I thought that I would LOVE ER, and I did to an extent, but what I really found out in this clinical was that I just DON'T KNOW . I don't know exactly what I want to do yet as far as being a nurse, and honestly I just don't think I would really LOVE any nursing job. I know that I want to be a NP & therefore nursing positions to me don't really hold a great appeal. That being said, I don't know yet 100% what dept. I want to to work in, and what I really came to realize is that I don't think I'm going to kno...

Night shift...

The other day I got a text to work night shift, 7p-7a. Well by the time I read the text it was already 3 pm & needless to say I wasn't going to get very much sleep beforehand if I was to work that shift so I compromised & told the floor supervisor that I would work until 2 am. Now mind you this is my first hospital job & working nights was of course something I'd never done, so I was interested to see what it was all about. Can I just say how much I love night shift? I mean talk about a MUCH more relaxed environment, I mean whoa the difference between night & day is, well, like night & day ;) If you've worked night shift you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. No baths, no feedings, no visitors, no office personnel, I mean strictly meds & paperwork. Uh hello night shift glad to have met you. So here's what I'm thinking. I never thought I could d...

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