Vacation

It's official. I'm on vacation now. Melissa and I snuck off to SoCal for a short weekend jaunt. It's good though b/c I think we both needed to get away from the madness and the "drama" that is orientation right now. More updates to come.

It's Official...

I'm happy to report that I have now entered the ranks of being a Registered Nurse. No more slacking off as a student or proclaiming that I am just a "GN." Now it's time to truly show them what I've got. I have to say when I went to work on Friday night I honestly didn't feel any different about being an RN versus a GN versus an SPN. It pretty much all feels the same, but now I guess it's the added responsibility and accountability that I'm supposed to have over myself that makes it truly different. Anyways, now that I'm an RN I think it's time to take a vacation already. Get away from the chaos that is orientation and take a break.

NCLEX...Hmmmmmm

So, it's Monday the 13th and I took my NCLEX today. Well, Melissa and I took it this a.m. to be exact. It was um, interesting for lack of a better word. I wouldn't exactly call it a "cinch" but some of the questions dumbfounded me b/c they had absolutely nothing to do with nursing. My "magic number" was 76. It's one of those things that makes you go hmmmmm, because you can pretty much get any number between 75 and 265 and pass or fail. Ya...hmmm, still makes me wonder. How exactly did this test measure whether or not I'm fit to be a nurse? Let's hope it picked up on the fact I've been working in an ER for a year and my preceptr feels like I'm ready to be a nurse and I've graduated from an accredited school of nursing so that should be good enough to pass me. Meanwhile I turn to sleep and prayer in an effort to get through the next 48 hours before I can find out the results. Stay tuned for more updates.

PediCURE...

Studying has been less than stellar this week. I have to say the best studying this far was going to the beach with Melissa on Saturday and cramming before our oscar party on Sunday. Though we did get a bunch of studying done today before our trip to "pedicure" our troubles away. It was really nice to be able to have someone literally scrub our troubles away as we capped off the management questions in our book. Needless to say, I'm feeling like I need to get back to the books despite my desire to throw them out the window. I guess with my newly painted toes it's the least I can do...spend more time cramming. Perhaps I'm over-studying, but I guess I won't know until I confer with my cohorts whom are taking the boards tomorrow. To all of you whom will be taking the boards tomorrow....this pedicure was for you. Good luck. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Studying Schmudying

I hate studying. I think I've hated studying throughout the entire course of nursing school. Yep, I think that I've hated it forever. Even the "all-nighters" that were more about hanging out at IHOP or Waffle House in College Station were not my favorite things to do. Don't get me wrong, I love my friends, but I LOVE my SLEEP more. In honor of trying 'alternative means' to study Melissa and I hit galveston yesterday to study. Surprisingly, we got more studying done freezing our assets off on the beach than I could ever hope to do on my own. So, to that end it's time to "Hit the Books at the Beach." If we were only at the beach in LA to do it :) Alrighty, back to those books I detest so much :)

The End of Nursing School

With nursing school over I'm sort of at a loss for new names for my blog. How about...What's next? I guess that's as far as I can get considering I should be studying for that NCLEX right now and I can't seem to drag myself any further than out of bed in the a.m. So, since I'm not going to get any studying done today I will officially change the name of this blog to What's Next ?? Chronicles of life after Nursing school.