Hello everyone!!
I must start out first by saying, Neuro isn't shaping up to be as bad as I had orginally thought or expected. Things are going smoothly thus far! Although I might add, test number 1 will occur at the end of this week, so my opinions could quite possibly change! Quizzes are going surprisingly well, and I'm trucking through it (so far). The end of the quarters are always the roughest because you know that a break is shortly around the corner!And although spring break is only a week, it's a much anticipated week, I'm preparing to relax and have tons of fun! So my focus right now is very limited! With that said, it's hard to stay focused, I just have to keep reminding myself, I'm almost done and this class will be over before I know it!
But with all that said, I'm especially missing my mother/baby class!!! It's a whole different ball game in mother/baby than any med/surg type unit! It's wonderful! It was my heart, and I certainly hope to be back there someday! That was the first class, I really looked forward to going to clinical/class to!!! So I'm especially missing the land of moms/babies tonight when I'm thinking about all this lovely neuro stuff I should be studying! For example : Increased ICP, Brain Tumors, Parkinsons, MS, Spinal Cord Injury, Visual/Auditory disturbances....etc... the list could go on and on! But you get the drift!!! Anyways...
~ 3 care plans to go until Spring Break! ~
Sara
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
In the Land of Neuro..... Day 1....
Hello all!
Today was switch day, so no more mother/baby for me and now we're on to neuro. I didn't realize how much I would miss mother/baby. But I miss it SOOOO much! And just to think.... it's only the first day in neuro.
Although, I think neuro will be interesting... it's definitely not my heart.
I do considered myself, and my class blessed. Even though we didn't get the theory instructor we had hoped for... I do believe we have an amazing clinical instructor. Incredibly helpful, funny, wants you to get as much clinical experience as possible, and easy going! Which is great in a clinical instructor.
Even though neuro is not my thing, I'm going to try to go into this quarter with an open mind and heart. Trying not to let the horror stories freak me out!! Lots of prayers will be needed the next 5 and a half weeks!
As for right now I'm gonna take it one care plan at a time,
Sara
Today was switch day, so no more mother/baby for me and now we're on to neuro. I didn't realize how much I would miss mother/baby. But I miss it SOOOO much! And just to think.... it's only the first day in neuro.
Although, I think neuro will be interesting... it's definitely not my heart.
I do considered myself, and my class blessed. Even though we didn't get the theory instructor we had hoped for... I do believe we have an amazing clinical instructor. Incredibly helpful, funny, wants you to get as much clinical experience as possible, and easy going! Which is great in a clinical instructor.
Even though neuro is not my thing, I'm going to try to go into this quarter with an open mind and heart. Trying not to let the horror stories freak me out!! Lots of prayers will be needed the next 5 and a half weeks!
As for right now I'm gonna take it one care plan at a time,
Sara
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Twenty- Two...
I hope everyone enjoys my blog! I will try to update it as much as I can, and I hope to be an encouragement to everyone whether they are just starting nursing school or only have a few months left. Hope you enjoy my ramblings/ experiences as a nursing student!! As for me I have approximately 22 weeks left of nursing school left!!! As hard as that is for me to comprehend I have all kinds of emotions going through me. I'm extremely excited but a little nervous, all the more while anxious, and happy! ( More on that later)
Mother/ Baby
This has been BY FAR my favorite class in nursing school so far!!! I loved every minute of the class, and especially clinicals! The experiences were wonderful! It was just SO amazing to take care of new families, and see the wonderful miracle of life. It boggles my mind that these little babies thrived, and grew inside their mothers for 9 whole months. All the while, preparing to enter this world. It was such a joy to see happy new moms, precious babies, and joyful dads! I absolutely loved the teaching aspect of mother/baby. It was just a wonderful experience ... every bit of it! This is the first quarter where I actually looked forward to getting up at a ridiculous hour to go to clinical!! I'm so sad that my mother/baby rotation is coming to an end and next week I will move on to Neuro.
Hopefully someday I will be back where I'm supposed to be in Mother/baby!!!
22
Even though, I still have 2 and a half quarters left of nursing school, that is nothing compared to the five and a half I've already endured. Struggling with late nights,early mornings, working while trying to go to school, 45 page care plans, intense check offs, and extremely bad test anxiety.... Jesus has been with me all through my doubts and struggles. Even when I thought I could do it all by myself, when I thought I only should rely on myself; he was there with me all the way!
Now I can finally say the light at the end of the tunnel is finally becoming visible! Actually now that I look back, when I was a baby nursing student, just learning the fundamentals I never thought I would make it. I didn't think I would see even a glimpse of the light. I doubted too much , and wasn't sure if I was cut out for this,not that it wasn't what I wanted to do (because nursing is definitely what I want to do) But rather the stress of everything nursing school, I didn't think I could handle. But I'm SO incredibly happy I did, because now I can finally say it was worth it!
Although, I still have 22 weeks left to go, I couldn't have gotten this far without God, my wonderful family and amazing encouraging friends. And I couldn't forget all of my wonderful classmates and teachers. I have been truly blessed each quarter with great fellow future nurses and don't know what I would have done without them!
To all you future nurses out there, people thinking about nursing, or entering nursing school: **You CAN do it!
***The light at the end of the tunnel , will come!!
****Study whenever you can! And DON'T change your answers on tests! (Unless you absolutely know you clicked the wrong one!)
Taking it one care plan at a time,
Sara
Mother/ Baby
This has been BY FAR my favorite class in nursing school so far!!! I loved every minute of the class, and especially clinicals! The experiences were wonderful! It was just SO amazing to take care of new families, and see the wonderful miracle of life. It boggles my mind that these little babies thrived, and grew inside their mothers for 9 whole months. All the while, preparing to enter this world. It was such a joy to see happy new moms, precious babies, and joyful dads! I absolutely loved the teaching aspect of mother/baby. It was just a wonderful experience ... every bit of it! This is the first quarter where I actually looked forward to getting up at a ridiculous hour to go to clinical!! I'm so sad that my mother/baby rotation is coming to an end and next week I will move on to Neuro.
Hopefully someday I will be back where I'm supposed to be in Mother/baby!!!
22
Even though, I still have 2 and a half quarters left of nursing school, that is nothing compared to the five and a half I've already endured. Struggling with late nights,early mornings, working while trying to go to school, 45 page care plans, intense check offs, and extremely bad test anxiety.... Jesus has been with me all through my doubts and struggles. Even when I thought I could do it all by myself, when I thought I only should rely on myself; he was there with me all the way!
Now I can finally say the light at the end of the tunnel is finally becoming visible! Actually now that I look back, when I was a baby nursing student, just learning the fundamentals I never thought I would make it. I didn't think I would see even a glimpse of the light. I doubted too much , and wasn't sure if I was cut out for this,not that it wasn't what I wanted to do (because nursing is definitely what I want to do) But rather the stress of everything nursing school, I didn't think I could handle. But I'm SO incredibly happy I did, because now I can finally say it was worth it!
Although, I still have 22 weeks left to go, I couldn't have gotten this far without God, my wonderful family and amazing encouraging friends. And I couldn't forget all of my wonderful classmates and teachers. I have been truly blessed each quarter with great fellow future nurses and don't know what I would have done without them!
To all you future nurses out there, people thinking about nursing, or entering nursing school: **You CAN do it!
***The light at the end of the tunnel , will come!!
****Study whenever you can! And DON'T change your answers on tests! (Unless you absolutely know you clicked the wrong one!)
Taking it one care plan at a time,
Sara
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