A Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Things are beginning to finally come together with nursing school. I have about 4 months left. Actually 3 months and 26 days to be exact, but who is counting? :) It has been a hard, but rewarding journey. I think know I think like an RN. Or at least I am trying to. I received the best compliment yesterday while working as a CNA. I was told by the two RNs that I acted like an RN who was trying to hold back. It is really difficult to go from RN mode at clinical to remembering you are a CNA at work so I do not act outside my scope of practice.

I have just 4 classes to complete this semester. That right 4! This semester is a little different than the rest. I will be taking Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing the entire 16 weeks. During the first 8 of that I will also take a Leadership class and complete my preceptor, which is basically an internship. During the last 8 weeks, I will take Psychiatric and Geriatrics with a clinical for each. And then, it is finals, graduated and study study study for my NCLEX (my state board exam that allows me to practice as an RN). I will be completely finished with everything before Bryce returns. He and I are excited to have some time to just be married and not have to worry about school. So many times we couldn't go somewhere or do something because I had a test and had to study.

Speaking of preceptors, I have been assigned to Auora Behavioral Heath. I will be working adolescent psych. I am really excited to learn as much as I can. Maybe it can even turn into my first RN job. I like psych because there is a stigma there that most people believe. They think these people aren't actually sick. I think mainly because you can't "see" any of the symptoms. But telling a patient with bi-polar disease to not take their meds or just "be strong" is the same as telling a patient with asthma to not take their breathing treatments. I would love to be part of the change in society's thinking about this area. And at the same time make a difference in some kids and teenagers lives.

That's all for now. Post my be short or non-existent at times here depending on my work load, but I will do my best!