As of 1:53 this afternoon exams are over and I am officially finished with my first semester of nursing school! So that's one semester down & four to go! (spring, summer, fall, and spring again)
1st day in the uniform, including no makeup since I was headed to a bathing lab :) Fun day!
The past sixteen weeks have completely changed my life! Nursing is becoming part of who I am & another lense that I view the world through.
First day wearing the stethoscope
Its hard to believe that it was only this summer that I was anxiously waiting to begin this journey. And now I've spent eight weeks in a nursing home and then eight weeks working at the hospital.
and loved every.single.minute!
My clinical group. These guys were awesome!
I'm off for the next three weeks and so happy for a break!
Although, come January I will definitely be ready to get back to the grind of exams and hospital visits!
I've been sitting in lots of orientation classes and it all seems kind of surreal!
Two yearsago, I was just beginning my college education & itching to get to the "real" nursing stuff
Two yearsfrom now, I will graduate
right now, I'm beginning that journey of becoming a nurse
I'm learning to listen to patients, calculate dosages, start an IV, assess progress, be compassionate, and all of the other things that makes a person a nurse
This video was part of a tutorial I had to watch for pharmacology last night -
