The papers and presentations have been submitted and graded. The clinical hours have been completed and logged. It is over. Tomorrow is graduation rehearsal and our CNL exam. Saturday is the big day. There were moments when I doubted I would make it. But make it we did. More musings to come soon…
Category Archive: Life As A Nursing Student
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Apr
18
Stumping
As you may or may not be able to tell from this blog, I’m somewhat of a political junkie. I’m also a feminist. Hello, Captain Obvious. I make no apologies for my beliefs but I have generally tried to be careful about broadcasting them far and wide, for fear of alienating readers. But I learned …
Apr
16
Unscrewed
So that mandatory training I supposedly never did turned out to be a lovely computer glitch. Apparently hundreds, if not thousands, of employees were accidentally de-accessed in one fell swoop, and adding them back in had to be addressed one-by-one as we each became aware of the problem. It was quite the cluster. A few …
Apr
02
Screwed
Aaaaaaaaand, there goes my QI project. I was supposed to be days away from finishing my chart audits. About a week away from completing my data analysis. Ten days away from ordering my poster to present at two conferences. And then bureaucracy struck. I went to my clinical site this evening to continue chart audits. …
Mar
17
Countdown to Freedom
*Updated 5/10/12* 48 days -5 DAYS to graduation (we’re in the single digits, folks!). I am also realizing that the assignments now standing between me and the glorious end are coming to a close: Group Presentation in Integrative Health LAST Integrative Health Group Discussion - CANCELLED! Yay! LAST Integrative Health Reflection Integrative Health Final Project Root Cause …
Mar
13
Home Stretch
Last week I did the unthinkable. I crammed 40 clinical hours on top of my 32 hours of work. This week it will be more like 20. But I plead for your patience nonetheless. The next 40-some days are shaping up to be brutal. But I’ll endure because the end result is oh so sweet. …
Mar
03
BSN To Be
In the two years that I have been an RN (Two years? Really????), one of my biggest complaints/regrets has been the issue of not having my BSN. My original plan had been to attend Duke’s accelerated BSN program and practice for a few years before pursuing any graduate degrees. But life had other plans and …
Feb
07
My Endless Love
Sorry for the relative silence this week. I’ve been a little distracted… Yes, that’s right. I took the plunge. My MacBook has done me right for the past five years. But lately the affectionately-termed “rainbow wheel of death” has been making appearances with increased frequency. It was clearly becoming time for a change. Not to …
Feb
01
Alphabet Soup
My name is Nurse Teeny and I am an education addict. There, I said it. On the heels of promising to get over myself and live in the present, I stumbled across information about a local DNP program that offers certification as a Clinical Nurse Specialist-Gerontology. Or a Ph.D. in nursing education, focused on Community …
Jan
16
The Home Stretch
My final term begins today. And while I’m still trying to figure out what’s next, I am ready to take this semester on. The good news is we only have two classes this spring, totaling 7 credits. The bad news is one of the classes alone is worth 6 credits (but I guess on the …
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