Today is my last day at the office! I guess it's sort of bittersweet. On the one hand, there were plenty of things about working here that aggravated me and stressed me out. On the other hand, I never dreaded coming to work, and I've gotten really close with Grace. I'll definitely miss seeing her all the time. I think I'm panicking a little because ( Read more... )

Hello friends! It's been some time, but I'm back with an update. First of all, I was in Nags Head, NC last week with my family. We had an amazing time, despite my car breaking down (it was the alternator). After systems started to fail one by one and the steering, brakes, and accelerator locked up, we had to push the car to the side of the road. We ( Read more... )

I'M A REGISTERED NURSE! YAYYY! Sorry I didn't post earlier- I actually got my license in the mail two weeks ago- but I've been crazy busy at work. Thankfully Dr. Kung is going out of the country for two weeks starting next week, so it should be nice and quiet ( Read more... )

I finally took my NCLEX. I think I passed, but honestly I wouldn't be surprised either way. It was a very stressful testing experience, and I can't even remember many of the questions, which is unusual for me- typically I can recite about 80% of the questions and all the answer options after the test is over. First of all, just getting into the ( Read more... )

I have a feeling that the last couple months of my job here at the office are going to be bad enough to make me not regret leaving in the least. Today was absolutely hellish. One of our major problems is that the doctor is taking a LOT of time off in July and August (which is totally his perogative, and a lot of it is for charity work), but that ( Read more... )

Hello everyone! Sorry for the sporadic updating. I haven't been up to much particularly interesting lately, but just to get you up to date, I'll make a list of the things I've done recently ( Read more... )

Okay, so NOW I'm done with tutoring. I thought that last Thursday was my last day, but one kid's mom called me yesterday asking me to come help him finish up a bunch of missing work (the grades were due in today at noon). I was there for FOUR HOURS. I mean, the money was good, but still! I really feel bad for that kid. He's basically completely ( Read more... )

Hello again! I tell ya, this whole "working three days a week" thing is awesome when you're not in school. Here's what I did yesterday: got up at 10:00am, took a shower, did some laundry, studied for the NCLEX, went to the bank and the grocery store, knitted and watched tv, had dinner, went for a walk, knitted and watched some more tv, went out to ( Read more... )

YAY! I'm all done with school! I had the pinning ceremony on Monday night, and the actual graduation was Tuesday night. The pinning ceremony is special for the nursing program. It's where you get your nursing pin and recite the Nightingale Oath and stuff like that. Graduation was fun too, and as a special surprise my brother was able to rearrange ( Read more... )

So I think most of you know this already, but... I GOT THE JOB I WANTED! Inova Fairfax Hospital offered me a fellowship in the medical-surgical ICU. From what I understand, being a "fellow" basically means I'll get a lot of orientation, take classes, work with other new grad nurses, and have a preceptor who will be around in case I need help with ( Read more... )