AFTER TOMORROW, I WILL ONLY HAVE THREE MORE WEEKS LEFT IN LEVEL III. one week at manatee glens, two weeks at westminster [a long-term care facility].

three.
more.
weeks.

level IV's going to be a breeze. holy shit i'm so excited.

( useless nursing school rambles )

i did the first day of my pediatrics rotation today. i can honestly say that seeing babies that are months old hooked up to several machines and children with walkers is a lot harder for me to digest than seeing much older patients or residents dealing with the same things ( Read more... )

i forgot a few things in my last entry ( Read more... )

( end of week three, level three )

okay so birthday plans have been finalized by me and are as follows:

i shall be eating and drinking a bit at ciccio and tony's in new tampa at eight o'clock. i'll be there and if you're not, oh well. after that, i shall move onto the muvico starlite 20, also in new tampa, where i will watch and enjoy the film little miss sunshine at ten-thirtyif ( Read more... )

tomorrow i will be able to wear 'street clothes' and do a one-day rotation in the psych ward at the county hospital.

this should give me a glimpse of what our rotation will be like in a month or so when we go through manatee glens. manatee glens is the most well-known and largest mental health facility in manatee county and i am excited about ( Read more... )

i'm more excited about school now. i can't wait to finish up this LPN program in january so i can get back to manatee community college, finish up my matriculated registered nursing AS degree and then onto USF to get my BSN.

this 2+2 program at MCC and USF sarasota-manatee is kind of making me re-think my later move to USF-tampa ( Read more... )

"as long as you've got love in your heart, you'll never be alone"

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