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How far I've come
It's already been two months since my last post! I've been working on my own the whole time and still haven't managed to make any big fuck ups or cry at work yet. Knock wood ( Read more... ) -
Expressive Writing for Nurses
I'm reading through the ANA magazine I got in the mail, and there's an article on expressive writing and how it can help nurses deal with stress. It's midnight on a Tuesday and I don't plan to go to bed for another few hours, so let's give it a shot ( Read more... ) -
Life as a night nurse
I survived my first week of nights, and now it's already time for week two. Jesus help me ( Read more... ) -
Enter does not equal tab but Monday equals Friday
I am tired. Very tired. I should go to bed, but when it's your Friday sometimes you stay up way later than your body tells you to because you CAN. So I'm doing that right now. Don't worry, I'll go to bed as soon as this is posted ( Read more... ) -
So in love
I am feeling so in love. It's taking everything in me not to post all over fb or tell random strangers. I suppose by posting in LJ I am indeed telling random strangers...but I don't care!
I'm in love, I'm in love, and I don't care who knows it.
Wonderful.
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Real nurse now
I just finished my first week working as a real nurse. When I chart in the computer, it auto-signs my name with "RN" after it, instead of "STUDENT NURSE" like it used to for two whole years at various clinical rotations. Last night a senior student from my alma mater arrived in her navy scrubs with the bright red student patch on the sleeve, and I ( Read more... ) -
"Weekend" in New England
I flew home for a few days to see my family before I start my first nursing job on Monday. This is what the week consisted of ( Read more... ) -
"Are you a nurse?"
While with a client recently, someone came up to me and asked, "Are you a nurse?" I considered giving her the long answer, which is that I have indeed passed boards, am licensed in two states, and have interviewed for many positions, but I was in that moment wearing scrubs and hanging out with an old lady as her caregiver, not her nurse. Instead, I ( Read more... ) -
Wacky Wednesday!
I am halfway through my last semester of nursing school! Up next? Trip to Minneapolis next weekend. Probably going to Seattle for Thanksgiving. Pinning December 14th. NCLEX review 16th-18th. Run away to California for Christmas. Come back north to ace the boards in early January. Get a job. Meet my future husband. Right on track! -
late night
I'm at the late night coffee shop by my house trying to get this paper done, because it's due Tuesday but my friend said she'd read it to make sure it's not trash so I need to be done with it by tomorrow night or Saturday afternoon. Problem is, I have night shift tomorrow and the next day for 12 hours. How are you supposed to write papers when you ( Read more... )