Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Nursing School....

I am in my 3rd semester of nursing school at the University of Utah. It is stressful, but I am nearing the end. I can't believe that I will be graduating in May! I am so excited, yet I am very nervous...I really want to work in the ICS at Primary Children's. It is the immunocompromised unit-where children with cancer and organ transplants go. I just loved that atmosphere up there when I was a nursing student. I hope that I will be able to handle it up there though! I hope that I won't become an emotional wreck (which I kinda already am)... Anyway, now I am at my clinicals at Intermountain Medical Center. I am doing my Maternity, Labor & Delivery, and Nursery rotation. I really love dealing with the babies, and seeing the miracles of life, yet I really want to be able to have more interaction with the children. That is why I don't want to work in an ICU. That is one thing for sure: I don't want to work in an ICU where I deal with intubated patients. I like to talk to the sweet children, and interact with them. Anyway, this semester has been by far the most difficult. The content is not necessarily difficult, but the fact that my personal life has been so stressful, has made everything that much worse! Everything with my 'friend' and with my younger brother Andy (aka Feddy), has really put me to the test, and I have felt at my wit's end...I only have 2-3 weeks left of this semester, and I really need to focus focus focus!! My grades, although not bad, are by far the worst grades that I have EVER had in my entire life!! I can't believe it!! Sometimes I want to just close the book on the whole school thing, leave the country, and never look back....However, I am smarter than that and I will NEVER do that. I am almost done! There is a light at the end of the tunnel now...I just have to perservere these last few months...then I will be a full-fledged nurse with a bachelor's degree!! A BSN!! How exciting!!

1 comment:

pinklover said...

You will be a great nurse! And the finish line is in sight, so hang in there!