Only the NCLEX is left

Wednesday I took the last ever exams for my Nursing Career. They were the hardest tests I have ever taken in my life. I walked in feeling prepared, and confident. I got the exam in my hands and became tachycardic and diaphoretic (heart racing and sweaty to my non-nursing folks). Suddenly all the med/surg material was written in German. All the professional role development exam was written in Chinese. I was lost. I took twice my normal amount of time to finish the exam, and still feel like I dont know what I answered or if it was correct.

I will find out the test results early next week. And I am sweating it. I really wish that there was a little more instant gratification in testing. More immediate results. But alas that is not the way it will be. I have to wait.

So now, assuming that everything went well in the exams, I have completed the last ever exams in my nursing school days. Only the NCLEX is left.

I will be spending the rest of the weekend praying that I am blessed with passing scores.

Nursing school midterm

I rocked my midterm. Only two little areas that she suggested I work on. I was thrilled! I am thrilled! It was the highlight to my yesterday.

I also finished and passed my final dosage exam! It was the absolute last one, and I am so happy that it is over.

This quarter is proving to be more challenging to me personally because of all the other things I spend worrying about. But academically I dont feel as pressured as I have in other quarters.

There are less than 4 months left until graduation and then its time for the BIG MOVE!

Its time to micturate

With Renal on my brain for todays exam I have to say that my increased micturation rate has left me thinking about renal about 22 times a day (I wish I was kidding).

I can only imagine how much worse this will get once the baby gets bigger! Instead I am left thinking more seriously, like there are not enough potty breaks planned into the nursing program. We get an hourly stretch and bathroom break, but I seem to need to go every 30ish minutes. This makes things very interesting!

Studying was very difficult this weekend as my brain was somewhere else and my attention span is that of a flea. Where I used to be able to sit and study for hours at a time with no breaks, I am now only able to read for 15 minute spans of time before I have to stop for either a bathroom break, or because I have been reading the same sentence over and over again and still dont know what it says.

I read about Angiotensin II for over an hour and I am still kinda foggy. I finally understand about Acute renal failure and Chronic Renal failure. And I have a very good understanding of UTI’s and Renal Calculi. Its the dialysis that I am totally stuck, there are a couple types and I have a feeling that I could read about it for weeks and still not get it completely.

This morning I have my exam in Renal, and since it is the first exam of the quarter I imagine that the score will leave much to be imagined. I always start the terms out with low scores, always. I think it takes one test and the fear of failing to get my arse in gear. So here is to hoping that I can score an 80% or better and that the extra brain cells in my uterus are able to help me retain some of the information!

Finals day

Today at 0900 I take my 4th term finals. Its crazy to think about where I was this time last year.

I remember panicing about learning to do assessments and thinking that it was impossible to learn everything, and now I can do an assessment pretty thoroughly without needing assistance. I even have some days where I feel like I can do this, not like last year where I was totally stressing that this was an impossible journey.

This quarter has taught me more about patience than I would have imagined. The goal is in sight, only two terms left and Im done.

12 days until the cruise.

Finals are over

Can you see the relief?

Studying…

Yes, i am at the beach studying for finals!

And he is forcing me to study for med/surg.

But this is where i am studying

Thats our rental…. Beautiful, right?

Studying…

Yes, i am at the beach studying for finals!

And he is forcing me to study for med/surg.

But this is where i am studying

Thats our rental…. Beautiful, right?

Im in a mood

The cardiac exam sucked way worse than I thought it would. Im so tired and I keep dreaming about bundle branch blocks. All my dreams have tele strips in them.

I cant wait for this quarter to be over.

– Post From My iPhone