Double A

Passed Respiratory and Human Growth (psychology) both with an A. I'm so happy they are over. I thought cardiac was hard? No way....HG by far the hardest to date.

So I have this weekend with NO homework and NO tests to study for. I'm on cloud nine, and resting with a rum and coke.

I love Saturdays!

Too much to do, too little time

Seems like by the time I think about coming on here to blog, I've already fallen asleep, drooling on my study notes. As a junior in the program now, classes are so much more intense and it seems I little time for anything else.

So, I just took respiratory final today, I'll get the results tomorrow. We had a group presentation to do today on the theorist..John Holland. That was tough to pull together since our group leader desided to do the power point the night before and not show the rest of the group until this morning. No worries anymore, it's done, it's over..I got my grade of 97%...I'll take it.

So at this moment, I'm taking a nap with my cuddly 3 year old, then up to study for musculoskeletal test on the bones and muscles in the morning. Tests every day...that's the student nurses life. Oi!

Special Place

I started my new clinical rotation today at an acute care cebter. The patients stay here for no more than 90 days, so it's care for those that need a stay longer than hospital, but not not as long term as a nursing home.

I spent the day in their vent unit. I learned so much and had awesome LPN's and RN's to shadow. This is one of the places I'm considering putting in my application for when I graduate. I could work there now a cna, IF my every minute was not consumed with studying. I feel like i have no life anymore past the books!

I'm sure I could go into more detail, I'm just too beat though. Just thought I'd post a quick update. Off to study for Respiratory test in the AM.

Board of Nursing Review

Today our school took a field trip to the Board of nursing, review hearings. I am amazed at what goes one at these and I hope I never, ever have to go before the board!

There were nurses there from other states requesting approval to sit for Fla NCLEX. Nurses who had their licenses revoked for reasons ranging from drug and alcohol abuse, to med errors. Nursing students who had just passed nursing school, waiting on approval to sit for the test but having to go before the board first because of prior criminal or health histories.

Get this. So many were denied the right to sit for the NCLEX for years from now because of a new law FL. just passed on July 1st of this year. It states that if you have any felony drug charges or convictions, medicaid-medicare charges, fraud charges, etc....that you wikll be denied your license or the right to sit for your NCLEX until 15 years from the date of your probation termination. So many new nursing students were denied. Students whom just passed school in April and May, applied for their seat for the NCLEX and even though this was done before July 1st....they were still denied because today was the day they would have had their approval to sit for the test. I feel so awful for them. Many of them had things in their past for 12 years ago to jsut 3 years ago, but have gone through various programs and kept clean records, changed their lives around....now they have to wait. One lady has to come back before the board in 2017 to get her license. All that hard work, for that. I would be devastated.

So, I learned a lot. Most importantly I learned ....keep your nose clean, dont do anything to close any doors for yourself because they may never open again....and if you ever have to go before the BON....be PREPARED.

Time will tell....

It's been a hard week. Cardiac final was today and that's proven to be my toughest class. Even when we did the general A&P, I struggled with it. Now as we go more in depth into each system, it's still the hardest I've dealt with so far. The heart is a complex, yet extraordinary muscle. I'm happy to say I did pass my final, but not without some blood, sweat and tears.

The tears came today, in private. We lost a fellow student, who failed the class by two points. It's always hard on me when we lose someone. All my classmates have become like a family to me. Even though I'm doing this for myself, We're all in this together. This girl always sat behind me. So we bonded, made a good friendship. She would always have negative comments to say about herself, myself and others would remind her to think positive, and do our best to boost her spirits when she was down. We asked if she would come back with the next nursing class that should start in October, or the one for February. She's not sure. She's deflated and defeated today. I can't imagine. I miss her already and hope she does come back. She was a horrible test taker, but by God, she was an excellent nurse, and proved it in clinicals. Time will tell.

Another student, one of the only two guys we have....spent his last two days in and out of ER. He's having signs and symptoms of heart problems. He's had a history of health problems, so he's in my thoughts tonight. He works already as a PCT in Dialysis at a local hospital, and he's going to be an awesome nurse. We need more male nurses in this field, so I hope he gets better and comes back to carry on.

We go to Board of Nursing tomorrow. Our school gets to go witness other nurses go before the board and testify on thier own behelaves as to why they deserve to have their nursing licenses reinstated. It should be interesting. I'll update on that when I can.