Today is my fifth anniversary and what do I have to do? Nursing School work. Imagine that? LOL! (keeping the eye on the prize!) I have to finish reading my chapters, (One short one) and then learning questions and then replies to discussion boards and then finishing my cover letter and resume. I do …
Nursing school
Job Search. seasoned nurses and recent new grads please read
It’s just about time to start looking for a job. I was wondering how early is too early to start looking for a graduate nurse program?
Practicum Day 2 and 3
This week I had practicum day two and three. I had trouble getting to sleep the night before day two and I yawned all day. Despite this it was still a good day. I did more patient care today but still no charting. I have all the med’s I was allowed to give to all …
1st Day of Practicum
My first day of practicum was last Wednesday. I arrived before my preceptor and another nurse was kind enough to log me into the computer system so that I could look up labs for the patient(s). When my preceptor arrived, we took report on her 4 patients. The first day is really orientation to the …
Yet another orientation.
Today was orientation for my last nursing class before graduation, which is in 53 days (including today). First thing in the morning at 0830 we had our HESI comprehensive exam my score was something like 1187 and the conversion score (the one that is counted for class) was a 99.99%. When I hit the submit …
The last college nursing class
Tomorrow is the first day of my last college nursing class- Patient Care Management Practicum. (for a while anyway.) This will be our 5th orientation, 6th if you count general nursing program orientation. We will start the day off with a comprehensive HESI exam at 0830. That will likely last about 2 to 2.5 hours. …
Preceptor drama
I’ve had some trouble getting in touch with my preceptor for practicum. The story is this… I received her on Thursday and called the educator of the floor that I was given as a contact. We decided on a start day, March 14th and then she sent my preceptor and I the same email with …
Todays update
Feeling really stressed today. Pressing Family issue. Got my preceptors name and her corporate email address and I know my start date will be March 14th. I can’t get any other information. I guess I will have to email her to work out more of a schedule. I ended up with a B …
HESI EXAM
Todays HESI exam went very very well. It was not an easy test by any means. There was nothing that just jumped out at you as the correct answer with the exception of two questions out of 110 questions. This test required an enormous amount of critical thinking and I really felt like I did …
News!
I received my practicum assignment today! I only received the name of the educator for the floor so I have to wait for my actual preceptors name but I know that I will be on a Cardiovascular surgery floor. (Step down, Maybe?) I am pleased that I got my first choice though. I am feeling …