Survived...

the wicked spring semester of nursing school! Final breakdown:

Pharm: A
Med Surg 1: A-
Med Surg 2: B+
Psych: A-
Maternity: A-
Communities: A-

When looking at those grades in black and white, I think, "wow. how did that happen?" That NEVER happened with my first degree. How much of it actually stuck?

Taking some of those finals made me realize I still have a lot more to learn. Midway through the final for Med Surg 2, I thought, "what am I doing here?" Each test question had answer choices of:
a) Inadequate
b) You are inadequate
c) Still inadequate...
d) Can you not take the hint? You're all inadequate!

And yet, despit the horrible experience, I ended up with a half way decent grade on the final. Just don't ask me to set up chest tubes or administer meds to a person in v fib without a 10 minute refresher.

Monday I start my summer classes and....CLINICAL.

Clinical scare me. There will be no plastic patients or robots/simulators. These people will be breathing. I will have to touch and help care for real people.

Our clinical instructor has helped us out a bit and provided a heads up list of things we need to be prepared to do for the next five weeks....and I hate to say this, but I think I'll be working with poop for the next 5 weeks.

ick.

It's all motivation for me to keep running, biking, walking, and increasing my fiber intake. Wish me luck!