I am slacking. Definitely hard to stay motivated right now, and easy to be distracted….
That last week of clinicals wasn’t too bad, I was just so tired. I stayed up late that last Thursday night trying to make my care plan perfect; It wasn’t. Still getting over being sick. I had to give up and go home to sleep from 1am to 530am. Picked up by my class mate, we were on the med surg floor at 645am as usual. Our instructor wasn’t happy with any of us for not doing a discussion post. We had wrongfully assumed there wasn’t one due that last week. So we were told we would be posting and commenting on everyone post else’s after clinicals. Another long night. I wanted to work on that care plan more, but it would be what it would be. I did my discussion post on porphyria.
Saturday morning Oct. 6th 2018. Last day of med surg. clinical for the semester! Half a day on the floor and half a day presenting our care plans at the college. I was stressed that my care plan wasn’t on target, but, thankfully, none of my classmates had a perfect one.
The weeks between that and now have been a whirlwind of tests, assignments, assessments, personal issues, and laziness. Studying has been at the college, a friends house, or McDonald’s since I can’t get anything done at home.
I have died my hair, had family photos taken, continued with karate, work, and watching a few movies in that time. I also just joined An honor society this last week. It is the last semester I can since I still (barely) have a 3.5 GPA. My GPA has steadily fallen every semester since I transferred to this college, so I know this is my last chance. I regretted not being a member last semester, and graduating with more recognition… I know that’s petty, but there are some real future financial benefits, and it looks good on your resume. Also the honor society has volunteering hours that can go for our nursing school requirements as well.
Med Surg class has gone better since I last wrote…. I enjoy it more than I did previously. Made an 84 on my last test. I love test days for some reason.
Maternal and physical assessment are going good, and still taught by the same awsome instructor. I still have some lingering postpartum depression… and find myself tearing up quite a bit in OB class. OB clinical start in a week and a half or so… that will be fun I’m sure. Better than med surge no doubt, but still hard on me.
I have to get my act together on these medications…. I am starting the process in a serious way. I appreciate being lent a pharmacology book by an instructor for a few weeks, but it does increase the pressure on me. A class mate recommended picmonic pharmacology on you tube and that helps a lot.
I feel like this nursing school uses an online teaching program as a crutch. It’s like putting your kids in front of the tv to learn their abc’s and 123’s, it’s the easy way out. Many instructors aren’t teaching like one would think they should…. instead they tell u do the modules, and then they might run over the same material briefly. I know some may think well adults SHOULD be able to teach themselves. Yes but no. We’re in school, we’re grasping the basics of nursing….. and a computer screen is not the best for learning.
Back to pharmacology then going home. School and karate tomorrow, it’s Monday.
– it’s Monday
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