Week 5

So far, I have managed to survive the first 5 weeks of nursing school. I am not doing too bad, of course my perception on that could easily change Thurs/Friday once I get my latest test scores from Nursing 110. Our test yesterday was longer than the 1st one, and I know I probably got a handful or so wrong, but I don't feel that I did so poorly that I failed it. Of course, my perception on that could change as well, =).

I have been trying to get to all of the reading, but the thing that I think really helps me is making flashcards and my study buddies. I am really fortunate to have met these girls, and that all of us became a team. It really has made all the difference. Plus they are some funny bee-otches, so it is definitely useful when your brain is mush from 4 hour lectures!

Anyway, so I passed my Micro test! I got a B! I would have been a C, but she gave everyone 2 points for one question that was confusing. So that made me happy that I did ok on it. I will definitely try to give a little more effort next time, just because I hate that feeling that I have failed a test.....and deserving it for the lack of studying. And I passed my Dosage Calculation test. You can't get any of the questions wrong, and some of my friends missed just one point because of a stupid mistake, so I tried to be extra extra extra careful, and it paid off!

We also had to have our drug tests yesterday. It is NOT FUN to have to pee from 10:00 in the morning to 2:00. But I knew that I had to do that or I wouldn't have had much pee to give. They only had one girl doing the drug tests, so it took forever. Luckily, I was semi-close to the front, so I was done early for the day. But I'm sure people were there way later than normal. At least the people who were honest and didn't cut in front of the line like a jerk like some people. People truly amaze me.

Which brings me to my next topic. It's kind of a slap in the face when you see people who obviously don't grasp the seriousness of nursing school. I worked my butt off to get As and to improve my GPA to get into the program. I realize how hard it is to get in, so now that I am here, I am truly grateful for the opportunity and I am doing everything I can to make sure I finish. So when I see people who are 30 minutes late for lecture, leave a 3 hour lecture 2 hours early, are LATE for an EXAM, are seriously concerned if there are going to be anymore drug tests and then makes the comment that there is always cranberry juice, or is stupid and orders scrubs from some cheap place not caring that our patch has to be on it, and only ONE PLACE has the ability to put the official patch on it, and that's why we were told to order our scrubs from there, and that it was mandatory.......I get kind of ticked off.

This is a professional program, and let's act like we are serious about it. I don't want you being my nurse if this is how you are approaching it already. We are all human, I'd rather sleep in til 9:30 and play angry birds all morning instead of go to lecture all day. But I don't because this is important to me. I have worked too hard the past year or so to get to this point, and I'm not gonna mess it up. So, it really bothers me when I see people like this, because they don't seem to be taking this as seriously as they should, thus the lack of being on time or simply paying attention. How do these people manage to get into the program with this kind of work ethic?! That's what kind of ticks me off more, because these people are evidence that nursing school ISN'T hard to get into, and that I could have saved myself a lot of trouble had I just been a slacker.

I know that last statement isn't really true, but I am confused on how people like that get in. They must have had decent grades or a good NLN, so why are they slacking now? Anatomy and Physiology was just practice, this is the game we have to win. I know I should just worry about myself, because I know those who are not putting in the work now will not survive for one reason or another.

So, today I normally sleep in with Mikey and slack around until Micro, but he had to work today, so I got up early with him, and I just need to finish getting ready and then I am off to school to study. I can't stay at home because I won't get anything done, plus I have to be at school later anyway. So that's my day! Our next Patho test is Monday, so I'm getting myself into hardcore study mode!