A lot of my classmates have either started or are about to start programs to complete their BSN, which is Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I missed being in class a lot when I graduated, but the mental break was so beneficial to me. I think Mike appreciated having the break of his wife not being crazy from studying. Now that I am nearing the one year mark of working as a nurse, I need to start thinking about more than just surviving one shift at a time. I'm not going to be at my current employer forever, and I really don't want to be hindered by the BSN only requirements a lot of hospitals are starting to attach to their job listings. I need to just get over my fear of Chemistry and just do this already. And the dreaded paper writing. I hate writing papers. That is why I stopped being a psychology major because I envisioned having to get my masters, and doing research, and then writing the dreaded research articles and trying to get published. Ugh, no thank you.
I was registered for Chemistry, but I changed my mind at the last minute. It turned out to be a good thing because of the hectic mess that developed at work. I would have been pretty screwed. We finally started training some new nurses this week, so hopefully this will resolve the problems with the schedule. Which, I never thought about the day when I would be training the new grads! I still feel so much like a new grad even though that label isn't really appropriate for me anymore. I guess I should be honored that my boss thinks I'm ready to precept the new nurses. Honestly, I just didn't anticipate that I'd be training other nurses at this point. But I do like it, and happy that my preceptee has confided that they feel more comfortable with me than some of the other nurses who have not been so nurturing as preceptors. I guess they have forgotten what it was like for them to be a new, terrified nurse. I haven't, and I don't think I ever will. How can you get mad at them later for their mistakes, if you didn't give them a good foundation to start and rush them on just the their second day of training? Sure, it may have taken her longer to get through a med pass than if I were doing it alone, but I've been doing this for over 9 months now, this is her first week, how would I ever expect her to be as fast as I am? I don't, and I don't want her to be fast. I want her to be safe and accurate. Speed comes later. So, I hope they are spared from the eat-their-young-nurses as much as possible so they don't feel terrified every day. Because we need them to stay and not go running for the hills!!
Anyway, once they are up and running (not for the hills, I mean, lol), I should get my set schedule back. *yay!!!* This is important to be able to sign up for classes. I really just gotta get over it and get it done. Chemistry will never just vanish from my nursing to-do list, unless I'm content to never better myself. Which I am not. So, chemistry will happen this next semester. It just has to.
The part after that is researching RN to BSN programs. I want to do it online, and I want it to be through a good school, just not just pop up online school. I have always gravitated towards Northern Illinois University. I just feel like this is where I should go. I need to do a lot of research, and make sure I'm picking a school that will work best for me, both content and money wise. But I'll be pretty surprised if I don't end up at NIU. Also, I get tuition reimbursement through work, so that will definitely be a huge incentive for me to work hard, so I get all that money back hopefully. I really don't want to use financial aid if I don't have to. So we will see what happens, and just make it happen.
I have today off from work, and its been lovely just lounging, sipping my coffee. I'm trying to talk myself into going back to the gym today. And then maybe if I do that, I'll reward myself with a pedicure that I so desperately need, or I will settle for some soup from Panera. Damn is that stuff addicting. I have a lovely date night planned with this really handsome man tonight that I am really looking forward to. Just don't tell my husband, he might get jealous. :)
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