I made the drive back to Salisbury today for my FINAL semester of college! Crazy right?! I can't believe time has passed by so quickly. I'm so excited for what this semester will bring and I'm definitely ready to graduate! It was pretty hard to leave my family but I have to feel so lucky that it's hard to leave a wonderful thing that I have at home. This semester I'm looking to take on Community Health, Best Practices of Nursing, finalize my resume, start my internship at Nanticoke Hospital and do some volunteering around Cambridge county in Maryland. 51 days until Spring Break in CANCUN and spring brings the best memories and stuff to do. As roommates, we have a ton of stuff to accomplish and do together before the semester ends; we want to go wine tasting, have a Make-Your-Own Pizza night, spend a day in St. Michaels, go to Trampoline World, go to Commons brunch on the weekend one more time, have a fondue party, buy some alumn Salisbury gear, and of course get margaritas at Plaza! Bring on spring semester and more importantly, warm weather! WOOOOO!
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"The holidays bring so much conversation and predictions about the future, specifically at family parties and holiday events. Graduation is in 4 months and it's all starting to hit me! Over break, I have been shadowing nurses at A.I. Dupont Children's Hospital and LOVING IT. I am so happy I got this opportunity! Today, I shadowed the nicest nurse at the PICU, spent a day at the NICU and also got PACU/Pre-Op and OR experience last week. I am so ready to become a nurse and I now know that my niche is pediatrics. It has such a positive and happier atmosphere and environment. The NICU would be cool and I find all of that information/disorders interesting but I like a patient who can talk to me. Pediatrics is so inspiring, rewarding and interesting. PICU was intense; not sure if I can handle near-drownings, car accidents and serious trauma. I got to see 2 surgeries in the OR; ACL repair and hernia repair. The ACL repair was 4 HOURS LONG! Wasn't a fan.
Although I'm not sure what department of nursing I want to start off in, I really hope it's in a children's hospital. I've also talked with so many nurses about travel nursing and this seems so cool. The salary is awesome especially if I want to explore other areas to live! California?! Hawaii?! Florida?! I'm there. Meanwhile, we're supposed to get snow tonight and tomorrow.
I am so excited for the next few months; so much to look forward to. Headed back to school, my last semester of nursing school, the NCLEX and then finally getting a job! Helloooooooo real world. I want to get some experience down in a hospital for a few years, then maybe pursue travel nursing, maybe go back to school for my Master's and settle down with a 9-4 job with no holidays or weekends. However, school nursing has my heart. We'll see.
Meanwhile, we have a medication exam on the second day of class so nursing school has not failed to keep me busy, even on breaks. So that's that. Definitely gonna be quite a journey of a year. xo
