Remember this post? Well...these guys said no, but These Guys said YES!! I heard back in August, and I think it has finally sunk in. Maybeish. Can you imagine me in scrubs, with a stethoscope around my neck? Or starting an IV, or helping a doctor with a procedure? Eek! I am starting to...as it sinks in...mostly am really really looking forward to a job where I can care for people first hand. Really looking forward to that. After the year of hellacious courswork & clinicals....it's definitely not a cakewalk ahead.
As part of the curriculum I have to have 15 cr hrs at Rockhurst, so I'm workng on that now. I was very fortunate to be able to enroll in evening classes, which will let me keep my full time job for the next year until nursing school officially begins. Yay for that! This way I can pay for these crazy expensive credit hours as I go instead of having to finance them in some way. I think I have been living in a land called denial when it came to the expense of private schools. I went to a public university for my first degree, and when I went back to school in 2009 it was to community college. Hoo boy! What a difference. At this point my opinion is that TSU and Rockhurst are pretty solidly comparable schools. Wouldn't that be a topic for discussion...or another post. :) Maybe I'll table that for after my first semester here is behind me.
So anyways, back to the point...you are reading the blog of a nursing student! Eeee! The countdown has begun...T-Minus 10 months to full time school, an experience I have yet to have the luxury of enjoying. My husband is THE ONE that is making this happen for me...without his love & support it probably would have been even longer before I'd have been able to do this. He's a wonderful guy, that one.
Anything else new? Hmmm...well, the weather is cooling off, which is good because the humidity is my nemesis...but then so is sub zero weather. I'm trying to soak in as much of this gorgeous weather that I can!
Beyond that, I'm just really really busy. On top of the 6 credit hours this semester - Ethical Theory & Abnormal Psych - I was promoted to manager in a new group at my current job, and it has definitely been a humbling experience so far. I get to deal with clients directly now and have a 3 people reporting to me, and while I enjoy both of those things immensely, it can be daunting some days. Being a manager, esp in client service is not for the faint of heart...as a good friend recently said, "I have learned that pleasing everyone is hard, but pissing them off is way too easy." Oh well...can't win em all.
Have a good nite loves!
p.s...sorry about no pictures. It's late & I'm decompressing from the day...hope to have something for you in the next post. You know, when Christmas rolls around... ;)
