This has been a very long week. Today was a pretty good day in clinical. I got to assist with another shower and nothing too majorly went wrong. I am feeling more and more confident in being there, which is a good thing. I got my test grade...not what I was hoping for but I still have a B average. And now I know I need to prepare more for the next exam. Live and Learn!

I had a test in Fundamentals today, she hasn't posted grades yet and I can't wait to see my grade! This test was harder than the other two we have had. I just need to know how prepared I actually was. Glad classes are done for this week! Tomorrow is clinical and I have my new resident, this time a man, so it will be interesting to see how it goes.

Had my Pharmacology test today. It felt good taking it and I got a 93%, so I can't complain. I also had skills lab today...That didn't go so well. I got a 70% on my quiz so I have to re-take it. And I had the right answer down and I scribbled it out to write something else...Dummy! Oh well live and learn. We learned how to put on external catheters today, that was interesting. The lab tech said "Well you can do what you want, its a play thing" about the man manikin. Umm, I don't think that is correct terminology :) Well Test tomorrow so studying hard!

Monday...Fundamentals today, we finished going over stuff that is going to be on the test Wednesday. We kinda rushed through it, so I hope she didn't miss anything significant. I had some much reading to do this weekend and I still have 2 more chapters to read. Tomorrow is the Pharmacology test, so hopefully all will go well!

Getting Started...

So I decided to start a blog to keep everyone updated on my progress going through nursing school. Maybe this will be easier than individually telling everyone, we'll see. Right now I am enrolled full time and taking 3 classes. The Fundamental of Nursing, Pharmacology and Nursing Clinical I. I also have a skills lab for 2 hours a week (we learn on manikins before we practice on patients) My clinical's are taking place right now in Clare. I am in a nursing home for the first 10 weeks and then the hospital for the last 6. I am really enjoying it so far, I wasn't too crazy about being in the nursing home but it really isn't as bad as I had anticipated. I've already learned a lot. I will be starting week 5 on Monday. So far so good on my tests, A's so far. I have two tests coming up on Tuesday and Wednesday...So as you can expect I will be busy reading and studying all weekend. I'll try to keep you posted!