An update

So... I am more than half way through my BSN program now. I have 4 more clinical rotations. My next rotation in OB starts next week. I'll be on the busiest L&D floor in the area so I'm VERY excited about that, plus the nurse I'm with works day shift and that rocks so much butt I can't even explain it. School is still going well. I blew my 4.0 with an A/B in Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing. I was PISSED at myself, but... it was my own fault for going on a vacation to Boston in the middle of the course and screwing up the paper I had to turn in for the class. Overall my GPA is still a 3.677 I believe, so I'm not going to sweat it.

I have to take my Mental Health Nursing final today between 3 and 7pm, I am NOT looking forward to it. I did well on the first exam, but the second was INSANE (poorly written questions with ambiguously right/wrong answers) and everyone did much worse on it. I need a solid A (to get an A in this program you need better than 93%) to pull an A in the class... but realistically I'm gunning for an A/B this time... we'll see.

I'm planning to spend the weekend reading up in my OB text book because I start on the floor bright and early Monday morning. I may think I know a lot about the physiology of labor and birth, but really... I know NOTHING about nursing care for a woman in labor. I'm a trained doula, but that doesn't mean I'd be able to pick up late-decels on the monitor... or what to do about it if I did.

I am THRILLED to be doing OB tho. The other option I could have been assigned is Mental Health for this clinical... Oh. Hell. No. I mean, I have learned a HELL of a lot about mental health issues and got some HUGE revelations about people I've known who are (or are not) diagnosed with things like bipolar, borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia... but I do not feel that I am in any way ready to deal with other people's mental issues when I still have my own to sort out... thankyouverymuch.

In other news, Nate turned 6 a couple weeks ago. We had a Star Wars themed party here at the house for a dozen of his friends (LITERALLY a DOZEN KINDERGARTENERS FOR 3 HOURS!!!). He had a blast and got TONS of presents so I think he considered it a success.

Val has been doing SO well in school and I don't know if I mentioned but he participated in wrestling for the first time this winter and he was REALLY good at it. Plus he loved it, so that's probably going to be a regular activity for him from here on out. He's got a good friend now who lives just down the street and they're inseparable, especially when they go to the YMCA on the weekends. He's getting so much more mature it blows my mind. He'll be 10 in July... yeowch!

As for fitness etc... I have decided that I don't need to think about my weight at this point... what matters is my fitness level and being able to endure 8-12 hour work-days on my feet as a nurse when I graduate. That's why I decided to start the cross-fit program... well... that and my little sister challenged me (hah!).

We'll see if I make it through today's workout without puking... I am not optimistic.

;)

Posted by Lexy at May 2, 2008 07:53 AM