procrastination must be put on hold

I have a love hate relationship with procrastination. I love to put things off, but later hate the consequences of it.(like I hate seeing my stocking holders up in May when I should have taken them down after Christmas).I actually started on this blog three days ago. SO I have discovered that nursing school will not work with my previous habits of putting things off til the last minute. I actually didn't turn my application in to schools until a month before the deadline date. There is a lot of things you have to get together to complete your application, so this is actually considered last minute. So, I thanked God for allowing me to get everything in on time. Then, after everything was in I still had to wait a month and a half to find out whether I got accepted, which is not good for me because I get gung ho about something and then can completely switch to something else to obsess over. So by the time I got accepted for a minute I thought," Is this what I still want?"
Being honest, I've never really finished anything major on my own in my life! So, this is the first time that I can't get bored or frustrated and just move on.

Anyway, this post is supposed to be about all the things I have to get done before my first day of nursing school.
Here is the list:
1. MMR Immunity

2. Hepatitis Immunity

3. T.B. Skin Test

4. Varicella (chicken pox) Immunity

5. Health Form (stating that I am healthy enough for this)

6. Proof Of Health Insurance

7. CPR Certification

8. Background Screening

9.Buy Math for Meds textbook and study over summer

Seeing as I have done, one of these, it looks like I have a lot to do over summer break. But, I keep telling myself this is nothing compared to what is in store for me in the fall. 

I realize that those who don't care about nursing school or nursing may be snoring right now and that's fine, but thought I'd share this anyways.

Bringing Nursing back, yeah

Not that nursing has gone anywhere, but I'm kind of glad I've jumped on this bandwagon now when nursing seems to be the "in" career. I didn't go into nursing just to make a lot of money and I'm glad because I hear you need a lot more motivation than that to endure in this profession. With nursing in the spotlight though, I do think there will be many positive changes to the profession that nurses have desired for years.President Obama is already seeing to some of them.  With three new shows focused on nurses, I am glad that people will be able to really understand what my job will be and the exposure these shows give will hopefully bring to light some of the unknown hardships many nurses face behind the job, ie., difficult working environment, overworked nurses, job politics. So, I will definitely be glued to my television looking into my future, albeit a very dramatized view.

Orientation

Let me preface this blog for those that don't know me, that I was a christian singer for 12 years before I decided to pursue a career in nursing. We had a great amount of success and I loved being called to that ministry, but in my heart I have always wanted to work in medicine. Just recently the doors were opened for me to do so and I am entering nursing school this fall. So, there is a little background. I may explain more about that later. But right now I am just going to delve into my first day at college orientation.

I am wondering why I am so tired! It may have something to do with me not drinking water all day. Nevertheless, I am on my third cup of coffee. Need to cut back. So the journal thing didn’t stick, but I figured I’d try again now that I have something to document.

Well, first off, I got into nursing school. And not only nursing school but the school of my choice! How awesome is God and that! So today I went to orientation to figure out all the stuff that you need to know before your first day of classes. Since it is a private school it felt very much like I was 18 and going off to college for the first time. Much more extensive then my 15 minute orientation at my community college. Of course when you go to these things you scope everyone out… who will I get along with? Who looks smarter than me? Do I look smart?

   After the initial walkin, we were greeted by one of the sisters of the Dominican order. Don’t know what that is? Well, neither did I. For goodness sake I made the sign of the cross with the wrong hand! Well, they are not sistas or blood related but they are nuns that work in the school. Side note…. What would it be like to never wear makeup? I mean they are au naturale. Anyway, I loved that the sister came in and said a prayer, and in a very seeker friendly way explained the foundations of the college and it was so funny how she assumed everyone prayed everyday and loved God like she did. I wanted to stand up and say,Amen sister!” But, you all know I’m too shy for that. What I do love about this school is they have an onsite chapel where it is open during school hours for anyone to sit and pray or have quiet time. That, to me, is worth the price of admission. 

So I’m not going to go into all the boring details but I am officially registered as a nursing student. I have four days of classes a week, but it doesn’t seem like it will be that bad! Well, except figuring out where my kids are going to go at 6 in the morning so that I can make it to clinical by 6:45.Any suggestions? Maybe it’s a good thing that my kids wake up before 6. They will be used to it. Oh, so I have a separate nursing school orientation that will be happening in August? Not sure, anyway, I will keep everyone posted.

It’s so funny how excited my husband is about me going to nursing school. He doesn’t realize that it will feel like we will both be in school because  he will be raising the kids for two years. But he loves me and is so excited that I am finally fulfilling a lifelong dream!