Good news, and preparing for the semester.
On January 5th my new school semester begins. I found out over the holiday break that I was admitted to the official nursing program. I was in the pre-nursing curriculum after I transferred into the school this fall, meaning that I had to finish up the school’s pre-requisites for sciences, nursing intro courses, etc. From my understanding, about 80 people applied to get into 45 spots for the nursing program this semester, and I was one of the selected. Whee! I had a big smile on my face the whole week that I found out.
My schedule will be Monday through Friday, and I’ll be taking these courses:
*Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (Lecture and Lab)
*Foundations of Nursing and Critical Thinking
*Nursing Therapeutics (Lecture and Lab)
*Health Assessment Throughout the Lifespan (Lecture and Lab)
Now reality is setting in – holy crap, I got into the nursing program – and I am a bit nervous about starting this part of my journey. What if I have a hard time balancing work and school? What are my classes going to be like? What if I’m terrible at nursing or flunk out of my skills labs? I am sure all of my questions will work themselves out, but for now, I have a bit of a bellyache about it.
I’m trying to help myself by preparing as much as I can before the semester begins. I got my planner out and wrote all of my classes in it. I labeled and prepared my 3-ring binders and notebooks. I’m going to purchase my textbooks as soon as the bookstore opens after the holiday and start reading. I’ve also been trying to do things like prepare bigger meals than I normally would, and freeze part of them so I can have dinner ready in a flash at night, instead of coming home exhausted and eating a bag of chips for dinner. (Nothing makes me feel more exhausted than bad nutrition, I’m finding out.) I’m trying to pare down my life so that I can concentrate on the things that are important to me right now: K, school, my health, my house, my pets, and work. Finding balance between these things is going to be the most challenging issue as I progress through nursing school, I’m predicting.
