Tomorrow, I'll be here:
Okay, not exactly there, but you understand where I'm going with this. I start my final year of nursing school tomorrow. As long as I don't completely screw up, I'll be a nurse by June. Yeah.
I'm trying to sound excited here, but I just can't. There's so much to do before I get to June. Peds, OB, Management, skills lab, SIM, ATI, N-CLEX - AAAAAH! When am I going to get all this done? Not only that, but how am I supposed to get all this done well? Overwhelming.
What I need is a plan. I need to go-to strategy that I can continually reference, even in my darkest and most depressing hour. Well, I have a few tricks up my sleeve that I think may make this year better than the last.
1. iPhone + Awesome Notes App
This year I have an iPhone, which is not only the most awesome thing in the world for anyone to have, but especially us busy students trying to keep track of every little class, clinical, assignment, etc. Add in Awesome Notes, an app that allows you to take notes during lecture, keep track of assignments, write quick sticky notes and almost anything else, then upload it all to your Google Docs, and you've got maybe the best nursing student tool ever. I got a small external keyboard which connects wirelessly to my phone, so I don't have to lug my laptop to class. This is going to be so awesome.
2. Cherokee Maroon Scrubs
Okay, so my school has specific scrubs they want you to buy, not just a specific color, but a specific brand. I'll not mention any names (you know who you are Landau), but the scrubs they want us to wear, the scrubs I wore all last year, are uncomfortable, ill-fitting and overall just make me look like a slob. The pant leg is straight down and there's no elastic to it, just a drawstring that's either so tight it cuts off my circulation at the waist, or too loose so that every time I bend over there's a peep show for all to see. The top is horrible, billowing out at the waist and then coming in so tight at the hips that some girls had to cut slits into the sides just so they could pull them all the way down. And the only pocket on these things is directly over my left boob. Scrubs without pockets = worthless.
Well, this year I'm not having it. I bought Cherokee scrubs that fit, have three pockets for the top and three pockets in the pants (which have elastic backs and drawstring fronts, with a flared leg as God intended). I realize they're not "school-issue," but they are maroon like the rest, and so help me if anyone tries to challenge my scrub selection I will lose it. I'm not going to clinical looking like a complete mess any more. I simply won't do it.
3. Dansko Shoes
No more back ache, no more throbbing feet. I have Danskos!
4. A Light at the End
Yes, I can see it. The light is June, and the tunnel is everything leading up to that. I think I will make it.
Wish me luck.
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