Panic

I have felt panicked, stressed and unfocused lately. Not at all what I am used to. I am doing better now that I signed up for a program on-line to help me study. :o) The point is to PASS the NCLEX ... deep breath. Please Lord God help me, a lot.

AAAHHHHHH!!!!!

OMG my NCLEX-RN exam is scheduled for April 27, 2010 at 0800 in Renton!!! AHHHH!
Please dear God help me to pass!!!!

NCLEX

I am so relieved that I graduated but the Washington state NCLEX-RN exam has got me a bit freaked out!

WOW!!!

OMG I cannot believe nursing school is almost over!!!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah!!! I am not exactly feeling ready to be a nurse on my own but I am certainly over being a nursing student! I have only 1 day of class left and graduation is THIS Saturday... so crazy and weird! Yippee!!!!!

Photos

I posted photos of our nursing class on Shutterfly at:
http://tccnursingclassof2010.shutterfly.com/

Half way there ...

I am really liking my preceptorship! I am halfway done and can't believe after this I will be taking my NCLEX-RN exam (gulp) and then I will actually be working as a nurse!!! Wow!

Will I ever know what I am doing??

I have done 3 shifts of my preceptorship rotation at a local hospitals ICU. The hospital is smaller and not as fast paced as I am used to in the ER I work at (so far) . Yet, I am weak at things like pharmacology, interpreting lab values, assessments, paperwork and the flow of things. I know that most of these things will take time yet, right now I just feel lost! I feel like "Will I ever know what I am doing??” One of the nurses I worked with today said "No, a part of you will always feel incompetent" ... I don't like that mindset!

It is going pretty well so far but I have a LOT to learn!