I still feel really undecided in what to specialize in after I graduate but whenever someone asks me, I always say ER or mental health. ER because it is fast paced and you can see all kinds of interesting things in there, and mental health because I find mental disturbances fascinating. But I have no real strong feelings about either, although I know I don’t want to specialize in wound care (can’t stand skin stuff) or pediatrics (I have the patience to deal with them, but I’d rather not, as well as dealing with parents too). But I’m barely starting public health and I can see myself doing this. It’s more preventing illness rather than managing it and I think its so important to promote wellness. I did have to deal with children so far, but not in a way where parents are overly scared for them like in my peds rotation. I’m actually really excited to do my community hours and I guess we’ll see if I’m still interested by the end of the rotation! 

All gowned up #xray #picc #nursing #thebeststerilegowntiepersonever (Taken with Instagram)

that im reeeeeaaaaallyyyyy liking my new clinical site :]   im placed in DOU this week and next week and i love the nurses in there!! <3  i was there earlier to pick out a patient and they were all helping me out in there trying to decide which pt i can learn best from <33333

but i’ll be in ER the week after then med surg after that and its not the same nurses. Theresa went there to pick out her patient and there was a LOT less interaction with the charge nurse and everything, which is the reality for now. But i just like the vibe in DOU :]

this is such an improvement after manning!! i think i hate her just as much or maybe even more than the worst manager i ever had working in retail and i really hated her.

yay placentia linda!

and how i do love rollercoaster rides. but this one…. ehhhh… too many people trying to get on board with me when i only want the people who are going to be there to laugh and scream with me, not scream at me when they think its going wrong. 

so do me a favor and STEP OFF. STEP BACKWARDS. hahaha ok lame joke referring to some stupid song from forever ago.

i kinda like being busy. although i do miss my tumblr and i dont get to check my email, i’m not really wasting time just watching tv and surfing the internet (oh but how i do love wasting time watching SVU and going on tumblr). im out doing something!! im meant to be out there doing something!! i relish my breaks and whatever down time i have, and i feel stressed when im under pressure from what little hours of the day we have, but when i look back at what i have done, i feel accomplished. I always knew how good it felt to accomplish things, but now that i accomplish things that actually matter for the future, DAMN does that feel GOOD. 

im in class for nursing fundamentals and im getting so excited over starting everything. Although i felt a tinge of jealousy over LVN students who get to start clinicals waaaaay sooner than we BSN students do, im sure the things we learned are worth the wait. but i still wish i was in the hospital sooner XD

i really like my professor. she’s straight up, and gives lot of good examples of what to expect. and its only been 3 hours of class!! im getting goosebumps over the excitement and i cant wait to graduate from here!! 

ive always wanted to do nursing since i was young, but it wasnt really a passion; it was more like i didnt feel like i can do anything else. but now, i really want to do it. i was scared that all the blood, gore, emergency situations, wounds, diseases, etc would scare me off (it really breaks my heart to see pain ((unless i hate you ahahahaha jk)) and the see all these different kinds of things that happen in a hospital) but after these 3 hours of class (still 2 more to go) i feel a passion rousing in me.

im so excited!!