It's official: I'm a BSN grad

Graduation day has come and gone.  I feel as if I've hardly had any time to process that any of this is happening.  I don't think it'll really hit me until a few weeks from now, when I have no class or homework or studying to do (other than for NCLEX), or until I have my first job interview.  It's been a journey, and I'm sad to see this chapter of my life come to an end, but I'm looking forward to seeing what the Lord has planned for the future.

Til next time,
Grace, BSN
:)

Pinning. Check. Graduation, 3 days!

The countdown to pinning is finished.  It came and went rather quickly, almost too quickly to take in really, despite the fact the ceremony was almost 2 1/2 hours long.  Even afterwards, it still really didn't hit me that I'm done.  Like, done, done with school.  No late nights studying for an exam, no clinical journals, care plans, case studies.  No study sessions at Boston Coffee.  No more hanging out at room 602 in the CON. No more discussions comparing answers to questions in the hallway post-exam. No more refreshing webcourses to see if exam grades are up. No more snacking during class, or laughing at Dr. D's jokes. Is it weird that I will miss a lot of what I mentioned, when I complained about it so often before? Haha. Really, these 2 years flew by.  It never seems like it while you're in it, until you look back from day 1 until now.  I still remember that first day of orientation, when they overwhelmed us with so much information :)  That first week of sort through 6 or 7 syllabuses and feeling so anxious I had chest pain.  The late nights preparing med cards and care plans for all our different clinical rotations, and feeling so anxious when being quizzed by our clinical instructor-- to beginning practicum and feeling more like a nurse. It's kind of intimidating knowing that we no longer have the safety net of the school and our instructors.  Once we get that "RN" behind our name, we're responsible for ourselves and our patients. Well, I will oddly enough miss school, or perhaps the familiarity that comes with it, since I've known nothing else.  3 more days until graduation!

~all glory be to Christ