Times are changing with school. We are getting ready to head into clinical in about 2 weeks and it is getting very real and very scary all at the same time. I am excited to get into the clinical setting. But we will be experiencing a number of "firsts" on real patients. The state does not allow student nurses to practice giving injections or start IVs on each other now. (Mind you I don't relish the though of others poking me with a needle) but I would have preferred my first few times doing this be on a classmate rather than a patient in a hospital. YIKES!! We do have mannequins and "dummy" arms and pads to practice on but I just don't think that quite compares to the real human skin. How would you like to the be the patient that hears "I'm a student nurse and this is the first time I am performing this procedure...". Not sure that's what we say, but it would be an accurate statement. Our nursing professors will be with us walking us through the steps and make sure everything is good, but still.....
Job hunting is still not going well. I can't even keep track any more of the number of jobs I have applied for. Now to make matters worse, Brian's boss closed his business (he was the one who hired me for the summer) and so now I am looking for a job in Texas too! I still plan on moving down there for the summer, but now I'm looking for 2 jobs instead of one! Nothing like a challenge. I just picked up a couple more applications for hotels around Monticello and Becker for front desk or housekeeping. I found a home care agency in Waxahachie that I am applying for.... Things would be awesome if both jobs worked out!!! I continue to say prayers every night. My impatience gets the better of me sometimes.
Brian is starting up his construction business again. He is very talented. He has worked construction all his life, and puts his heart into his work. I've had the opportunity to work with him a few times when I visited him and you can see how much he enjoys what he does. I am proud of him and his determination to make this work for him again. He is too talented not to be doing this type of work. He does any type of job no matter how small. Today he was hooking up appliances for someone, next week he is remodeling a shower, and also has some work lined up doing deck repair, trim work, etc. I think it would be really cool if his business really took off and I could work with him over the summer! Love watching him work.
I think it is funny how I am going to Texas- me... the homebody out of the four kids in our family!! I never ventured far from home and always teased (kinda) that I would move wherever my parents moved to. Now in a couple of years I plan to move to Texas. Of course I have 2+ years of schooling to finish first. Texas still is experiencing a nursing shortage (MN is currently not, nor is Wisc or Calf). Texas is also a part of a nursing compact- which basically means that if I take my nursing boards in one of the states that belong to this compact I can work in those states. I believe there are 13 states in this compact. I can work in any state as a nurse once I pass my boards, but I have to apply to be licensed in each of them. Kind of like a teaching license, but I don't see any benefits (other than states gettting additional money from application fees) for having to apply to be able to practice in each state individually. Seems to me if they have the same test, you should be able to practice anywhere. Each facility would have its own policies and procedures to learn anyway. It might happen in the future.
Well enough for now. Need to get back to the books so I can be one step closer to my dream!!
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