Recap on Last Week

• I now have only 6 weeks left of school!!!
• I am still applying for jobs but haven't heard anything about them yet (it's still pretty early )
• I have high hopes at getting a job before I graduate
• Last week was not discouraging on the floor; I got to work with a great RN who was very nice and helpful
• I have gotten much better at the cardiac rhythms (by going over and over them) and hope to ace that portion of my cardiac test on Monday
• Friday is my last Sim Lab ever! (I hate Sim Lab)
• The only thing that I'm having a hard time focusing on right now is doing my clinical paperwork- really tired of that!
• I finally took my NCLEX review book off the bookshelf and started reading it...maybe now I'll stop having nightmares about failing the NCLEX
• For those of you who don't know, I post a recipe on this blog: http://nlcfdowntownwomen.blogspot.com/ every Thursday

7 weeks Left!

7 weeks left and I feel this last part is going to be the worst. I have 3 big nursing tests left on the hardest stuff: cardiac, neuro, and respiratory and lots of other things to get done (like applying for jobs!) I've also been feeling very discouraged this past week because sometimes in the hospital, people don't do things the way you think they should, or the way that maybe they are supposed to. It was a disappointment to my future profession. I started thinking, is this how everyone is going to act? Well probably not, but you always have a few... Also, I really am having a hard time with a few of these cardiac dysrhythmias. So if anyone understands them and would like to explain them to me, I would really appreciate it!
All of my classmate's senioritis is kicking in but I can't give in because there is too much at stake! I just keep reminding myself, only 7 weeks left, you can anything for 7 weeks( including studying things that you don't understand ;) !)

Lent

I don't think I have ever observed Lent before, but this year, one of the students in the youth group that I help lead want to learn more about it take a part in it, so we are. I am really bad at knowing what is going on in the world and praying for people other than those in my own like NRV circle so I thought Lent would be a good opportunity to keep myself informed of and pray for people in other countries who's lives are really rough. Hopefully I can periodically update you with some things that I've learned and who I'm praying for.

Wedding Weekend

Unfortunately this weekend went by super-quick because I was having so much fun with friends from college to celebrate former roommate Natalie's wedding. The wedding was in Roanoke so I got to have a couple of out-of-town guests stay with me! Although I had seen these girls more frequently, it had been about 1.5 years since we had all been together! Hopefully we won't need to wait til the next wedding to get together again!

The beautiful bride:

The rest of us (minus Claire):

there she is: