Dear Diary,
It's been a while since my last post. I just wanted to take some time to reflect back on my spring semester of nursing school. It has been the most stressful semester yet and I am so relieved to be on summer break! From starting the semester off with all A's to almost failing courses, it has definitely been a rough one! But I can thankfully say that the Lord saw me through and I am now an official SENIOR!
My course load consisted of 3 classes: Adult Health, Maternal/Child Nursing, and Pharmacology, all totaling 15 credit hours. I also attended 225 lab, sim, and clinical hours. As I reflect back on memories from this 5-month semester, I am able to say that my most enjoyable college of nursing moments happened during clinical. I really enjoyed working one-on-one with patients and being able to practice my nursing skills in the real-life settings. I remember always being anxious during the start of my clinical mornings because I never knew what to expect. These feelings went away shortly after my shifts started as I got in the "zone" and began my morning vitals. On top of that, my clinical instructors were always supportive and there to help whenever needed. It was a frequent conversation between me and my clinical members as to how we always lucked up on our clinical instructors, after we were told stories from our classmates about their unpleasant instructor experiences.
Lecture classes were my least favorite. Nursing classes are long, and often boring. I am ashamed to say that I was not focused in class as much as I should have been. Because of my boredom, I resorted to texting and scrolling though Pinterest and Facebook newsfeeds. My lack of attention during class often resulted in me basically teaching myself the material afterwards. I don't feel completely bad about this because I had professors who would literally read each powerpoint slide word from word. For that reason, I have been able to appreciate the posting of our class powerpoint slides and lecture notes online. However, next semester I vow to do better and be more alert the first time.
After completing this semester, I am confident that I will get through the next. God has brought me through 2 semesters in nursing school and I just know that he'll bring me through the last 2. Time to use this summer to prepare myself for the blessings coming my way.
-Dikira
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