!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or maybe it was just me anxiously waiting to find the time to tell you all about my first few weeks of nursing school! (I mean after all I did create this account to be able to share my experience with you all :)) So here it goes!
My first week was like jumping into a pool of ice water. I had no idea really what to expect besides the fact that I was about to dive into a ton of school work and studying. On that Monday, I sat through my first ever 2 hour class and besides my toes falling asleep, from sitting at a desk for that long and my eyes burning, most likely due to being afraid to blink and miss something, I'd say it was a pretty stellar first day of classes. I walked back to my apartment and got to work escaping into a world of nursing textbooks that stack almost up to my knee. Tuesday morning was an early wake up call for another 2 hour lecture that started at the most exciting time, 8am. Again toes fell asleep, eyes burned...At this point I decided that eye drops might be a good idea! After my class I walked down four flights of stairs and proceeded to walk to the College of Nursing Hall which is where I would spend the next four hours in my first ever nursing lab. There I sat with the 8 other nursing students in my class waiting to see what exactly was "the truth" that every one is told about simulation labs...... Fast forward a few months... I completed my first semester of nursing school and now finally have time to finish this post. Long story short, I ate, slept, and breathed school from august to now and I couldn't be more relieved that the semester is over. Not only am I pleased to say that I know for a fact that nursing is my calling but I also finished out my first semester of nursing school with a 4.0!!! :)