I think I am most to hit the floor and start working at this point. I’ve gained a lot of knowledge over the last few years, both in and out of the classroom and I feel like I’m ready. I understand that there will still be significant knowledge gap but I have a good understanding of my limits and I don’t think I should let that stop me from sharpening the skills I already have and taking advantage of opportunities to learn new ones.
I think I celebrate my victories by allowing myself to feel good and special for having made that progress and then channeling that into momentum to accomplish the next thing that I have to do. I think I’m anxious about the workload this semester, and how my academic obligations might interfere with commitments I have outside of school and things I might want to do for fun.
One of my goals for this semester is to put in all of my assignments for the semester into my planner before Wednesday. I think this will set me up for success later in the semester having a resource where all of my classes are consolidated in one place. Also, by looking over the assignments now I can plan out my schedule ahead of time.
Doing the Nurse Logic Modules I really got to see how much I still have to learn about nursing. I’ve done fairly well in my classes and I still got a 35% and a 40% on some of those exams. However, while I was taking the texts I was able to use broader principles to help me answer questions correctly even when I didn’t know the specific details about a drug or a disease process. I think really focusing in on those overarching things will do me well in preparing for the NCLEX and in my career as a nurse.
