"Normal"

S. Berning, SN


Ok, so the past few weeks have truly been nothing but "drama" and that's getting to be pretty normal. The drama of finishing classes (equals finals), starting classes (equals tests), doing wacky things like making cakes late at night(and i'm going to note right now that mine had waaaay more frosting than hers!) and studying at the river (which, btw was also my idea). I am beginning to feel like nursing school is starting to become the norm-just like being a student nurse hopping around the hospital is starting to feel pretty normal.
I was pretty surprised when I looked at the calender today and saw that we only have three more weeks until we're done with our first term of nursing! I do feel like I've come a long ways from the first couple weeks of school-thank goodness! Giving injections, catheters, assessments and iv's are no longer mysterious or frightening and (to be honest) I really kinda enjoy giving meds-which is totally surprising.
I am getting really tired tho. I haven't really gotten sick yet but I have experienced some really awesome weekend crashes where I literally sleep for almost the whole night and day. Today I only napped for a couple hours;) after we were done with our morning of testing and then I rushed around to do some house keeping. It's amazing how fast a little dorm room can deteriorate! Tomorrow is another clinical day and that's becoming super normal. I can honestly say that I no longer get nervous-I'm not exactly excited but I'm definitely not scared anymore!
So I guess the summary of this post is that I'm getting comfortable-at last!!