6 Wonderful Years!!

Today is my 6 year dating anniversary with Brian! :D To celebrate, we had our first food and cake tasting for a potential wedding caterer. The food was absolutely amazing and the people were soooo nice. It was fun to have a fancy dinner for free and we left stuffed!
Although this picture was not taken today, it is a recent picture of us. This was taken on my birthday when we went for a day out on my dad's boat. I used my new camera that Brian and my nursing school friends got me - I love it!! :) Thank you to all those who contributed - it truly meant a lot to me!!

Re: 1st Night Shift

Well, I think I have finally recovered from my 1st night shift, but it did take a few days. I wanted to let you know that it went very well and I had a great experience - this whole externship will be a wonderful experience! I really like my preceptor, Kelly; she is really nice and always willing to teach. I told her at the beginning of my shift that I wanted to just observe to just get the feel for things again, but before I knew it, I was giving meds, charting, taking vital signs, etc. So, I think my instinct just took over and I jumped right in, which was good and I am glad I did! Being there and doing so much really helped regain my confidence in myself. I actually like the night shift a lot since it is so calm (without a lot of family, doctors, therapists, etc constantly in the room), but I just need to work on figuring out my sleeping schedule a little more. Anyway, it was a good night and I am looking forward to the next shift on Tuesday. :)

1st Night Shift

Sorry it has been so long since my last post! Since then, I finished summer session and started my fall semester and I turned 26 (and got a new camera!). Other than that, not much is new. I am doing an internship (we call it an externship) this semester at St. Jude in the oncology unit. Tonight is my first night shift ever and I am looking forward to it (although my body is a little thrown off). It is a class that we get credit for and it is an unpaid position (I will be working with a nurse), but I am just excited to get back in the hospital since I haven't had clinical since early December! I will let you all know how tonight goes!! :)