Guys! So much has happened in the past couple of months. Life has been super busy but is a good busy. If you would have asked me several years ago about how I thought life would be like today I probably would have not been able to say nothing compared to how I feel right now. I probably would have said that I’d hope to be “done” with nursing school but to actually be where I am today is indescribable.
Back in May I started my last semester of nursing school. 7 weeks of lectures and 7 weeks of precepting with a RN. I am officially one week away from ending the first of half of the semester. This feels surreal. I am so thankful. So grateful. So full of all kinds of emotions I can’t even explain.
And it gets better!
So... I was hired! Yes, you read right. I got a job offer back in mid April by my current employer. This was kind of expected but I didn’t think it would be as easy as it was ☺️
And even better!
I’m doing my preceptorship in the mother baby unit. And y’all know how I feel about this specialty right?!
Maternity has always been my passion and although I have decided to dedicate the first couple of years of my career learning and being exposed to as many experiences as possible in med surg I know deep down that my heart and soul belongs to women’s health.
Honestly I didn’t think I would get the opportunity to precept at mom baby. I was told from the beginning that it was nearly impossible to get it because usually students who work for the department get preference and GPA plays a big role. Yet I couldn’t just let it go without at least trying. And that’s exactly what I did. I kept my grades good. I made sure to connect with the right people (because many times is all about who you know and not what you know), and I made sure my name was known. I went to speak with the nurse manager of the unit simply to make her aware of my passion for OB and my background experiences in the field. Also my first name is not an easy name to forget. Even if not easily pronounceable and I knew that if she ever saw my name again she would remember it 😉 (Thanks Mom!). So yes I may have cheated a little bit but I like to say that I was being proactive and took matters into my on hands. Well first I prayed about it and allowed God to guide me to the next steps.
It’s not always peaches and cream however. In the same email I got informing me of the great news I also received news that I would be precepting over night. 7p-7a. Nooooo!!!!! As you might remember I did two years working nights at the mom baby unit for my current employer and it was tough. Needless to say I was less than thrilled about it. For a slight moment I thought I had jumped into the tiger's mouth and F***ed my own life. But the more time I’ve had to think about it the more I’m starting to get a good feeling about it. There’s a reason for everything and I have a feeling that this is exactly where I need to be in order for the next phase of my life to take place.
I am extremely excited, thankful, and feeling super blessed. And to be honest, I don’t understand how things have fallen into place the way they have with school, home/family/finances, my employer working so well with school schedule, the precepting days and hours and so many other things. I just don’t know what I did to deserve all this goodness but I am very much thankful for it all ☺️ God is good y'all, God is good.
Cheers!
Here’s to my last 7 weeks in nursing school!!!
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