Just as a treat and a break for myself, I went with my friend to the nail salon for a mani/pedi. The last time I went was like 6 months ago! (In nursing school, they'd chastise us if we had our nails done and plus, I barely had time for it.) It was really relaxing and I'm glad I just took some time off to get pampered. When I was leaving the salon, the owners asked how I was doing and such (I've known them since I was in grade school) and they asked what I graduated as. When they heard I became a nurse, the customer sitting in front of the owner was just so pleased! She was glad I was going into the city to work because hospitals around here aren't as great anymore. She also told me "Don't allow yourself to be eaten alive by the older nurses...they need to learn to accomodate you and you need to learn...I'm just so happy to see younger people going into the profession. It always warms my heart. Best of luck and God bless you..." I thought that was so sweet. It made me feel really great about the profession--she made it seem more like a calling than just "work" (as a few jaded people in nursing see it these days, unfortunately).
I figured I wouldn't get any studying done immediately after as I had just taken a 3 hour/180 question Kaplan NCLEX Readyness Test this morning. This time, I was able to sit there without fidgeting or getting bleary eyed for the entire 3 hours. Mind you, the NCLEX is a max of 6 hours, but at least I can sit for 3 so far. I still have to work my way up. I've been practicing questions everyday since I started Kaplan last week and my endurance has definitely gone up. The price you pay is still a rip-off, but I just wanted the extra confidence boost that I knew the course would offer me. The test is a month away (Feb 19) but I'm still a tad nervous! I think it's because of all that passing can do for me--I can finally work in a hospital as a nurse (can't work as a GN without a license here), I won't have to pay a ridiculous amount every month for insurance (cause I'm on Cobra right now since I graduated), and I can just stop stressing out about this test and do things without worrying about studying. (I.E.: I go to a movie or out for dinner with some people and I stilll have the test on the back of my mind.) It's been driving me insane! My fiance knows and unfortunately, I took out some of the stress on him earlier this week. But, he gets why I'm so crazed. I did find out that working out more often definitely helps me cope with stress
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this just reminds me that my instructors have yet to give us their usual "I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN GROWING YOUR NAILS OUT DURING THE BREAK, LADIES, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO CUT THEM SHORT!!!!!!" good for you for slipping in breaks and pampering here and there.
i have a good feeling you're gonna kick ass on that NCLEX :D
Don't study too much or you will stress yourself to death. Hit the drugs, especially the atypicals, endocrine, cardiac and work on the prioritizing questions. Its really not that bad, you can do it in under 2 hours.
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