Nurses and Rough Nights

I have been working as a floor nurse now for over a year. Time flies when you're having fun. This picture shows my friend Jamie who is also a charge nurse on our floor. She sometimes works as charge,  others on the floor. On this particular night due to over staffing we were floated to another unit. The guy is a great friend and Patient Care Tech, Alex. He is an amazing tech and has helped in some extreme situations. He knows his stuff!

There are some stressful nights at work and this one was no exception. I'm blessed to work with such great people.

HESI and Christmas Break!

I took the HESI on Monday. This is a test that basically prepares us for NCLEX which are the nursing boards. We take that to get our license after we graduate. It helps determine our strengths and weaknesses. If you don't pass at our school you are required to do 15 hours of online work on a site called ATI. Well I was SO ready to fail this thing. I was scared, nervous, etc. I passed! I was so shocked I seriously double and triple checked my score. I am so glad that's over. Now over Christmas break instead of doing all of that online work? I sit at home with my family baking cookies and enjoying myself!!!

Now when I was looking for ways to study for the test I asked friends, I searched the Internet and eventually found an online program through the Evolve website. It cost $24.99 but you know what? It helped me SO much. I recommend this to anyone. I didn't know how to study for it. I didn't want to dig into old notes, or old books. There is entirely too much information to process. So I found this and was very pleased. I am considering baking tonight for Christmas but I am not sure I need all that temptation around this house. I'll end up eating too much of it!