Mental health. Depression. Mania. Hallucinations. What mental images do these words evoke for you? Going into this semester, I remember promising myself that I would face my psychiatric clinicals with an open mind. Though I have never had any interest in pursuing mental health as my full-time career, I realize how essential it is to…
Category: Nursing School
A Season of Change
The end of October is always a time of transition. The hot, humid summer days are finally behind us, and the mornings instead bring crisp fall air and the crunch of autumn leaves. The days get shorter, and the sun begins to set earlier. Pumpkins decorate every walkway, and Halloween candy lines the aisles of…
Clinical Tips: Making the Most Out of Your Experience
Clinicals: they provide some of the most challenging and rewarding learning opportunities in nursing school! I have been so thankful for my time in the hospital this semester, and I wanted to share with you some of my tips for making the most out of your clinical experience. 1) Lay out everything the night ahead!…
Starting Third Semester
I feel like it was just yesterday that I was writing a post about starting second semester. Where does the time go? This semester is obviously a lot different than normal with online classes and hybrid clinicals, but I have actually really enjoyed it so far! This fall I am taking two classes: NUR308 The…
Goodbye, Summer!
Summer 2020 is officially behind me! I have a lot of mixed emotions as I start this new semester, but I am finally starting to feel excited about beginning my new classes and getting into a regular routine. It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I thought I would share some of my summer…
Balancing Work and Nursing School
Yes, I am still here! I have not been consistent with posting recently, but I am determined to be better about posting now that I have started to get a feel for my summer routine. This week I wanted to write about the two things that are taking up the most time in my life…
How To Enjoy Nursing School: My Top 10 Tips and Tricks!
I’ve seen lots of posts about how to “survive” or “get through” nursing school. These always make me sad, because I believe nursing school should be an experience you enjoy! Of course, it is not always fun to cram for exams or feel like you will never make it through your mountains of homework. I…
Starting Second Semester
It’s hard to believe that I am already in my second semester of nursing school! It seems like the first semester was such a blur of new faces, classrooms, assignments, terminology, and testing strategies. I felt like I spent so much of my time just figuring out how to structure my studying and keep on…
A Labor of Love 