Low Down

In life we learn many lessons, all of which come from both good and bad experiences. My nursing student career has been the foundation of mine lately. As I wind down to my last day of clinicals for block 3, I continue to realize just how much I hate med/surg. There is a drastic difference between nursing in school and the reality of what the trenches bring you and I had a nurse yesterday that reminded me of this within 15min of being on the floor. Nursing takes a special kind of person to clean up after a grown mans poop, emesis, or whatever else presents that day. I know for sure that moms and babies is the road for me without a doubt. So for now I have to suffer through this learning experience and take it all in - the good and the bad right?

In our current economy, the future looks a little brisk to me. Am I being realistic in thinking that I can find an L&D job right after graduation? Im not so sure becuase I dont see much out there for new grads. So I am praying on a miracle at this point. I cannot believe I only have one more block and then I graduate. The scary part is that teachers say this is the block most fail :O I'll be damned if I come that far to fail the last block! Failure is not an option at this point, so put all those prayers out for me please.