Rain & Christmas Lights

I love the rain. The way it sounds hitting everything. Especially the front patio cover and the skylight in our bathroom. I makes me want to curl up with a blanket in front of a fire. Even more exciting is that tomorrow is the 1st of December. Only 17 more days until I am done with nursing school. And 25 days of Christmas music and movies. That always puts a smile on my face. Just can't wait until we get our X-Mas tree, then the whole house will smile like Christmas.

I never knew...

Interviews are rough. Oh my goodness! I have never experienced anything like that before. Had my 2nd interview today. I think it went good. But I won't really know for a week or two because all I got from the 5 other people staring at me from across the table was a bunch of questions for me to answer and no response from any of them. At least 30 minutes of grilling questions. Jack tried to reassure me that it is normal for a panel interview and they must really be considering me to go through all of that. I hope so. Don't know if I want to do it again. But it will be all worth it getting the job.

Another

I got called today for a 2nd interview. No time to really think because it is tomorrow at 2:30. Going to have to leave clinical early to make it and interview in my RCC nursing uniform. Hoping it is a great thing and that it means I get the job. So excited! With school so close to an end this is icing on the cake.... Will let you know how it went afterwards.

More Good News!!!

I passed my test today! One more test then the final. Only one month to go. Can't wait to be done. Party plans are picking up. Hope to see you New Years Eve celebrating a crazy year done and a new adventure to start this next year....

Interview

So interview went good. I think. Spent almost an hour talking with one of the charge nurses and the unit manager. Now I wait to hear back...

WOW!

The last two days...
Yesterday I had a special tour of Loma Linda Children's Hospital. They have a wonderful Pediatric RN Residency Program. The nurse recruiter gave me and a friend a tour of the units we are interested in. It was so cool! She even was able to introduce us to a couple of the managers. Score! Anyways. I walked on to the hematology/oncology unit at just thought - wow, this is why I went to nursing school. It was just exactly where I had imagined myself working someday. Now, I was only on the unit for a short time but I liked the feel of it. The staff was very welcoming and loved their jobs. The kids were so cute even though they were sick. I just loved it.
Today I had clinical. Spent 8 hours in the ER at Riverside County Regional Medical Center. Not a bad day, just was ok. But... on my way home I was checking my messages and to my surprise the Administrative Secretary for the 4800 unit (peds hem/onco unit) called to set me up for an interview. SO EXCITED! So now I have an interview next week and we will see where I go from there.

Project!

I love projects. Crafts. I have a presentation coming up soon. That I don't like. Speaking in front of people is not my idea of fun. So I try to do all the prep work to get out of some of the talking. The presentation is for the well-elderly community. We have to teach them something. We are focusing on diet (fiber), fluids, and exercise. All are important for all ages. Anyways. I made this poster board as a visual aid describing the all important food pyramid with a focus on fiber.

Hopefully the type is large enough. I will probably have a complaint from my instructor. But at least it is bigger than the normal 8X11 page paper I obtained it from. It was a good use of time since I got sent home from work after only 8 hours. Not good for the paycheck but at least productive.