That’s right folks, four weeks from today I’ll be dying of heat exhaustion in a black robe in the ARC. (along with many of you, who will be annoyed that the CoN is last in the lineup) I still can’t wrap my head around it.
What I have noticed is a lot of “lasts” that I’ve been experiencing the past few weeks, and will continue to do so until that glorious? fateful? Sunday. This week I have my last college test ever (which happens to be a four year cumulative exit exam, no big deal) followed by my last SigEp dance party and my last class presentation (which includes the last time I have to write the Valpo honor code.) It seems like just yesterday I was excited about all of my “firsts” of college, and in the blink of an eye it will all be over. Yikes.
Practicum is going really well! Because I’m at an outpatient infusion center, I’m pretty spoiled. I get to pick my own hours, which aren’t midnights or weekends since they aren’t open then. We have drug reps that bring us yummy lunch everyday. I don’t really do much assessment or have to balance a normal patient load since all of the nurses and medical assistants work together. Those things will probably come back to haunt me, but I’m going to be amazing at blood draws and IVs by the time I’m done. I’ve already hit more veins (all but 1 successfully!) than many of my classmates will get to try and I’m only about halfway done. Ports are cake and so much more helpful when they go both ways (seriously Dad- much easier for the nurses). I have no doubt that I’ll be an expert at hanging IV drugs and pushing chemo by the time I’m done. I’m all caught up on the gossip at the office too, which I’ve learned is an important part of nursing wherever you go. The women that I work with are funny and very knowledgeable, and the doctors seem nice, but I try to stay out of their way. We usually have about a hundred patients come through our door each day, so we stay pretty busy.
We had our last Valpo Visit Day on Saturday, and it went really well, despite colder than ideal temperatures and fewer AIAs than normal. I’m training people to take over my jobs in the admissions office, and slowly but surely releasing responsibility- and it feels great.
Hopefully, a week from tomorrow, I’ll be done with all of my academic responsibilities, and able to just sit back, relax and enjoy my last few weeks as an undergraduate.
love and miss-
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I think one of the best things about the end of college was releasing various responsibilities.
Personally, handing over the keys to the house to the next president was the best feeling ever!
I'm excited to see where ya go in life now make sure to keep me posted!
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