Lately I've been looking at my life so far and thinking of all the miracles and blessings that have come into my life, and have realized more fully the hand of the Lord in my life:
My little brother Aaron is SOOO CUTE! (and is getting a wish granted from make a wish foundation btw So happy for him)
I've always been blessed with good friends
I got a 5 year academic scholarship
I learned Ukrainian
I went on a mission
I got in to nursing school
I finished nursing school (magna cum laude at that)
and lately....I landed my dream job!
Ok, so now you're so curious what my dream job is yeah?
University of Utah Hospital Maternal Newborn
If you don't understand quite how awesome that is, let me help you. I have been applying for jobs for over 6 months now. I've had applied to over 100 places and interviewed at least 5 places. IHC, the biggest hospital organization/thingy in Utah only hires 2% of their new grad applicants. Many students cannot get a job in a hospital straight after school unless their mom is director of nursing, they worked as a CNA there, and did their school clinical work on that same floor. I have not worked as a CNA (or had much of any medical background except nursing school), I did my clinical work in a hospital that only hired one out of at least 15 SUU students, and my mother is definitely not a director of nursing. Many Grads can still be looking for a job for more than a year after graduation. Gone are the days where nurses walk in, choose their position, and get hired like that. Yes, even in the medical field jobs are hard to come by. So not only did I get a job in a real live hospital, but I also got into maternal newborn, the area I wanted. Often, you need to work your way up to that and start in med surg.
I can't wait! I start tomorrow. I'm a little nervous, feel like I've forgotten a lot from school. But I am so grateful for this opportunity!
Its about time for me to post, and while nothing really in life has changed, my friend Mindy posted about how she loves rain and so I think I'm going to kind of steal it. Except mine is about clouds.
Have you ever wondered if maybe you helped in the creation? Like if there was just a little part that you helped Heavenly Father with, so that every time you see it you just know it was for you, to remind you of His love?
I think mine would be the clouds. I love walking through fog, I love the humidity, I love seeing cool formations, I love when the sun streams through them, and I love storms. It kind of makes me feel like God is just wrapping me up in a blanket, helping me feel safe, comforted, and loved.
Our nursing class got 100% pass rate on the NCLEX on the first try! We are so awesome!
Yes, I suck at updating. Yay! I'm now officially a Registered Nurse who is unfortunately still looking for a job after applying to over 40 places now in 3 months in 13 states. Apparently being a nurse, and being a new nurse is a COMPLETELY different thing!!! It hasn't been that bad though, As of today I still live in Cedar and that means I get to hang out with my best friends Mindy and Cyann a lot. We've been camping a few times, swimming, got MAJOR sunburned, played in st George, barbecued, and watched marathon episodes of LOST and Greys Anatomy. I realize that it is time for a change so I'm moving to Salt Lake this week, sad day, but happens.
With day of pioneer!!!
I graduated! never thought this day would come. Next you'd probably ask me what my plans are... to be a nurse of course! And that's all. I don't care where I live, don't care where I work, I just want a job, because in a year or two I will be able to get any job I ever could have wanted. You'd think I could just get my dream job right off, and employers would be calling me, begging me to work for them. I don't understand it either. Apparently most nursing schools only offer under 100 hours of clinical work. SUU? well more than 600 hours. I feel ready, really. Now if only everyone else knew that. I pretty much either will get a job in a nursing home, or be accepted into a nursing residency program where it's like fourth level precepting all over again and I have to sign away 2 years of my life after that and work for them. I mean who do they think they are really? I am so frustrated with all these ridiculous hoops that I need to jump through.
So what's next is that I take the NCLEX which is a test that determines if the last 5 years I spent in school was worth it or not. If I pass, I can add two letters to the end of my name, "RN", if I don't well, I'll probably add 3 letters, "R.I.P." Yep it's do it or die basically. Talk about pressure. Now if only I can sign up to take it. I've already paid 200 dollars to the testing company, Pearson Vue, gave them all my information, gotten fingerprinted, backround checked, paid 100 dollars to Utah Department of Proffessional Licensing (DOPL), the only thing left is for my school to send my official transcript to DOPL and then DOPL has to tell Pearson Vue that I am eligible to sign up, then Pearson Vue e-mails me, then I check my e-mail a million trillion times, even in my sleep so that I can immediately sign up before it becomes so full that the earliest I can test is in August, after I've forgotten everything I've learned.
In other news,
Ramona and Beezus is so cute! I cried!
Love my summer institute class, Pearl of Great Price, and my teacher Bro Lefevre
I have the bestest best friends in the whole world
Love camping! Hate sunburn, hate cancer, love tan to follow,
And something for everyone to think about:
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life."--John Lennon
