Happy New Year from Peace Love Nursing!
I hope everyone is wrapping up a great holiday season! Mine was filled with family, friends, and so much happiness! I always like to take the end of the year to reflect on the past year and look ahead to make goals for the new year.
Reflection
2016 was a tough year thanks to nursing school! I have stayed busy with class, clinical, studying, and working PRN. I have tried my best to enjoy the ride of nursing school and the challenges and triumph it brings. I feel the RN program is already growing my confidence and skills as an LPN and I look forward to transitioning to the RN role and seeing how I grow as a nurse this year.
Nursey New Year Resolutions
In my last blog post I talked about the importance of setting a nursey new year’s resolution to help prevent nurse burn out and increase personal satisfaction in the profession of nursing. I have one more class left of nursing school and my pinning will be March 1 (fingers crossed!) so most of my resolutions revolve around graduating. I picked three resolutions for the year and also have planned out how I hope to achieve them.
- Graduate Nursing School! I have one 7 week class left before I graduate! This class is filled with information, tests, and end of the program work. I also will do a 3 week practicum where I will work a full time schedule with a preceptor. It’s time to get organized and buckle down for one more class!
- Pass the NCLEX. As we know, graduating nursing school is not enough. You have to pass the NCLEX (state boards) to get those beautiful letters (LPN/RN) behind your name and begin working as a fully licensed nurse! I am in the process of researching how I want to study for the NCLEX. My program does a NCLEX review where an instructor from ATI comes for 3 days. I used Saunders NCLEX Review and attended the Kaplan 2 day test prep before my LPN NCLEX. As I begin to study and decide what I will be using I will share with you!
- Transition into the RN Role. I have been an LPN for three years, so I have worked as a nurse giving my transition into working as an RN a unique prespective and I look forward to sharing it with you all!
Blog New Year’s Resolutions
When things get crazy with school, work, and life in general- I notice that my blogging falls to the side. However, I love this space and every time I come here to write I realize how much I enjoy it and I want it to be a regular thing! It’s not only fun but a great stress relief. I love connecting with all of you and sharing my journey. Starting today I will post a blog post every Wednesday! There will be weeks where there are blogs on other days, and I hope to work up to regularly writing more blog posts. However, right now one a week seems like an obtainable goal and a good start!
Thank you for letting me sharing my journey and for all of the love and support for me and the blog over this past year! I appreciate all of you!
What’s your New Year’s Resolution this year?