thedarebear asked: Hi nurse B! I'm in need of a nursing students opinion...I'm looking at 2 nursing schools and one starts 6 months earlier than the other. But if I take the latter, I'd be able to get a job in a hospital for a year and get more experience (though I've worked in a hospital before, so its not like I'm totally clueless). Do you think it would be more beneficial to start school earlier or gain more experience?
Hello! Thanks for your question :) I personally would have said that although experience in a hospital setting is beneficial, it’s not essential before you start nurse training. I didn’t have any whatsoever! I would say that since you already have some previous experience, I’d get stuck in and start your training if nursing is what you want to do. But obviously, it’s your decision, so if you feel like you’d like to have a bit more experience under your belt beforehand then take your time. Either way, good luck with everything and please let me know which path you choose!
An update.
Hello to my dear darling followers. I know I’m a bad blogger and I haven’t posted anything in ages BUT, hear me out, I have a good reason (or twenty)!
Over the last few months I’ve been writing my dissertation, which is now complete (!!) and may actually get published (!!!) so I can finally relax!
Wait, wait, no I can’t, I’m a final year student nurse. The word “relax” doesn’t get spoken much at this stage!
So now that my dissertation’s done, I’ve just started my final placement ever, which will finish at the end of July. This one’s particularly scary as you’re basically considered a staff nurse now, give or take a few months. To illustrate, on my first day last Tuesday, I thought my mentor was kidding when she said “Take that bay, off you go”. She wasn’t. No other help, no other support. Just, get in there and get on with it. Stressful? Yes. Overwhelming? No. Amazingly I did manage to get on with it and at the end of the day all my patients were alive and well! Huzzah!
So as well as that, I’m also now applying for jobs, which is scaring the bejeezus out of me. I’m having a mini-crisis regarding exactly where and in which department I want to work, as the general consensus amongst all my nursey friends at the moment is “APPLY EVERYWHERE! JUST GET A JOB! WORRY ABOUT SPECIFICS LATER!”
So that’s fun.
How are you all doing?
More fear
I have to start applying for jobs this week. I HAVE GOT THE FEAR. MORE FEAR THAN I HAD ABOUT LOOKING AFTER MY GRAN (she’s fine btw, I did not break her), AND THAT WAS SERIOUS FEAR.
Biggest nursing task to date:
I have to go and take care of my gran, who has just had a hip replacement, for two days. On my own. She only had it done on Thursday and she’s leaving hospital this afternoon.
I have THE FEAR. If I break my gran, I will be shunned!
THIS IS THE REAL TEST, PEOPLE.
Oh god wish me luck.
DISSERTATION
PLEASE GO AWAY
AAAAGGHHH
SERIOUSLY WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE
(In exactly one month, I will have handed this mutha in)
