Drowning...

Most of the time I feel as if I am drowning in the work that I have to do. One of the girls in the program said, "We don't study, we just DO." This is so true - I don't really study - I just DO things that are due everyday. It gets so overwhelming. Assignments, care plans, journals, concept maps, worksheets, readings, quizzes, etc. AHHHHH. I don't really like learning like that because I don't feel as if I am retaining it. I can't remember things that I did a week ago. what the heck...that is not going to work when I am in clinical or a real nurse. You just have to know what it is and how to do it. However, I also think that I won't be dealing with a lot of this stuff in the maternity/L&D/pedi realm.

At least this semester is almost half over, the weeks do go by so quickly because of all the things that we have to do. The weekends then go by even faster because I am doing school work most of the time too just to catch up...but then I still don't catch up. I need a break....I guess that will have to wait until Dec. I just have to think that this is my second semester - then in the spring it will be mother/baby/kids - yay! (and adult health 2..boo). haha. Then in the summer its pretty much we do our externship/preceptorship and we will be nurses after the dreaded NCLEX. :)

Well I better get back to my Client Data Base since that is due tomorrow...surprise surprise... (Oh and my teacher told me to call her to ask questions about it and she was at ACL having fun - how dare she!! haha)