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Janice Reijnaert, L.P.N.

Test Talk

well, well, well I learn for over a year how to take the test.

I get to the testing center.

I read first question.....................

First thought: THIS IS NOTHING LIKE THE 5000 QUESTIONS I HAVE BEEN DOING!!!!!

I did my best.

I do not know if I did well.

I don't know if I sucked wind.

Find out Friday.

I'm proud of myself no matter what.

I got this far didn't I? wink, wink, nudge, nudge......................snerk

NCLEX DAY

Alternating

I'm alternating between total despair at possible failure and studying and procrastinating and watching my family being total imbeciles(in various ways).

I don't want to be stuck at home anymore. I want a job. I want to feel useful. I need to think about more than myself because frankly, I'm a terrible subject to contemplate. :P

Pharmacology, pediatrics, med/surg + care of the aged, basics, OB + newborn care, cancer which is where I get all CONFUZZLED about chemo versus anti-neoplastic meds, mental health, psychosocial and safety first.

Still having anxiety dreams. Not fun nor very restful. I wish Dr. Grumpy would come and tell me funny bedtime stories. I could use some laughs.

I'm praying that all of you are enjoying your weekend much more than I am not enjoying mine........whine.

BURIED!!!!!!!!!!!!

ACK!!!!!!!!! Six days left to study!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In Suspended Animation

Just hanging out and waiting for the NCLEX test next week. Sigh.

I don't do well without some kind of schedule. Class schedule, work schedule, something planned. My life has been pretty amorphous since August 14.

I think I've melding & become one with my couch. Kinda makes my butt look ginormous. Like it needs help to look bigger? Pfttttttttttttttttt.

My brain feels like jelly. It is still working but aimed at the NCLEX info. Which is getting dull.

My IQ is going blahblahblah...............

Two More Weeks

Two weeks from now I should be finishing up my NCLEX-PN test so I can get my nursing license. I cannot wait. I have seen more of my spouse and kids that I ever planned on or wanted. I miss my home alone time.

They will not let me work as a nurse without that pesky license. I WANT a job just so I am out of the house!!! That's the first time I've ever said that. LOL.

I've been practicing test questions from one of the 3 CDs I have on my laptop. 5000 different NCLEX questions. Wahoo. 3 different CD all with different emphasis'.

I like the Mosby one because I am brilliant on that one. I get 95% on all topics. My nursing school director advised me to get this review along with the Davis version.

Much to my surprise I remember at least 90% of what I was taught this past year. I will have to go over some lab values, the 4 different kinds of shock, dosage math, but I am great with the pharm, gerontology, mental health, pediatrics, most of med/surg. I really do have a brain!! Those nasty nursing teachers had me thinking I was impossibly stupid. Phew, thank the good Lord I am outta there!!!!

As far as I know only 2 students from my class have taken the test. I'm not on the gossip chain so I could be misinformed. I wasn't in class to make friends. I was focused on learning and then just trying not to f*** up in clinicals.

Did I ever tell the story of the catheter I put in an elderly female where I was behind her with 2 nurses holding her legs and I needed a flashlight to find where to place it? Remind me to tell ya that one some day. Amusing now........snerk.

I hope you're out there lurking since I don't get many comments. I'm not leaving many either so I get it. HUGS and love to all.

WTH Wednesday

What the Hell Wednesday: are you down with the sickness?
More WTH posts @ WTH Wednesday Meme.

welcome to this weeks what the hell Wednesday brought to you by the color snot green, piles of dirty tissues and more fluids please…here we go(courtesy of livingdeadnurses psychoward)

1.Are you a stay at home sick one or are you a take it to work and spread the fun?
Depends on the illness. If it's a migraine or sinus issues I usually gut it out. If I have a flu virus I will stay home.

2.Are you a big baby when you get sick? Or do you have someone in your life that is a bigger baby that expects you to take care of them? I'd love to be a baby when sick. Since I live in a house full of non-nurturers that will never happen. :P

3.Do you think you have a sick personality? (take that anyway u want) Very twisted and skewed.

4.What do you think about mandated flu shots? Not cool. The government has no right to tell adults what to do with their bodies.

5.Are you terrified or tired of hearing about the h1n1 aka swine flu? I am tired of it but I am also concerned as it's widespread in areas of the state I live in.

6.What is the sickest thing you have ever seen? Madonna french kissing anyone.....ewwwwww

7.Would you let a student nurse take care of you? why or why not? Hell yeah, as long as needles aren't involved.

8.Have you ever called in sick when you weren’t sick? why? Yeah, to go to the beach.

9.What is the worst i am not coming in today… excuse have you heard someone use? My car's out of gas. PULEAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZE.

10.What is one thing that you can think of that make you sick to your stomach Madonna french kissing anyone....ewwwwwwwwwwwwww.

11.If you could come up with an illness what would you name it? Intelligence~folks would get smarter...

12.Have you ever been sick in love? No but I have been lovesick.

13.What are you sick and tired of? My kids sponging off of us. My spouse being unemployed and home day after endless day.

Tumbling Through Tuesday

It's windy and rainy and looks like November outside. We had a 5 month Summer, a 3 week Fall and it seems Winter has come early. This global warming thing is a bitch!

I thrilled to let ya'll know I'm getting my teeth scaled today. Yeehaw. That is like a cleaning but under my gums, fun fun. I'm planning on a smoothie from dinner. Freaking hate dentists....I also need 4 fillings replaced and another crown. They will have to wait until I get a job. Money is quite scarce around here. My 18yo doesn't comprehend we don't have $150 bucks for him to go to Homecoming to his girlfriend. They will not even be going to the dance. All dancing where partners touch have been banned. They have sold 2 tickets in a week. Welcome to 1900.

Practicing NCLEX questions. I'll be taking the test Oct. 28 starting at 2 p.m.. I only know of two folks in my nursing class who've taken it. Several more next week. I'm taking it ahead of half the class. I do not know how that miracle happened except God may have helped. If I pass the job search shall begin in earnest.

Pupples is now an eunuch. He also has a yeast infection in his right ear. I've decided I'll do the medical treatments needed. My 21yo cannot even keep the dog's ears clean, let alone medicate them.

I'm wondering if there will ever be an empty nest around here. It doesn't look good. ARGH is as articulate as I can be on this subject.

I hope you are all well and having a gook week. Hugs to my peeps! <3

I Need Help!

OK my peeps, how does a new grad go about finding a job?

I'm talking LPN entry level and no my school does not help us with this.

Every year until this one all the new grads were snapped up before they even took the NCLEX.

Now we're in a recession. No one's knocking my door down to hire me.

It's very difficult to job search online. So few details. I'd like to know some things before I apply or send my still to be invented resume.

I was a stay at home mom for 17 years. Then I was in school the past 4 years. What do I put on a resume?

Help please. Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get Ready to Call Me Nurse Janice!

I have an appointment to take my NCLEX on October 28. YEEHAW!

I shall be studying extra hours before that and looking for jobs on my breaks.

I plan to be single minded and disciplined until after the test, snerk. ;)

A light slowly begins to shine at the far end of the tunnel...............

Castle

I have found a new sexy hot actor man to have a crush on~Rick Castle, aka Nathan Fillion most recently of Desperate Housewives.

I forgot to mention Castle yesterday. WE(Spouse and I) LOVE this show. Hot itelligent sassy lady for spouse. Sexy crinkly eyes, crooked grin, hunka burning love for me.

Nathan is one mega HOTTIE and he can act. No tabloid trash, keeps his private live private and producers and directors find him easy to work with.

I think I want to lick him all over. I haven't quite decided yet. Every Monday at 10p.m. we have a date for fairly good murder mysteries, great relationships between characters and a screen play writer with a sense of humor.

SIGH.

I think I LURVE him 4-ever.

He made me smile right out of my cranky mood tonight. Ohhhhh-la-la!!

Sunday Snippets

The new tv season~I was shocked by the show Trauma on NBC at the emotional depth that was conveyed. Who knew NBC could do emotional depth? The medical deets? Eh.

Mercy~no emotional depth, 3 nurses and 2 doctors apparently cover the entire hospital by itself and unnecessary scenes abound. I had hoped this how would be better as it showcases an LPN just home from Iraq....FAIL.

Glee~sly, snarky, twisted takes on a high school Glee club. Love it! Funny. Well acted. Very well written. Good singing.

Bones~excellent as always. More sly slick humor of a show that doesn't take itself too seriously.

House~jury is still out. First show was a tweaked homage on "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest".

Accidentally On Purpose~eh, ok.

The Big Bang~still hilarious to us geeks who get all the jokes.

Mad Men~confusing. I watch and still I have no clue what anything means. Even after reading Television Without Pity I don't get it.

CSI~Back to excellence!! Bravo on the premiere and keeping me guessing to the end!!!


Other trivia~I did very well on my independent study project and am now just waiting on a date to take the NCLEX-PN. Hopefully by the end of the month. 2 students from my class took and passed it this past week.

How does one find a job for a new grad that is not a glorified CNA??????