#projectbsn

When we turned in our graduation application for the TBSN program during fall semester of our senior year. 

Hello, we are currently on our last winter break. We have a semester left of nursing school. I speak on behalf of ProjectBSN for unintentionally abandoning this tumblr account. I have nothing to say but nursing school is difficult af. Anyways, as we enjoy our last two weeks of our winter vacation, we have a long semester ahead of us. Ange and I were separated from Bry, Reen, Gen, and Gel. Ange and I had Community/Leadership/EBP rotation (aka the harder one). Bry, Reen, Gen, and Gel had Gerontology/Transition/Health Assessment rotation (aka the easier one). And I can honestly say that I cried more for EBP (Evidence Based Practice) more than I have cried for all throughout my undergrad career. My professor was pretty insane. But it’s okay because Ange and I survived. 

So on our last semester, we will soon be sending our applications for multiple new grad programs at different hospitals. We also have to get ready for interviews. In addition, we have to prepare all the things required to take the NCLEX exam. I’m getting excited just typing about it! We promise that we will try to keep you guys updated throughout the semester, but I think we will be pretty busy. Nonetheless, thanks for all of your support! 

We did it!! We all passed our Junior year of nursing school!

Through all of the tears, sleepless nights, and inhumane early mornings, we had each others backs. I love this group to death and can’t wait to dominate senior year with them!

I hope you’ll forgive us for the scarcity of posts from the last few months. We’re back in business now that we have al of this free time! 

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A little update on us at this point:

We’ve all just completed 4 different rotations - two of which happen together each semester. For one semester, we have Pediatrics and Obstetrics. The other semester, we have Mental Health and Advanced Med-Surg/Med-Surg II. The sad part is that all of us were grouped together except Gen :( Regardless, we did amazing even though we missed her the whole year! 

Junior year at our school is notorious for the Pediatrics course that is so difficult that it holds people behind for another semester. However, we all feel very lucky for all of the tutors, office hours, and study guides that were available for support throughout the year. 

Some of us have started seeing specialties we’re interested in. Nic and Gel have really gravitated towards Pediatrics and well, Ange has always loved OB so nothing has changed there. Hahaha. The rest of us are interested in intermediate or high acuity specialties like the ICU or Tele. 

On top of everything else, some of us were offered jobs at amazing hospitals as nursing assistants! In our area, they’re either called CNAs (Certified Nurse Assistants) or Clinical Care Partners - both of which have the same role. Currently 4/6 of us are working and 2/6 are on their way!! Bry has actually just picked up a job as a CPR instructor! AMAZING!! He’ll share the story with y’all soon.

Working alongside being a full-time student has had it’s challenges but has overall given us opportunities to explore the roles of nurses and develop ourselves in the hospital outside of clinical. It has been so much fun (though very tiring for some of us evening/night shift folk).

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Today was so much fun, even though the ER wasn’t that busy! I shadowed an ER nurse today; she was so helpful and I learned a lot. I was able to hang up a lot of secondary line antibiotics. I was able to get in an IV. Afterwards my ER nurse bought me breakfast and we had girl talk during our break. Haha. Anyways, just wanted to share that with you guys :-) Halfway through with semester. Next week is spring break and I need to catch up on sleep. School and work take away my social life D:

Hi y’all!!

I am so sorry for having abandoned all of our wonderful followers for the past few months (minus a few measly reblogs and tidbits).

We’ve been incredibly busy with a semester of Pediatrics and Obstetrics. Well, all of us but Gen. Unfortunately, she’s taking the courses on her own this semester, but we’re glad to help here where we can :)

The rest of us are taking on the next semester, which includes Mental Health and Advanced Med-Surg. Hopefully we’ll have a lot of exciting stories and memories to share - of course without any HIPAA violations!

Thanks for sticking around! We’ll all have a little more free time this semester, so expect more fun posts from us!

We are currently in Mental Health orientation. Gen is the only one in the peds/OB rotation. I miss it, but not enough to go back and retake it. Haha. Anyways, this semester is more chill than last. However, I have a job and orientation leader to balance with classes. Onto the fourth semester, and then senior year. Let’s do thisssssssssss.