Tag: obstetrical nursing

It’s Been a While

by momentswithmarsha, posted in Nursing School

Hello Friends,

 

My, my, my time has flown!!! So much has changed in my life. I successfully completed nursing school December of 2016 (praise Him!) and passed the NCLEX in February of 2017 (wowzers).

I could go into great detail about all of this but the truth is I already have several videos documenting this on my YouTube channel and I don’t really want to think about the past as crazy and cliché as that sounds. I’ve overcome so much that I just want to look forward to the future and see what awaits me. As of now, I’m still currently jobless 😢 which is sadly expected. I live in a large metropolitan area which is very and I mean VERY saturated with nursing schools and nurses in general. Every public bus, bench, and billboard in a 30 mile radius has advertisements for this that and the third nursing program. My nursing school alone put out over 400 nurses this past December so getting a hospital job let alone into a nurse residency program is something of an achievement and/or miracle.

The hospital that I’m salivating to work for isn’t releasing their new grad RN residency program application until June/July. As you can clearly see it’s February. So I’m figuring out what my next move is and I’m trying to be okay with knowing that I’m not quite sure what that is. I’m using all this free time to do all the things I never had time for in nursing school: Netflix binges, catching up on all the movies I wanted to see, devoting more time to my YouTube channel, reading more, updating my blog etc. Don’t worry, I’m doing some productive things too. I’ve enrolled in a nutrition class as this is my last prerequisite before I can apply to a RN-to-BSN program and I’ve seriously started looking at RN-to-BSN programs. In fact, I hope to start one this summer #allsummer2017. This is what is happening for me and it doesn’t sound terribly exciting when it’s written out. Thanks for following me along on this journey!

Anyways, until next time see ya!

Here are some videos documenting what I’ve been doing these late coupla months, enjoy!

 

 

 

OB Exam #1: Friend or Foe?

by momentswithmarsha, posted in Nursing School

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So if you read my previous blog post you know that I had my first OB exam last Friday, July 15th. I was SO nervous before the exam. I never really know what to expect when taking exams with new professors. No amount of preparation can ever make me feel 100% confident.

I’m happy to report that the exam went very well 😁. At least that’s how I felt walking out. A lot of the questions that I made up to study with were extremely helpful and a lot of the content I focused on was on the exam. Now that I know how my professor words her exams I don’t feel as nervous for the next exam.

The nursing school I attend has had issues in the past with cheating so when we take any exams we cannot have any of our belonging with or near us. Our bags are placed in the front of the room, we cannot wear a jacket, and we cannot wear a watch. We are not even allow to have water with us. And it’s the same when we review our exams. Almost all of the exams are scantron based and we usually have to wait about a week to get our results which are given to us on paper. So basically, there isn’t much utilization of computers outside of powerpoints for lecture. I’m sure this is because of the cheating issues and that most of my professors aren’t the most tech savvy so they prefer gold ol’ paper and pencil. Anyways, I could not sit still while I was waiting to get my results back at the end of class yesterday. But what did I get on the test…..??

I got an A 😭🙏🏾. A 93.75 to be exact. Such a huge sigh of relief. That exam was worth 25% of the total grade for this course and I’m so humbled that I was able to start strong. Don’t get it twisted, by no means am I the perfect student. I’ve bombed my fair share of exams and had to pick myself up off the ground but it is so gratifying to see your hard work manifest itself academically. I don’t have much time to celebrate because I have another exam this Friday, July 22, which is also worth 25% of the total grade. Oh and it’s also my birthday 😑. So I’ll be bringing in my 24th birthday studying. But that’s okay with me. I’ll be celebrating my birthday after this class concludes and I like I mentioned in the ADN vs BSN blog post, I’m okay with sacrificing birthday festivities to do well in this program. In addition to this exam on Friday, I have my final and the HESI on Monday, July 25th, and after that I’ll be finished with OB and my second semester of nursing school. Right now I’m surprisingly calm seeing as I’m about to be lounging in hell for the next week. But I’ve made a study plan and I’ll keep praying and giving my anxiety and fears to God. So that’s my first update with OB. I really hope to keep this momentum moving forward. Until next time, see ya!

Oh and if you aren’t sure what the HESI is or the how grades are calculated at my nursing school check out this blog post.

First OB Exam 😱

by momentswithmarsha, posted in Nursing School

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So I have my first OB exam tomorrow and I’m pooping bricks.

I’m extremely nervous. I’ve finished studying all the content I needed to review for this exam but this is the first time I’m taking a class with this professor and the first test is always nerve wracking for me. And in this 4 week OB class…….yes…..4 WEEKS, we have 2 test, a final, and a HESI (standardized exam). So there is absolutely NO room for error.

This exam covers fetal development, antepartum, intrapartum, and pain management fetal monitoring and this is a the bare minimum. We are still responsible for everything in the book. And this test is worth 25% of our grade. Ladies and gentlemen, this is why people say nursing school is hell so instead of tearing my hair out or crying I’ll just vent to the interweb about my struggles.

I’m going to go back to studying but Lord………….please send up some prayers for tranquility and wisdom. I’ll check in tomorrow to tell you how the exam went.