First Week of Nursing School

Well, that flew by. I was expecting something much harder (like a pop quiz), but things were pretty mellow this week.

The first day we went over syllabi and things to know. We did a brief intro to the nursing process, but nothing crazy. I expected to go home so overwhelmed, but I wasn't. I prepared 54 pages of notes, so I felt pretty darn prepared for everything we did cover from the readings.

The second day was the first day of DCP. DCP is directed clinical practice which is our on-campus simulation labs and off-campus actual clinical. There is a rule that we aren't allowed to speak about what happens in DCP. This makes sense for two reasons: 1)I have the first DCP out of four sections, if we spoke about what happened that would give the other sections unfair advantage about what to expect 2)getting used to keeping things secret is good practice to comply with HIPAA laws. So, while I'm sure there is going to be so much I would love to share, this is my heads up as to why I can't. Sorry all.

Today would normally be my long DCP day, but we don't have actual DCP for a few weeks, so instead today we learned about study skills and learning and personality profiles. Guess what I came out as? I came out as an over-achiever who expects everyone to be competent and who can be detached and kind of an asshole. Obviously, I wasn't surprised. While I already incorporate some of the study tips, others I will ignore and others I will try to utilize.

You would expect that starting school finally would be the best thing about my week, but by far it wasn't. Monday  at 11:26PM Oklahoma time, my first little grand baby was born. Now, technically I'm not a grandma. Dave and I were never married so Cierra was never actually my step-daughter, and now that I'm not with Dave it makes things even less of mine to claim. I get this, but I spoke with Cierra and she knows that I love her and her brothers no matter my relationship with Dave and she welcomes another adult in Tripp's life who will love and care for him. I would never want to step on the toes of his actual grandmothers, which is why I am going to be his "Lolli" and not a traditional grandma name. I'm so blessed that Cierra is the person that she is. Most girls whose fathers started another family with a woman just a few years older would have been total bitches about it, but Cierra has always been so accepting. When I left Dave and took Kiera across the country, Cierra has still kept in touch with me. When she announced her pregnancy to her family, Kiera and I were included, we didn't find out through Facebook. Cierra texted me after every doctor's appointment, as soon as she was admitted to the hospital, and within an hour of Tripp being born. The best thing about my week was being a part of Cierra's special day. The best part of my week was Cierra showing me that I matter and am a part of her family. One of my biggest fears leaving Dave was losing the kids and it feels so great that I haven't.

Well, I have a ton of homework to get started on, so I will see ya next week.

XOXO,
KABO