Working Gal...

This week is my first week at the CMU!! Lots of orientation, and tours of this and that!! I have missed my unit!!  When I saw my director for the first time on Monday, she gave me a big hug and told me that they had missed me!! I love my job!

But, it is going to be a long next few months! By Thanksgiving I will be completely on my own at work :-/ and I have a scheduling nightmare ahead of me with all my residency, workshops, and required shifts.  Tomorrow night marks my first night shift and my first shift as an RN! Tonight I am staying up as late as I can to try and stay awake tomorrow night... should be an adventure!!!

Anyway, I think that for the next few months I am going to be buried in Primary Children's Medical Center.  Wish me luck!!

Andrea Webb, RN

I did it!! With the help of the Lord of course.

I was so very unnerved by the NCLEX, I came out ready to cry. I got a ton more than the minimum number of questions, which made me way nervous. I kept repeating the words of the blessing that Chris gave me on Sunday... "you will pass your test with flying colors." And then I panicked a bit... all the thoughts of what would happen if I failed ran through my head- things I had never allowed myself to consider before.

Then I woke up yesterday with a peace that wasn't from myself. I just refused to worry about it anymore. I was checking the DOPL website periodically all day for my license to be posted. I went to Institute last night, it wasn't there. At about 10pm, when I had just finished having another DTR with Chris, I got a text from my friend Danielle telling me to check DOPL. And, when I did, I read the words on the license verification... ANDREA WEBB, REGISTERED NURSE!!!!!!

I am so very grateful to everyone who believed that I could do it, I have had so many kind words, thoughts and prayers come my way, so thank you to all of you who supported me through this. I know I really couldn't have done it without you!! I love you all!

If you ever need a nurse, I am here! Love you guys!!

I don't know how it gets better than this...

Well then, here's that update for all of you who are curious...
I am still studying for the NCLEX... I take it next Monday. I have talked to a few of my classmates who have passed with flying colors, which is very encouraging! I am starting to get stir crazy... I want to be a nurse again! I miss the kids and my job on the Medical Unit. I am ready to start my dream job- finally!! The countdown has started until the 28th and finally officially beginning my career as a nurse!! It's been a long time coming, and I am really excited! I know it will be challenging, like anything truly worthwhile, but I am ready to take it on!!
Chris and I survived our first week!! We saw each other every night until Friday when he went home for the long weekend to St. George to visit his fam. And then we talked on the phone everyday, sometimes more than once. I was very ready for him to come home last night, and I was super glad when I finally saw him again! I really am feeling so good about this... it is so easy. He texts or calls me almost everyday in the morning just to say hi or tell me to have a good day, and he is so in sync with me. I am sure that at some point he will bug me, but until then, I am just so glad that he is so wonderful to me! As he would say, he does his home teaching every night!!
So, I don't know how it gets better than this, you take my hand and drag me head first, FEARLESS!!

It's Only Life, Afterall...

Wow! Sometimes life surprises me, and this time it was a very pleasant surprise.

This week has been really quite fun!! I was able to schedule the NCLEX... September 14 is the big day!! Hooray for the NCLEX (right?). Also this week (and the last few) my calling has been going super, duper well! I love being the FHE co-chair, and my committee is the greatest!!

Also new this week is a little friend of mine... Chris Brockman. He isn't new per say, he moved into my ward about May. I didn't really meet him until June when he was called as the Elder's Quorum President, and wound up being my home teacher. At first he bugged me (shocker, huh? Anyone who knows me knows that I am a little sassy), and then he began to grow on me. He's been flirting with me for a month solid now, jokingly proposing, etc. Our ward has formed a coalition to get us to date (I wish I were joking, but I am not... from my friends to his Elder's Quorum Presidency to a member of the bishopric and the new freshman, so many people have been working it! Its funny, but also kind of awkward to be getting all this attention :-/ ). So this last week, he finally asked me out! I can't say I didn't see it coming, but I was really excited!!

On Friday night he took me to the Park City High football game... he is teaching seminary at Park City, and a few of his students were playing (GO Miners!- they lost, though :-( ). Afterwards he showed me his room and his office in the Seminary building, we got ice cream and watched a movie. The next morning we went to a ward service project and played until noon and then we went out again Saturday and last night. He's fantastic!! My dad loves him!! He is completely supportive of me, hilarious, and a total stud. I adore him!

So, here's my disclaimer... I haven't a clue what is in store, but if my gut is any indication, I think there are only good things in the future with this one. I am not worried, or nervous, I am just trying to enjoy the fact that I actually like a guy and he likes me and he treats me awesome!

In the words of the Indigo Girls, in their infinite wisdom... "the best thing you've ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously, it's only life after all." So, here's to letting the Lord guide me and doing what He would have me do... turns out it is the greatest and feels so happy!!

NCLEX

Some of you may have noticed that the countdown at the bottom of the blog has timed out! That means that I am officially DONE with nursing school!! It feels great to be done and be able to do all sorts of things that I really want to do! There's only one problem... I still have the NCLEX hanging over my head!!

The NCLEX is the National Licensure exam for nurses.  It is a minimal competency exam, so theoretically I should pass it with ease.  The problem is that it costs $300 to take, and I have to pass it! It is standardized (boo! I can't stand standardized tests), and it is a computer adaptive test.  That means that I can pass it in 75 questions (if I get them right) or I can pass it in 300 questions (if you miss questions, the test gives you easier questions and works you back up to the hard ones). 

So, everyone think happy thoughts as the test inches closer... I don't know precisely when I will take it, I am waiting for authorization to test  and trying to study for this nebulous icky test that is hanging over my head and preventing perfect happiness in life!

So... no more waiting!

Well, I have to tell you, I am soooo excited...

I got the job! They offered it to me today! I am officially going to live my dream of becoming a pedeatric nurse!! My interview yesterday went swimmingly, and then they slipped and told me they were sure that they would offer me the position... but I thought I would have to wait until at least next week to hear about it officially! No way! They called me today, and I start September 28!! Now to pass the NCLEX!! No pressure!

Update and Job Interviews...

Hello again Blogging world!

  I haven't posted in what seems like forever (okay about a month).  Life got crazy with school, and that wasn't even interesting to me, so why blog about it, right? Well, school is still happening, though I will be done in 10 days! Can you believe it? I'm not certain I can!

  I have two job interviews this week: one tomorrow the CMU, or the unit I have been working, and one with the Float Pool at Primary.  I have to report that I am a bit nervous, and have been fasting today as a result! I really hope to get the job on the CMU... but we'll see.  At this point, I think I am just so grateful to have interviews.  I was stressing about getting a job, as it is the first step in a long list of new goals after graduation (new car, moving out, possibly a new ward, etc.), but after going to the temple a few times, talking to some good friends and praying (and yes, having some interviews scheduled), I am feeling a little better.

  Well, that is all for now... perhaps soon I will have some big news about a job!  If not, I need to post the pics from the goings on of the summer!!