Be A Good One!

Insight of the day ~
A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you. Whether one believes in a religion or not and whether on believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.
~ Brought to you by the Dalai Lama

I found this to be a timely thought of the day as I am going through my basic nursing course right now and hearing a lot of stories from my instructor. I have also been talking to various other nurses and CNAs and it really makes me sad to think that people get into this for the money. One chick I spoke to told me things that just horrified me.
Becoming a nurse is a career change for me. I already had a career. I was set. I had the 401k, the pension, the dull life ahead of me. But I was not happy nor was I making any bit of difference. What I did like about my job was the few times I could make people happy.
I thought about working within the hospice or the psychiatric area for awhile. I did not really know what I wanted specifically but it came to me one day that a nurse is in the best position to not only heal but provide kindness.
Do not misunderstand me, there is nothing wrong with money but, I think that if one does not have the intention or capability of being kind to all patients and realizing that the patients are there because they have to be not because they want to be then they should move on to an area of nursing that does not have direct patient contact.

Insight of the Day

The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness. This world is not perfect. There are problems. But things like happiness and unhappiness are relative. Realizing this gives you hope. ~ Dalai Lama

That’s Right

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first” Mark Twain

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Semester Done!

The semester is over…friggin finally!!! I am sooo tired. I took my final, final today and who knows how I did. Statically speaking there is a chance I passed though. I did come to realize that I
a) hate statistics and b) don’t judge a doilies person by the doilies on their head; it does not make them holy.
Now I know it is never a good idea to make assumptions…and let me tell you all I have definitely learned my lesson. I thought though that those doilies chicks, you know the ones who wear denim and buns for jesus would be a little bit more respectable than the hung over, fresh outta high school, trying to hook up with anything that walks kind of person. I was mistaken and I have suffered the consequences. If jesus cannot inspire one to do well and do ones part on a group project then I don’t know who can. I am sure I will have the misfortune of encountering group projects again in my academic career and I will be forced to ask the teachers if I can be a group of one or else hold the people down and demand the truth up front. Demand to know if they are as much of workaholic perfectionist as I am. Of course they will lie and I will get screwed in the end.
Maybe I carry things a bit too far and I know I demand perfection of myself. I certainly do not expect it of others but come on people?!?!? Showing up and hour and forty five mins before a friggin presentation is due and think you can throw your half together when you have had weeks to do it. I just don’t understand lameness. How can one let themselves down like that let alone another person? It is beyond me?
Anyway the class is over, she made me look bad, but I did my part and I did pretty much most of her part and winged it. That was vent and now I have a doilies story. I am over it and I have learned a valuable lesson. Don’t trust the doilies even though they are polite and respectable looking for it is a trap and they will sabotage your grade!!!

Good News/Bad News

Well I went to the nursing meeting today and I found out that I will be DENIED if I turn in my app for the RN program for entry in the Fall of 09. This was sort of a disappointment because in my mind I had been anticipating this date. I have the GPA and the necessary classes/points to get in but they just changed the policy…as in JUST CHANGED…that now one has to have a CNA in order to even get accepted into the program! I spoke to the director of admittance herself and she said nope! You could tell she felt bad. She basically said it sucks for someone in my situation because I am all prepared and ready to go but I am now screwed on a technicality.

The positive spin on this is that I will be taking the CNA classes and other classes in Spring 09 and then I will have Summer 09 to take several classes, Fall 09 to take a full load and Spring 10 another full load and Summer 10 a few classes!!! So the admittance lady told me that I can take all the classes needed for a BSN which will pretty much guarantee me a spot in the RN program and then once I am done with the RN program I will not have to take another year of school as my credits will just transfer b/c I will have already taken them! Sweet! So while I was disappointed, I was not devastated.

I still have another 2 other colleges to visit as well. I am sure they will be the same thing as far as technicalities but I want to feel them out and see which I personally feel has the best campus, labs, atmosphere, etc…as far a nursing programs go. I have talked to a ton of nursed and of course they are all biased toward the schools they went too. There are pros and cons to all of them. We actually have 4 nursing schools in the area but I am only interested in 3 of them.

I brought my sister with me to the meeting today and I did not think she was going to make it through the video…it was showing all the nursing students walking around with syringes, lol! She hates needles! That’s ok, I am car gut phobic! If you open the hood of a car I run. It seriously scares me so she can have her cars and I will take the needles, hehehe.

Braces Off

Well I was approved for the surgery however my surgeon decided to be a dick and demanded $10,000.00 up front even though my insurance was going to cover the majority of the surgery!!! Well needless to say I did not happen to have a spare $10,000.00 lying around so I looked for other surgeons all over the state and none were to be found. I took this as a sign. So after having my teeth moved into position for surgery I had to have them moved back into a normal position. This meant the braces had to be on even longer.
I did not really mind so much about having the braces on longer as I got sooooo used to them but I was irritated by the fact that the surgeon lied to me. He told me that the surgery would be covered. Which it was…nowhere in the 3 years of consolations did he bother to mention that he was also going to demand $10,000.00 from me that he did not even need just to reimburse me!!!!
Whatever! He left that part off, his staff left that off, his business off left that off and they were rude. He himself was great but his staff was totally rude. So if and when I decide to go through with the surgery down the road I will take my insurance and unnecessary $10,000.00 (To hand over and be reimbursed,) to a different surgeon, even if I have to be driven an hour away! Sorry that is just how I am. If your staff is snotty to me I take my business elsewhere.
Back to my teeth though, minus the jaw surgery, they turned out perfect. The before and after pics are amazing. I actually do not really need surgery but to achieve perfection it would be nice. The braces themselves did quite a nice job. If I ever get motivated I will post the before and after pics.