It's late...

And I am up calculating drips. Found a tutorial and online quiz here and did well so I think I have it down. Not so hard.

In peds next semester, we will have a dosage test the 2nd week of school--if we don't pass it in 2 tries (w/ 85%) we get booted. *sigh* That means learning it over Christmas break. I don't think the calculations are that hard--just plugging #'s into formulas. But still--Christmas? My school is mean. Hurumph.

So this week I have a fun OB test, a quiz on Tues and an online quiz to be done over the weekend. And next week I have two tests: mental health and adult nursing.

Ahhhh, the dreaded diabetes test is coming next week! Apparently this is the big bad one in adult nursing for this semester. Rumors run rampant about it, and I have been warned that I need to know everything I can about DKA.

My BIL--a very nice guy--asked me tonight when I will be done with all this work--I think he meant to ask when my semester would be over or easier? When I told my family it would be 14 months more, the silence I experienced was one of dread. Everyone is sick of me already. I am going to make a paper chain I think, and pull off a link each month.

Anyway, I guess it's hard for people to understand the amount of work we nursing students are committed to (out of fear). I study all the time...cuz failing out is not an option. And failing is a 74%. Yeah, so C's don't cut it. There is no messing around. So I hope everyone can bear with me. I know I talk about it too much and I am really boring 'cuz all I do is study. I am lame. It is ok.

And I want the nurses caring for me to have passed nursing school. That is important.

In other news: must diet. Anyone else trying to lose weight? I do well, get stressed, and eat chocolate cake. Story of my life...