Signed On!

(above: what are they staring at? i suspect they have spotted a fellow nurse wearing her whites and are giggling at how dingy she looks...)

I went and had my physical today--which consisted of the respirator fitting (absolutely hysterical every time) and a brief head-to-toe type thing. Still have to do a drug screen tomorrow and finish up my TB and Flu vaccination stuff...

Signed all my paperwork and will get my sign-on bonus (wasnt sure I would get one or not) for $1000 in my 1st paycheck. Start at 20.50/hr and we didnt discuss shift diff or anything? Hm. So, I am official. Saw a classmate of mine and who starts in the ER and he said he is scared out of his mind. Me too, buddy.

Oh yeah, my hospital also pays 200 bucks towards NCLEX review if I provide receipts so I went out and purchased this book (yes, another NCLEX book):



Have heard good things about Hurst and needed something to liven up my study--there are some MP3's included that sound like fun. Am working on that today and trying to answer questions by system. For some reason I am pissed at Kaplan--they just seem like scam artists. Crazy me. I dont know, people. All I know is that the NCLEX sucks, ok?

(I'm a little testy-trying to diet and just want to eat cake, cake, cake. It's the stress.)

ANYWAY. At work I get my choice of navy blue scrubs or a white uniform at work (well, I get to wear OR scrubs in L&D, too). But seriously, who would wear whites? They get sooooo stinking dirty. Someone in the elevator today had her whites on and just looked rumpled and yucky. Love the blue, so gonna stick with that for now.

Just got a call from the school and my kiddo needs speech therapy. Poor child can't say "R." Still, I'm sick and think its cute.

Predictor...

(above: yet another interesting looking NCLEX book)

I am taking my ATI predictor today at 1000 then am off to lunch with my group of pals from nursing school. Going to get to hear all about how they are nurses now while I am sitting at home doing NCLEX questions like a robot and being lazy. Feel like I am just pretending I have a job and am a nurse. Did all that really happen? Maybe after I have my paperwork signed and phys assessment done on MOnday I will feel more official.

Later: ATI says I have a 98-99% chance of passing the boards. I was 1% shy of an >99% chance of passing. Hm...