back from blogging hiatus
I'm trying not to squander much of a precious day off noodling on the Internet, but I miss blogging of late, so here is a taste of what has been going on lately:
1) My next big deadline, for Teaching Across Cultures, is April 28. I have a few hoops to jump through: a ten page paper, a teaching plan, and a video of said teaching plan. I finally started drafting the paper a few days ago. I haven't even begun on the video yet. Call your stockbroker and buy up some agave futures. Trust me.
2) I paid for my Research in Nursing exam, but I have yet to schedule it. I have to re-wrap my head around some of the quantitative stuff that we didn't quite get into in statistics over the summer. I am looking at a ton of journal research reports for the Teaching Across Cultures paper, so I am trying to exploit the synergy between the two requirements.
3) I am looking at some local post-bacc premed programs to backfill some of the hard math / science I skated around at UD. If I plan to continue along the clinical track, I will have to climb back into the ring with chemistry, calculus and physics -- it's just the way it is. And it would be worth going to a prepackaged program, and benefitting from an advisory staff when it comes time to start writing applications.
4) I continue to keep the lights on in this place by working the truck. It just makes more sense than nursing right now. I am preparing paperwork for paramedic recert number three, having entirely avoided refresher classes this time around. While I am forever complaining about how silly some of my BSN requirements are, I have to admit that I am really happy with some of the critical care nursing continuing education I have access to now. I have learned a LOT in the last two years.
5) I am still planning to graduate at the end of the summer. It's getting to be time to start planning what happens once I have the diploma in hand. The USAF is still Plan A, although I am having some second thoughts about active versus reserve of late. I am using Nike+ iPod to finally, finally get past my distaste for running. I'm astonished to discover that I kind of like it! I can do a 5K in about 38 minutes, which is not going to get me any medals, but is a good place to start, and enough to get me through COT without being sent to remedial gym class.
Anyway, that's all for now. I know that this post won't get me a Pulitzer for either style or content, but I wanted to catch up after over a month of not getting around to it.
1) My next big deadline, for Teaching Across Cultures, is April 28. I have a few hoops to jump through: a ten page paper, a teaching plan, and a video of said teaching plan. I finally started drafting the paper a few days ago. I haven't even begun on the video yet. Call your stockbroker and buy up some agave futures. Trust me.
2) I paid for my Research in Nursing exam, but I have yet to schedule it. I have to re-wrap my head around some of the quantitative stuff that we didn't quite get into in statistics over the summer. I am looking at a ton of journal research reports for the Teaching Across Cultures paper, so I am trying to exploit the synergy between the two requirements.
3) I am looking at some local post-bacc premed programs to backfill some of the hard math / science I skated around at UD. If I plan to continue along the clinical track, I will have to climb back into the ring with chemistry, calculus and physics -- it's just the way it is. And it would be worth going to a prepackaged program, and benefitting from an advisory staff when it comes time to start writing applications.
4) I continue to keep the lights on in this place by working the truck. It just makes more sense than nursing right now. I am preparing paperwork for paramedic recert number three, having entirely avoided refresher classes this time around. While I am forever complaining about how silly some of my BSN requirements are, I have to admit that I am really happy with some of the critical care nursing continuing education I have access to now. I have learned a LOT in the last two years.
5) I am still planning to graduate at the end of the summer. It's getting to be time to start planning what happens once I have the diploma in hand. The USAF is still Plan A, although I am having some second thoughts about active versus reserve of late. I am using Nike+ iPod to finally, finally get past my distaste for running. I'm astonished to discover that I kind of like it! I can do a 5K in about 38 minutes, which is not going to get me any medals, but is a good place to start, and enough to get me through COT without being sent to remedial gym class.
Anyway, that's all for now. I know that this post won't get me a Pulitzer for either style or content, but I wanted to catch up after over a month of not getting around to it.
posted by Nurse Cha at 8:56 AM
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