Surviving Anatomy and Physiology

I've already done a post on Anatomy and Physiology, but I wanted to show you guys my notes and books to give you a more visual look at what I did to get through.

If you have a topic you want me to address, let me know in the comments below! I'll do my best to get any topic up in a timely manner!

~THE Future Nurse Chelsey

Orientation and Supplies!

I made it through Orientation last week and caught my experience on video! In my car even! I have to say, I don't think I'll ever get used to talking to myself in public places...

Part 2! Which goes through the rest of my supplies!

Hope you enjoyed! Good luck to those going into nursing school this semester, those who have been in nursing school and those trying to get in and going through prereq's!

~THE Future Nurse Chelsey

Great Advice!

I discovered a wonderful youtube resource! A woman, who is older and has a family, has a channel walking through people through her nursing journey. She has some AMAZING advice! There are 3 videos with her going through what you can do to prepare before starting nursing school as well as what to expect when you get there. She also is nearly done with a 4 part series on how to prepare for clinicals and what to expect there. Her videos are very thorough and she always seems to think of EVERYTHING! Check her out if you're nearly there, and I'll do some updates later on and let you know how her advice has worked for me, since everyone learns differently.

 http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5_t5CWfXFZ38IKqav1RFzw

Make sure you take notes! She gives you a lot of really useful information!

~THE Future Nurse Chelsey

My first Vlog in a Blog!

Just going through some of my supplies and books. I am sorry about the background noise from the kids, but really, anyone following my blog will likely have kids and understand, right?

~THE Future Nurse Chelsey

End of the year update, and new year ahead!

So, I just realized that I never really went into how the year ended. I did manage to get the lowest score on the test and still get an incentive. I got a 63% on the HAPS, which gave me an automatic B+ in the class, which is good, since I would've flunked it with the professor I had. She was good, but very tough. Overall I did really well and ended with a 3.8 gpa for the semester.

Now it's just a waiting game. I worked as a tutor over the summer and now have a little time off before nursing school starts. My orientation is August 15th and I start on the 19th. I will hopefully have a video up for you guys either today or tomorrow going over the books and supplies I have so far, as well as introducing you to my wonderful children! :) There will also be a follow up video detailing the rest of my books and supplies as well as orientation. 

I'm super excited guys and I can't wait to finally start this long journey. I really hope someone finds this helpful in some way or another. 

Keep on going guys! We're almost through the calm before the storm! Let's be ready!

~THE Future Nurse Chelsey

End of year 1

I'm wrapping up my first year of college. Tomorrow is the start of finals week, and I'll begin it with a bang. I'll be taking the HAPS exam, for anatomy and physiology. For those that haven't heard of the exam, it's a nationwide exam given to students who have finished both semesters of anatomy and physiology. It's fully cumulative, so it covers every last detail you learned in 1&2. Because of this, it shouldn't be surprising that the national average is 50%. My instructor is not using this as the final. The actual final will take place on friday and will only cover a&p 2. Instead, she's offered us a bit of an incentive to do well, since this determines her funding. If we manage to get better than a 63, we get a B on the final. If we somehow manage to not miss more than 29 questions, she'll give us an A in the class. Needless to say, I want that A, but I'll take the B as well. It's tough, since there's nothing I cam do to prepare, except read over notes and just refresh my memory. To make matters worse, I also have an algebra test tomorrow just before my HAPS. Nothing like good 'ol math to mix up your thoughts.

Once this is over, I'll be taking the summer off in order to take a breath and relax before diving into nursing school. I'll let you know when the time comes whether that was a smart decision or not. I'm taking a speech class alongside nursing. I'm not too worried about it. I've already had speech, but it didn't transfer, so I have to retake it. My nursing course is just Fundamentals of Nursing. It's 8 credit hours and includes a clinical block, two lecture blocks, and a lab block. I have some of my books and supplies, but I'll do a full blog once I get all of my supplies.

Well, wish me luck tomorrow. Hopefully, if I drown in this test, perhaps I'll be able to give you some basic swimming lessons! ;)

~THE Future Nurse Chelsey

Guess what guys...

I DID IT! WOOT! I was told it could take as late as May to find out if I made it into the nursing program, but a surprise showed up in my email a bit ago! That's right! I am officially a nursing student! I still have a lot of hoops to jump through between now and this coming fall, but I'm going to sit back and enjoy my accomplishment!

More to come after I've finished partying and celebrating!

~THE Future Nurse Chelsey