Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sigh of Relief

So you walk in, sit down, and open up the ATI website. You start your exam and hope for the best. You start with question 1. The answer is C. You know it. You click it. You submit it. You regret it. The answer was definitely A. A was totally the right answer. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Expect to fail. Be surprised when you pass. That's how my day went.

Next: you get called in for student evaluations. You are so nervous you could pee your pants. But you don't. Because that would require nursing interventions and having just written a care plan, you pity any nurse who has to write one. So you smile instead. You listen to the professor ramble about how you were responsible and eager to learn. You wonder if she has a list of comments she can choose from because you just overheard her say that to the last student. She brings out the breakdown of your grade and starts in on that awful care plan you made. 81% on the dreaded care plan. Not bad, considering you started it at 6pm the night before and didn't finish it until 4:20am, 2 hours earlier. Ah. 6:20am. Ha. You got to sleep in today. It was 6:30 when the alarm went off. Not 5:00, like all the other days. What? She said something. Oh, more interventions. No problem. Yes. Of course. I understand. Thank you. Uh huh. Okay. Awesome. She wishes you a great summer. You tell her to have a great summer too. Class. Over. Walk away with a smile and a good grade.

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