One More Month and I'm Out!

It's been awhile. Where do I begin? Well for starters, I am finished in a month. Yeah that right, ONE MONTH! The program was only 15 months but I have been on this journey for over 5 years and it's still a lot more to come! I am still proud of myself though because I wasn't sure if I had the guts to make the switch. I hope I like being a registered nurse because there will be no more career switching for me; I'm gonna be a nurse until forever! As for my last semester I had expected it to be kind of chilled but like everything else in my life, it's not that simple. Can I just say I'm frustrated? I guess everybody needs a job but let just say some take it way more serious than others and unnecessarily so but I digress...Plans after I graduate? That's easy enough, to get a JOB. Yeah I am already working technically but I meant full-time and as a RN. Do I feel prepared? No, but it seems that most people are not prepared for the real world of nursing since school is not like being in the field and emotionally I am all over the place! On the one hand I am excited to soon work in the field that I took years preparing for; on the other hand, I hate that I will be a newbie in my 30s making new grad mistakes (I am starting over basically) and could be potentially taking orders from cocky young bucks who could be my almost kids; or nurses who have been working at their jobs 30 years too long (and I am not referring to those brilliant and helpful experienced nurses who are the best teachers but those nurses who show no growth despite tenure and do everything half-ass). I am also trying to prepare for NCLEX, although this is proving more difficult than I anticipated since I spend the majority of my free time either studying, working, or living life. Worst case I will just wait until I am officially done to focus exclusively on NCLEX since it will probably be a couple of months after I am done to take the exam anyway.