A Message to Santa Claus

21 hours ago, Joe V said:

If you could send one message to Santa what would it be?

A potion for an instant stress reliever. ? 

The answers to my Peds final…..

On 12/2/2021 at 11:27 AM, FiremedicMike said:

The answers to my Peds final…..

I hope you pulled it off.

15 hours ago, Honyebee said:

I hope you pulled it off.

It’s a week and a half from now..

Good luck Mike! Our peds exams had so much about developmental milestones and while I can remember weird disease sx and blood values, those milestones just all blurred together in my mind. 

I wish Santa would give me a magical way not to feel awkward every time I say no to working extra at my jobs (having 2 part-time jobs I always feel like I'm not doing enough for one or both). 

31 minutes ago, FashionablyL8 said:

Good luck Mike! Our peds exams had so much about developmental milestones and while I can remember weird disease sx and blood values, those milestones just all blurred together in my mind. 

I wish Santa would give me a magical way not to feel awkward every time I say no to working extra at my jobs (having 2 part-time jobs I always feel like I'm not doing enough for one or both). 

Our peds exam 1 is extremely hard.. Many fail it.  I missed it by 2 questions.

From past classes, the peds final is notoriously much easier than exam 1, but it doesn't make the stress any lower, LOL..

With all the jokes aside, I'd love a few weeks off without studying for those times, but I need and have to. However, I already bought my gifts for four special occasions. I purchased a long foldable table from Costco--a plastic long picnic table as for my study table. When I saw a large monitor (42'') was on sale for about $200, I purchased it as my birthday and Christmas gifts. I’ve been happy with this device. I can see better and am not slouching as it used to be.   

On 12/10/2021 at 2:19 PM, Honyebee said:

With all the jokes aside, I'd love a few weeks off without studying for those times, but I need and have to. However, I already bought my gifts for four special occasions. I purchased a long foldable table from Costco--a plastic long picnic table as for my study table. When I saw a large monitor (42'') was on sale for about $200, I purchased it as my birthday and Christmas gifts. I’ve been happy with this device. I can see better and am not slouching as it used to be.   

Next Wednesday is my final, then I have a break until the middle of January.

I think I'm going to sleep for at least 2 weeks LOL

Yes- sleep and feel like your life is your own again for a little while. It's the BEST feeling not to have to study constantly- just be able to relax, watch a movie or read a (non-nursing) book without feeling that you should be studying. School isn't that far behind me that I've forgotten- or maybe we never forget LOL. 

Best of luck to both of you, Honyebee and Mike!

17 hours ago, Honyebee said:

With all the jokes aside, I'd love a few weeks off without studying for those times, but I need and have to. However, I already bought my gifts for four special occasions. I purchased a long foldable table from Costco--a plastic long picnic table as for my study table. When I saw a large monitor (42'') was on sale for about $200, I purchased it as my birthday and Christmas gifts. I’ve been happy with this device. I can see better and am not slouching as it used to be.   

How well I remember that feeling that if I had any free time, I HAD to study! One difference, though. I kept Sundays free. I didn't study nursing on Sundays. Often, that meant that I had to study all day on Saturday, but it was worth it.

But the sweet relief of being between semesters . . . oh, I remember that!

I do still study my nursing journals, but only those articles that are helpful and/or interesting. (Yeah, I'm a COB, graduated 1979.)

3 hours ago, Kitiger said:

How well I remember that feeling that if I had any free time, I HAD to study! One difference, though. I kept Sundays free. I didn't study nursing on Sundays. Often, that meant that I had to study all day on Saturday, but it was worth it.

But the sweet relief of being between semesters . . . oh, I remember that!

I do still study my nursing journals, but only those articles that are helpful and/or interesting. (Yeah, I'm a COB, graduated 1979.)

I have an ATI exam for almost every nursing course at the end of the quarter, so I do need to review on my two-week breaks and for the finals, too. ? 

Edited Dec 11, 2021 by Honyebee