New Year!

Happy New Year!!! 2011 is going to be fantastic, I can feel it!

Hope you all had a great Christmas! Mine was quiet, but good! I think in my family, as we don't have any younger kids it's easy to get drawn into the adult view of things, though whilst at my age, I am well aware of (what house to go to, where to have Christmas dinner, who with...etc) I long to have a little kid in the family which can bring back the magic a bit more :o)

Anyway! I am still jobless (in the nursey site, I 'work' just not nursiness work) which actually pains me to write. I don't know if it was my Uni or my own idealistic views but I was always under the impression that there would be jobs available when I qualify - notice I used 'when' there instead of 'if' - but sadly there actually are none, so I'm stuck in a job which I hate, am treat like crap and talked to like I am lower than I don't even know what...but it still earns me pennies so I guess I can't complain...

Hmmm I feel so FRUSTRATED that I'm so ready to be practicing as a nurse, but I actually CAN'T as there are no jobs! If I'd done adult or even mental health nursing it would not have been so bad on the job front, but as it stands in my City, the two main hospitals are merging which means NO JOBS!!!

So what else can I talk about?

My Last Week Of Uni

This was at the end of December, the week before Christmas. If I'm honest, my heart wasn't in it. I was on a high from finishing my management and had nothing (in my - and many others - opinions) from going in. There was only one week, or rather 3 days left. We did some lectures which pretty much 50% of the students went to, we did an Inter Professional Learning workshop, which to be fair, was fun as in, it was the last day, but didn't allow me (and many others) to gain much from, but it was Christmas and we did it with Christmas songs playing in the background...! Well apart from that it was just nice seeing everyone again.

Last Essay

I PASSED!!! I was (and still am!) so happy about it! I got 60% which is ok I guess, I usually try and get 60 or over but after the last essay, a pass of 50% would do! One of my friends on the course failed, and it sucks so much, made me realise I am luck to cross the last hurdle of the course and for that I am grateful.

Everything Else From Now On

Right now I am so happy I have passed. I AM A QUALIFIED PAEDIATRIC NURSE!!! I have reached my absolute dream and I can't wait to get a job and begin to build upon the skills I have started to develop. I can't wait to make a difference. I've heard people tell me I can't make any difference but I really believe that I can, and I will. Even if it's just something little like getting a child their favourite dinner post op, or being there for a parent who needs someone, or reassuring a teenager, or explaining something to carers who don't understand, or getting a family the support they need from an outside organisation - I can do it, I KNOW I can do it, and I will.

Don't think this is the end of this blog...there is still SO much more to come! Thanks for reading :o)