I am not sure if this post is meant to rejuvenate my blog, but as far as I’m concerned, I’ve had freer days and I will resume posting as it applies :-)
Hi guysssss!
A lot of people were not aware that I had been in graduate school since August of 2017– a part of my life I chose to keep from social media for personal reasons. I find it comical when people message me saying how they never imagined me being in school "all this while", lol, as per Instagram content. With working full-time, schooling full-time and maintaining clinical/rotation obligations, I am thankful to have remained sane enough to share this with you today.
My journey to conferring my Family Nurse Practitioner degree started many years ago, leading up to when I enrolled as an undergrad in nursing school in 2010, and to working my first nursing job in 2014. August 2017, I called Ella (who was a travel nurse at the time) to enroll in the same school as me, and within a couple weeks, our lives changed.
The YouTube channel I created didn’t take off like I’d hoped because I couldn’t spare extra time creating content. I also could not travel as much as I liked, and I subconsciously lost interest in building new relationships. It was certainly not a rosy journey, but I aligned my chakras along the way and remained thankful. I knew the program was doable; I also knew that I had to sacrifice a lot, but I had my fears.
Program Timeline: Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020.
I know this viral pandemic has caused so many limitations (that includes my graduation commencement and party). I cannot say what I want to do with my free time for now, besides studying for Boards [and maybe work on and publish old vlogs], but I am loving it!
Resurrection University “pushed” back the semester by a week to today, to allow students and teachers time to complete course/clinical work delayed during social distancing enforcement. Original commencement date was set for April 18th, 2020 (I had cleared all coursework prior).
I still work full-time at my Trauma hospital and continue to care for COVID patients. It has affected my mental health in a way-- but that is story for another day.
This journal entry of mine, in a way, will allow me revisit this post in the future, and maybe give hope to the budding nurse.
There’s no telling if I’d pursue a Doctorate in the future.
If anyone has certain questions regarding this program, please do not hesitate to send me an email.
If anyone has certain questions regarding this program, please do not hesitate to send me an email.
