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Welcome to NursingJourney.com. My name is Mi'Shelle. I am new RN with a Associates of Applied Science in Nursing. I graduated on May 4th, 2008, and took the NCLEX on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. It shut off at 75 questions, and I found out on June 20, 2008, that I passed!!! I do eventually want to get my Bachelor's or Master's Degree, and I have already completed all the support courses for the Bachelor's (chemistry, history, gov, stats, etc.). I will just need to apply, and take about 2 semester's worth of classes at a University. I'm thinkin UT - Tyler!!!

I'm excited to say that I accepted a position in the OR with a nationally-recognized University hospital which starts July 21st! A month into my last semester of nursing school, I was offered a position in the OR! After 18 surgeries, the operating room area will always have a special place in my heart. I really want to be able to return the care I received. Having a surgery is a very scary time for anyone, and a good, caring nurse is greatly needed...before, during, and after the surgery!! When I am around the OR, or in the hospital and I see OR employees, I just know that is where I belong...that's where my heart truly lies!

Starting back to school towards my ADN:
I interviewed for a nursing school scholarship in June 2004, and received the acceptance letter in October 2004. This scholarship is now closed, and there were only 1000+ scholarships given NATIONWIDE! I am extremely honored I have been chosen for this incredible opportunity. (I decided to accept an offer at a different facility, therefore I will be paying that money back!

I was born with a cleft lip, and cleft palate. I have had 18 surgeries. The first one was when I was 6 months old, and the last being August, 2003. (See pics) I guess this is the reason I have always wanted to be in the medical field. I feel a strong need to be a nurse every time I walk into a hospital. Everytime I deal with medical staff, I know I am supposed to be part of it. I finally will get to live my dream. I will be a nurse!

Several people have e-mailed me asking why I made the site, how I find the time, or how I decided to make the website in the first place. Below is a copy of my response to one.

I have been making websites as a hobby for 7-8 years, so it really doesn't take that long to make a new page. Also, now that I have a standard design, I can just save a page to a new name, and make changes. :) So, it really doesn't take that much time to make the pages....it's like typing in English to me. lol

As for the powerpoints, I think it helps me learn the information while making them, and served as a great resource to study by when I couldn't be at the lab. I already knew how to make powerpoints, so that was not a problem. Now, the more I make, the faster I get at it. :)

I'm not in nursing school yet, so things may change then!! I will still do my diary when I so feel led. I'm not sure how many powerpoints will be made then, but only time will tell. If I can do it, I will. I know clinicals will take up a bunch of study time, and I will be taking on more classes at once than I am now. :)

What possessed me to do it? hmmmm, good question. LOL
I wanted to keep a journal of my thoughts, through good times and bad, while on my "journey". So, I started it by making a diary. I want to be able to look back years from now, and remember what I went through to get there. If I ever loose the love, I hope by reading my previous thoughts, the fire will be lit again.

Once I started A&P 1 I took pics of everything because I knew I HAD to make an A! I shared them with the two ladies I sat with in lab by putting them on the internet, and letting them download them. I just worked on the "beautification" of the site as time went on, as well as added different things for different classes.

So, now that I know how well the quizzes help(ed) me and the two girls in A&P 1, I continue to make new ones to study by. I share them because I know not everyone thinks about taking pictures to learn from, and I also know that every resource you can find may teach you in a different way. One of those ways will stick in your mind, and you'll finally "get it". :)

I debated sharing, I'm only human. lol I thought about my competition using them and getting in before me. lol However, guilt and my urge to care overpowered the negative thoughts. lol

So, I write about and share my
"Journey Through Nursing School",

and Pray I always remember it's
"Fun2Care".

Fun2care@yahoo.com

Please feel free to sign my guestbook to let me know you were here.

Have some spare time for reading?
Here are 2 of the 5 papers from my English 1301 class.

Scars of a Birth Defect

Discarded and Disgraced.

My role models are very special to me, my family. My grandmother, great aunt, and several of my aunts were nurses. I remember when I first started out in school, I told my grandfather I was going to school to be a nurse. I remember him looking at me so proudly and saying, "You’ll make a great nurse! Your nanny was a nurse too!" Sometimes he would ask, "So, you're going to make a nurse?" They're both gone now, but I know they would be so proud of me. Nanny & Grandaddy, I'm finally going to nursing school. ...I'm "going to make a nurse".

A Nurse's Prayer
Author Unknown

Help me as I care for my patients today,
Be there with me, O Lord, I pray
Make my words kind --it means so much--
And in my hands place Your healing touch
Let your love shine through all that I do,
So those in need may hear and feel You.

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