The final countdown has arrived, and I am not referring to the Stanley Cup Finals
{okay, maybe that has nothing to do with legit anything,
but hey, I am really starting to get back into hockey and its refreshing}.
As my nursing student begins to come to a final close, I take this time to reflect on my time as a nursing student.
Oh the journey has been intense and wild, a journey that if described to me in detail four years ago,
I would have laughed as said you have the
wrong Elizabeth.
Here I sit, less than six days away from taking my NCLEX nursing board examination, still not in complete realization of all my achievements and already looking for my next accomplishment to tackle.
Sometimes I have to look at myself in the mirror and tell myself that I need to focus on successfully completing the set goal ahead of me
before I get ahead of myself and set out a new journey to reach a new goal.
I have been patient with myself the past few weeks and have taken on the just-as-intense load of studying for the NCLEX;
reviewing over the past two years for three weeks straight can really
burn you out.
Whether the NCLEX is in you near or distant future, remember to keep your eye on the goal; and that is those two letters 'RN.'
That is what has kept me going even through the semi-burn out of this large Saunders comprehensive nursing review board.
Because I am a goal-oriented person, thinking about what lies past the NCLEX kind of scares me. I have a job, at which I am sure I can create advancement goals, but what is my next goal to accomplish; for I have completed undergraduate studies.
What lies beyond the beyond you never thought would actually become present?
Well, here's to finding out.
I will soon no longer be a nursing student -
I have survived nursing school; I have thrived as a nursing student.
Now its time to push past any limits that hold me and dive into the world of nursing.
Stepping through the thresh hold of the future has never felt so weird, but I don't think I have ever been more ready for it.