2 days in...

...and other than some slight confusion this morning regarding my satellite campus' snow policy (...), things are going well.

I've had lecture for all 4 class in the past 2 days, so I now have a much better idea of what to expect in each class.  We normally have our clinicals on Wednesdays and Thursdays, but those don't start until next week...so I'm off the next 2 days!  But my normal day off, Friday, we have an all-day clinical orientation split between the local health department and the hospital (first chance to wear official clinical uniform...*squee*).  Always a trade-off...

Anyhoo, classes seem like they'll be interesting and I'll learn quite a bit.  I say this now, as a total noob, but I'm looking forward to clinicals and labs.  I like a change of scenery and the chance to do some hands-on learning.  Instructors seem pretty straightforward and human, as opposed to scary drill sergeant robo-nurse-bots.  This is going to be a semester of a lot of busy work, though!  Lots of reading...and watching Tegrity lectures...and skills DVD's...and some papers/written assignments here and there...and clinical journals every week...  BUT, no comprehensive final exams.  Nice.

Still having to buy supplies, though...things that weren't previously mentioned.  Health Assessment requires a tape measure and bandage scissors, probably less than $10 total; TNI requires a pre-made kit of catheter tubing, syringes, gauze, etc., which is another $70.  Ouch.  This whole nursing school gig is one of those nickle-and-dime things...except instead of nickles and dimes, it's more like $50's and $100's. :-/

My plan now is to grab each class schedule and get all assignments, exams, quizzes, journals, and whatever else entered into my handy-dandy planner...and then start getting this week's tasks checked off.  Due to no clinicals and then the Martin Luther King holiday, I've got a week to get stuff done.  Must. Not. Squander. Time.

Alrighty...schoolwork beckons...