The only thing nursing-related I have to mention is that the local hospital has a Nursing Assistant job opening that would fit with my schedule -- medical, 7P - 7A, 48 hours biweekly. I could totally do 2 nights a week this summer, no problem there. The only thing that has me concerned is keeping up with that 2 nights a week once school starts back up in the fall. I just don't know if I can do that...my only "free" nights (as in, nights that don't fall before a school day) are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Not sure if I could work out my schedule like that...and I don't want to work a night before a school day. I wouldn't handle that well at all. I don't know that the hospital would hire me for just the summer. If they would do that, hey, no problem there. Dilemma. I would love to get my name in the system and keep up with at least some skills over the summer, not to mention earning a regular paycheck would be nice...just don't know if it can work out. Guess I should look into it a bit further...
But yeah, that's it, that's all that's going on with anything nursing right now. My scrubs are washed and hanging in the closet, haven't been touched in a few weeks...my much loved Danskos are sitting on a shelf in the closet, just waiting...haven't touched my school bag or books...haven't used my stethoscope or BP cuff (although I probably need to start finding human "patients" so I can keep current on auscultation and such). It's odd...something that was such a huge part of my time for the past few months isn't even on my radar right now. I miss it :-)
Mad Men update: I got through season 2, need to start season 3. There isn't such a sense of urgency to get them watched as quickly now -- I was at Target a couple weeks ago and they had all 4 seasons on sale, 50% off each season. Too good of a deal to pass up, so all 4 seasons of Mad Men are now in my possession. No more having to coordinate my watching schedule with library deadlines and waiting for a fellow Mad Men-loving library patron to return the disc I need. So...may have to get started on season 3 tonight. The season 2 finale was a pretty good cliffhanger and I want to know what happens next!
Alrighty...other stuff is beckoning. And the 4 yo is wanting lunch. I swear, these kids...they expect you to feed them regularly...sheesh... ;-) Continued good luck wishes for those taking finals, starting summer classes, graduating (lucky ones!!), and starting new and/or summer jobs!
Peace out
A little extra money is nice, However, maybe talk to HR and see if they have any on-call needs. Sometimes it's not advertised, but you can ask.
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I agree, also may be by the time school starts they'll have a few different shifts available. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to handle an all-nighter before class on a regular basis either.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing when I washed my school scrubs after this semester. It was kind of like, "Wow. I don't ever have to wear these again if I don't want to." Haha.
ReplyDeleteWell how exciting to know you're enjoying your summer so far. I just took my last final today and had to go to work right away so have not been able to savor the moment, but I will!! Good luck with whatever you decide, maybe see if the hospital has a casual CNA position where you could pick and choose the shifts that pop up and become available like me :)
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