Monday
Jan042010
Day One: Orientation
Monday, January 4, 2010 at 8:14AM
I survived the morning commute (it's been a while) and orientation.
Two other men in the class plus me makes three out of thirteen. I'm happy for that. Plus the class is really diverse in both ethnicity and goal. Lots of pre-nursing, but some pre-med and pre-psych. Nobody terribly young. Sadly, at least four folks admitted to being laid-off recently from a myriad of industries. I hope, for our collective sake, we're making the right decision.
My ID photograph is ghastly but I now have access and a discount at the cafeteria. Seems to be a fair trade-off.
The book is larger than I expected. I'm thankful to whatever deities are out there that I earned an A in medical terminology last semester. Otherwise, reading the first few chapters would look like complete gibberish. I don't speak nurse yet (that's gonna take a l o n g time) but I can cobble together enough to ask probing questions. I think. We'll see.
The DVD companion to our book is currently installing. I was told not to watch it in front of small children due to nudity. I'm just praying that doesn't mean there is an overload of genitalia disfigured with STDs. I had that particular brand of shock treatment in high school already and frankly, I'd rather postpone that for another day.
Now pardon me, we're covering NINE chapters tomorrow. I have a date with a pot of herbal tea and my temporary bible called "Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants."
Here we go.
Two other men in the class plus me makes three out of thirteen. I'm happy for that. Plus the class is really diverse in both ethnicity and goal. Lots of pre-nursing, but some pre-med and pre-psych. Nobody terribly young. Sadly, at least four folks admitted to being laid-off recently from a myriad of industries. I hope, for our collective sake, we're making the right decision.
My ID photograph is ghastly but I now have access and a discount at the cafeteria. Seems to be a fair trade-off.
The book is larger than I expected. I'm thankful to whatever deities are out there that I earned an A in medical terminology last semester. Otherwise, reading the first few chapters would look like complete gibberish. I don't speak nurse yet (that's gonna take a l o n g time) but I can cobble together enough to ask probing questions. I think. We'll see.
The DVD companion to our book is currently installing. I was told not to watch it in front of small children due to nudity. I'm just praying that doesn't mean there is an overload of genitalia disfigured with STDs. I had that particular brand of shock treatment in high school already and frankly, I'd rather postpone that for another day.
Now pardon me, we're covering NINE chapters tomorrow. I have a date with a pot of herbal tea and my temporary bible called "Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants."
Here we go.
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