It's that time!

I love this time of year!

Speaking of preceptors...

... Xavier has some invaluable insight on working with one.

My entire class needs to read that post.

Thanks, X. I'll take that to the bank.

Yeah, I'm still here...

... the LPN program is wrapping up, and the pace has been hectic lately. I'm having exams every week and a half. Clinicals are over, though. I start work with my preceptor next Sunday. I'll work 120 hours with her, and then do an additional 120 hours of internship before I can take my boards (or "sit for boards", as they say around here).

So, I've got a final exam next Friday, one more class which will meet weekly through our practicum (and which only requires periodic assignments and a portfolio - no exams, thank God) and said practicum ... and then it's over.

I submitted my application for my college's RN program on October 1, and I should get a decision sometime in December. The program is structured for LPNs who are continuing their education; classes meet twice weekly in the evening with clinicals on Saturdays. If I get in and keep my head screwed on straight, I'll be an RN by summer 2009.

All that being said, blogging may be sporadic for quite some time.

It's coming up...

Get some. Give Chuch Schumer a migraine and make Diane Feinstein cry.