Mary’s Pad

Yesterday I talked about having to choose where to do my senior elective. This is a small piece of a bigger dilemma for me. There are a lot of my classmates who walked into Nursing 1 knowing exactly where they wanted to work. I was one of those who walked in having a [...]

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So today marked the beginning of the process of getting myself authorized to work as an RN once I graduate. I had to attend an OPT meeting (the first one of two) with my international advisor to discuss the way forward and all the paperwork I have to do for immigration stuff to be [...]

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If this was my last chance to make a blog post, my last chance to say what I wanted to, my very last time to have an audience with anyone, what would I say?
I want to believe that this is NOT my very last blog post, but if it is, then I want [...]

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Today I found out that one of my instructors, who also happens to be someone I consider a friend, passed her certification exams to become a Family Nurse Practitioner, with her specialty being the Emergency Department. So this is to say a heartfelt and warm congratulations to Sandy. You are going to be an awesome [...]

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Every year the American Heart Association holds different activities to raise awareness about heart disease, and to raise money for research, education, and more. The heart is very close to my heart, (pun intended), because it really is a very fragile organ. Being in Nursing School has made me realize in a lot [...]

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