Nursing school took me almost 4 years to finish, 115 blog posts later it was all said and done. What to do now? Do I start another blog? Do I just move on?
I am in somewhat of a holding pattern right now. The official ceremony of graduation in complete, I have received my nursing pin, and now I sit and I wait. I will be sitting for my boards and until then I am just a new grad nurse, not yet a Registered Nurse - I am just sitting in suspended animation.
Well, not really like that, that's just creepy and all science fiction-y. I'm just sort of stuck here, waiting to take my boards on February 20th. I came out of the gates as a new grad, all revved up and ready to conquer the world. I started applying like mad to a million positions (well maybe just a dozen) in hospitals all over the state and had visions of grandeur - HR people banging down my door for an interview and throwing RN positions at me because I was such a promising candidate. Yea, not so much. I quickly realized that without a license number to enter on my application I was being cast off into the circular file, the vast abyss of crappy resumes, in the land of human resources. In other words, it quickly became apparent that I am probably not going to get an interview until I pass my boards. So I stopped applying and started studying for NCLEX (the nursing boards) instead so that I can be sure to pass the first time around.
No one told me this when I was wrapping up my last semester. No one told me that I would take my last class on Dec. 16, 2013, but that I wouldn't sit for my boards until Feb. 20, 2014. No one told me that I probably wouldn't get a job for 3-4 months after I graduate. No one prepared me for the suspended isolation. No one told me that I would be sitting here as a new graduate nurse saying ...
So I have taken this opportunity to make up for lost time with my kids. To help out at their school. To bake some cookies. To take my dogs for a walk. To take a nap a few days a week. All things that I have not had time to do for the last almost 4 years! I know that the right job will come along, and I have taught myself that patience will be a necessity as I move into this next chapter of my journey. I know that God has plans for me. I know that a career is what you are paid for and a calling is what you are made for. I was made to be a nurse, and even if it came a little late in life, it is still God's plan for me. He has never let me down before and I don't expect Him to let me down this time. So I will learn to be patient, and wait for what He has planned. And I will fill my "now what?" with all of the things that I have missed for the last almost 4 years. God is so good, and life is a gift. I intend to make the most of every second I have been given.
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