Thankful Thursday | one test left

This week, I am thankful:

that I am SERIOUSLY almost done with school

Alrighty, guys…LAST UPDATE:

• Exam 4
• ATI pharmacology exam
• ATI comprehensive exam
• Remediation bullet points for both ATI exams
• 6 4 2 days of clinical
• A concept map presentation on renal disease
• Finish my SDoH project, participate in an online discussion about it, and have a debriefing session about it at school
• Cumulative final exam

The cumulative final is literally all that’s standing between me and being done with nursing school. Woohoo!!

that I got a 30/30 on my SDoH project

This Social Determinants of Health project has been going on all semester, and it has had a crazy number of parts to complete.

I have put so many hours into it, and I was overjoyed to get a 30/30 grade in yesterday. What a relief that my hard work paid off.

Also, the two people who graded my project left such nice notes all over the rubric, and that made me smile. 🙂

Since that’s my last graded project, I was able to figure out what I need on the final, so I am thankful…

that I only need a 40/60 on the final to keep my A

Obviously, I will aim to get more than a 40/60, but I am delighted that even a score that low will give me an A in the class.

I have never gotten an exam grade close to a 40/60, even in this very hard semester. So I feel really confident that I can pull this off.

I know, I know, I know that keeping my 4.0 is not important and that it won’t matter in the end. But it would feel good to me to keep it.

for Chiquita’s cat tree

It continues to be a very good place to redirect her when she tries to SIT ON MY KEYBOARD.

that I never have to wear my clinical uniform again

I never have to wear my uncomfortable shoes.

I never have to wear my ugly shirt, or my not-very-attractive scrub pants.

The pants are not too objectionable from the front.

But guys, this elasticized section does no favors to anyone’s back view. Or side view.

On to a life with better scrubs!

that my teaching experience is coming in handy

By the end of this week, I will have had at least six sessions of helping classmates study, and I keep feeling thankful that I have lots of practice helping people learn.

Twenty years of piano teaching plus 19 years of homeschooling is a handy background for this!

And it makes me off-the-charts happy when I am able to help someone really understand a concept. Then I know they’ll be able to think through an exam question vs. just memorizing things.

for some lovely weather

Yesterday was so beautiful! I took a walk downtown after the gym, and then when I got home, I walked to school for a study session with friends. It was a perfect day for being outside.

What are you thankful for this week?