Jennifer Vitti

The first day of nursing school is fast approaching!! In 7 days (more like 6 at this time). I feel like I have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off frantically making sure I have everything set up. I did my loan entrance exam and MPN thing (also for loans). I officially have all my required nursing supplies. I have been re-reviewing Chapters 1-4 in Math for Clinical Practice. I’ve paid bills, I’ve cleaned, I’ve looked through my textbooks, I’ve been checking Blackboard and my Regis email incessantly. I still need re-review Ch.4. I want to do some pre-reading for Professional Nursing since I like to read the chapters assigned BEFORE class and since we got the syllabus I see there are a couple short chapters that we’re going to talk about on Day 1. I also am required to print out a bunch of paperwork for both Health Assessment and Professional Nursing, so I still need to do that. I want to get a dog tag for my stethoscope, print my updated schedule with the correct room #s, decide if I want a meal plan, iron my uniform, and that should be about it I think. It’s actually not that bad to do in a week’s worth of time. It is a bunch of little things that will keep me busy in between work.

Mostly it is a lot of emotions. Scared…excited…TERRIFIED…THRILLED! I just have so many questions and curiosities that I can’t wait and at the same time I’m scared out of my mind. What if I’m no good? What if my instructors don’t like me? What if I can’t make friends in my classes? What if I struggle on quizzes and exams? What if? What if? What if? I’m sure this is all normal for a new nursing student to go through, but even though I still have stuff to do before the first day of class it almost couldn’t come soon enough. I feel like I’ve been having these “pre-nursing school jitters” since March when I got accepted and they’ve only been escalating to the point now like I feel like I’ll explode!

In fact I’m sure you’re sick of me talking about how nervous/excited I am haha! Well expect at least one more Monday night (the night before classes start), but then after that at least I’ll have other stuff to write about besides my nerves and feelings.

Thanks to all who are supporting me in my journey! Family, friends, and even you readers are essential to my success. Trust me I need all the love and support I can get

~love always~

Jen

p.s. One Week!!!!!!!