Back to School
One day back to school and I already didn’t post…sheesh! 
School started off with a bang–as usual! Lots of assignments given, lots to learn, and I came down with a slight head cold today (I’m lucky I haven’t been more sick since I see kids multiple times a week a lot of them coming in with all sorts of viruses). As indicated by my previous posts, in my first class we discussed what it is to be a NP, why we’re not doctors and not PAs, etc. It was interesting class with a lot of people discussing the NP scope of practice, where the NP profession is headed…it’s a career to look out for in the near future that’s for sure. I learned that now in MA, patients can declare NPs as their primary care provider, which I think is awesome! I’ll have to research it more, but it’s very exciting. Then I had Primary Care and we learned about exanthems of childhood (i.e. measles, mumps, rubella, roseola, and fifth disease) and bronchiolitis, the latter of which we’re seeing A LOT of this time of year in primary care. It should prove to be an interesting last semester to say the least. It’s a lot of work, but I really enjoyed the previous semester and I hope that proves true for this semester as well. And now that I have all my clinical hours planned out I can finally breathe easy on that aspect too.
Sorry another short/uninteresting post tonight because I’m just not feeling great. I’m hoping to kick this cold pretty quickly so I can be productive and get ahead this weekend! Now that school has started I hope that my posts won’t slow down terribly, but inevitably it won’t be AS frequent as they have been–priorities. Can’t wait to share with you guys about my last semester, preparing for boards, applying for jobs, etc…among other things going on in my life as they come up!
~love always~
Jen
