Current Update

Over the past couple of days I have traveled an hour and twenty minutes to and from Provo, UT. I was at a place I had never been before with no one I have ever seen and going through information I barely retained from nursing school to be tested on it at the end of two days. And I did all of this on my days off for this week! My first thought was, "Why am I doing this again?" Since my only other option, to snowboard, was out of the question for this week's off days, I decided it could benefit me in the longrun, one day. So I registered for a TNCC certification class. TNCC is Trauma Nursing Core Course, so its basically for Registered Nurses that are working in the emergency room or intensive care unit. In September, I was able to obtain an ACLS certification (advanced cardiac life support), which is an advanced CPR class. As I have described before, my goal is to eventually get hired in a hospital. So with all of the job openings I have looked at, there are a few certifications that stick out in different fields that you will need to have for a certain position. I am actually trying to get as many of those certifications to make myself standout and more appealing on my resume. Whether or not that actually will happen is up for debate, but I am learning way more now than when I was in nursing school. After the money I paid for the class, the two days in lectures, the time spent studying, the six hours spent traveling to and from Provo, I finally am done. It was a really hard written test and the instructor said I got the highest in the class! Haha! We also had a hands-on skill pass-off, which I hate. From the beginning, even at CNA level, I have had to do those and they don't get more enjoyable. Well out of the fifteen other people in the class who all worked ER and ICU, I think this nursing home RN did okay.
On our drive last week around 12 St Canyon, Mike & I saw three wild turkeys!!! It was Mike's first time seeing wild turkeys. Unfortunately we did not get a picture because ahem! someone could not resist rolling the window down and yelling "Gobble! Gobble" at them. I apologized later... :) It was great seeing wild turkeys so close to Thanksgiving though!