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Hello Everyone!
My name is Sarah and I am the owner of this nursing blog. I am in my early 20′s. I am married to the man of my dreams and we have been married for several years. My husband is an entrepreneur, writer, blogger, and more. He also has an interesting medical condition known as Cholinergic Urticaria.
I graduated nursing school on May 9, 2009 with my BSN in nursing. Nursing school was a challenge and if you are in it right now or have completed it, you know exactly what I am talking about. I graduated with the second highest honors, and I passed my Nursing Boards aka the NCLEX-RN on June 11, 2009 so I’m officially a registered nurse….woohoo!
I work as a Registered Nurse on a ICU step-down cardiac unit. My newest future goal is to become a ANP aka Nurse Practitioner but that is a future goal I hope to achieve in a few years.
I enjoy writing, website design, studying the human body, spending time with my husband, going to the beach, playing tennis, eating tasty food, watching movies, and listening to music. Pretty much I am up for everything! I am from Tennessee which is considered the South and is located in the US for all you people who don’t live in the USA. Many people think that Tennesseans don’t wear shoes and still use the bathroom in out houses but trust me we don’t. We have indoor plumbing, shoes, and are very up to the times (LOL).
I have a cute poodle name Benji. He currently lives with my mom and I miss him dearly! My husband and I bought our first house in October of 2009. It was truly a dream come true and we are both so happy! He keeps me busy by always wanting to remodel or paint.
I decided to start this site, Registered Nurse RN.com, because I wanted to share my experiences of nursing school and soon to be nursing life with fellow nurses, nursing students, and ordinary people. I want this website to be an information outlet for everyone in the nursing profession. I wish I would have started this at the beginning of my college career which was about 3 years ago but I guess better late than never.
I want this to be a great resource for all nursing students, registered nurses, and the average person interested in the topics I write about. I think that if you are a nursing student or soon to be one you will find it very helpful because I know what I have went through is probably what you are going through too. Nursing school is hard but it will make us into great professional nurses! Here is a great quote I found:
“Nurses can take the pressure. ” Author Unknown ( I would like to add because they went through nursing school)
I look forward to blogging and can’t wait to hear from you!
-Sarah =o)
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This post was written by RN on June 20, 2008
hi sarah, I came across your website this first week of Feb and I found it interesting and helpful especially the links on free NCLEX questions..im also a graduating student nurse..from a university in the Philippines and im planning to take The NCLEX soon as I passed my local board this June 2009..thanks for your wonderful web..it helps a lot..i used also to read saunders and Kaplan books….
Goodluck for both of us..future nurses
Hello Chester,
Thank you so much for your comment and visiting my blog. I am very happy you found the NCLEX website useful….free is always good and the site is actually really good. I wish you the best of luck taking your university’s exam and the NCLEX. It sounds like we will be taking the NCLEX around the same time. I’ll be praying for us both! Keep me up-dated! Thanks again for your comment!
Sarah
Hi Sarah! I’m a junior in a BSN program and came across your site. I’ll graduate May 2010. My first degree is in Biology and I’m now trying to juggle nursing school with being a divorced mom of 3 young children! Whew! We’re getting through it though. I was just curious about how other nursing students feel about being what is considered ‘minimally proficient’ after graduation and feeling hesitant about the first nursing job. I am concerned about giving the best care possible to people who rely upon me, it’s a big responsibility!Your blog had some good responses regarding this. I also wondered if anyone has opinions regarding where to work first. Some nurses say that even if you want to work in a specialty, you should work med-surg for a year first. Others say go straight to the specialty. What do you think? It sounds like you have alot going for you, and I wish you the best of luck on the NCLEX and in your first job. You also sound very blessed to have a wonderful husband and support system. This is a good site, it’s nice to network and make friends with people who have similar interests.
Hey Another Sarah,
I like your name by the way hehe
Thank you so much for visiting my blog! You are almost there girl! You can so do it. It will be pretty much down hill from here now. It is like climbing the mountain junior year and then senior year it is like you are running down the mountain to the finish line. Kudos to you getting through nursing school with 3 young kids….wow I couldn’t imagine. Here is my opinon on if you should go into the specialty or med-surg. If you have your heart dead set on a certain area like OB, Peds, OR….etc I say go for it. There are a LOT of new graduates who do their specialty right out of college and they get easily hired. I’m going right into my specialty….cardiac and I’m glad I did. Another reason I say go into your specialty is because if you are not into med. surg it might make you hate nursing because either you like med. surg. or not. Many people say go into med. surgical to get experience but any where you go you will get experience and why not do it in something you like doing? I would just think about it and go with what you feel. Regarding feeling proficient after school: I think you will have enough skills to get you ready for being a nurse. In school you get the reasoning for why you are doing these things to the patient (the critical thinking part) and some skills. You will learn how to be a nurse on the job. I have learned SO MUCH this semester in clinicals and I actually feel prepared to start working as an RN. During your senior year be very active in your clinicals because this will help you. Good luck to you and keep me up-dated! Thank you again for your comment 
Sarah
Hey Sarah! Just like you i have the plan of getting my BSN in nursing. Im only 17 and live in North Carolina, and today i have a nursing interview. I am enrolled in community college but we all start small somewhere and make it big. I came across your page just today and find it very interesting and hopeful. I hope you keep us all updated!
I am taking my school’s mid-curricular hesi May 7th. Last semester I did okay on the fundamentals hesi and was wondering if you have any tips on how to do well on this hesi exam which will include med-surg in addition to fundamental content.
Awwww….Benji is adorable! Congrats your graduating next month! You must be so excited. Im glad I came across your blog its chock full of good info!
hello sarah! I just googled nursing school + pathophysiology and came across your cool blog..I lost a loved one to suicide recently too (mom) and seeing that I am not alone in this struggle to adjust to life’s curveballs while succeeding in nursing school is a huge relief! I’ll be keeping up with your blog as I begin my journey (I’m a BSN junior after 2 years of community college) I never realized school could be so demanding
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Hey Aimme,
Good luck first of all. I suggest getting the HESI book and studying the med. surgical and practicing many questions until the test. Good luck with everything and thanks for your comment!
Hey Esther Marie,
I’m sorry it has taken me awhile to get back to your comment. It some how got lost in my comments. Thank you so much for your very nice comment. And good luck to you in your nursing career. I’m very sorry to hear about your mom. Life is a total curveball and suicide is so real. Thanks again and hope you continue to follow my life.
Sarah
YOU GO GIRL!!! I’m proud of you and I don’t een KNOW you! I’m currently in nursing school with 3 more semesters to go…December 2010 can’t get here fast enough. I know how challenging nursing school is. You literally have to take one day at a time because it can be too much to handle if you try to see all the way down the road. It’s great that you passed you NCLEX the first time around. God is good, work that degree girl, pursue that passion.