Spring break, in the grand scheme of things, feels more like a coffee break when what I really need is lunch. Then again, in the four years I've spent working as a staff nurse, I've become accustomed to the feeling that I'm running on fumes.
Case in point: I've been trying to start this blog for nearly six months now. The things that I'm working on right now, both in graduate school and out of my own interest, are some of the most interesting things I've done yet. I'm starting the clinical coursework that will lead to my becoming a nurse practitioner. I'm volunteering with the homeless. I'm participating in two research projects, and I'm on the nursing student advisory committee for a local non-profit that is focused on global health. I'm also working full-time at the job I've held since I graduated from nursing school. My job is frustrating, challenging, fulfilling and rewarding. It is also exhausting, and I often feel as though I'm being pulled in two different directions by my obligations as a staff nurse and by my aspirations as a student nurse practitioner.
In any case, spring break has offered me the brief respite that I needed in order to get this blog up and running. In it, I hope to chronicle my adventures at work and school and to document what it's like to make the transition from experienced staff nurse to novice nurse practitioner. I also hope to comment on relevant topics in the news, fume about injustices, and share some of the more ridiculous things that happen to me in my professional role. This is, after all, off the record.
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