Most nursing students must juggle homework, class schedule, some type of employment, and pretending to have a social life. Not to mention any religious practices that they may practice. Best example of this actually happened today. I have Wednesdays off from school and pick up my clinical shift bright and early on Thursdays. Well, today I woke up convinced that not only was it Thursday but if I didn't get my ass out the door in the next 2 min I would be late. So I scrambled out the door with everything in hand and speed my way to the hospital, ran up five flights of stairs (because the elevator would have been to slow) and knocked on the conference room door because I forgot the passcode only to have my professor show me the room full of the Wednesday shift people...
Luckily I have an extremely understanding professor who took pity on my and told me to go home and relax and get ready for my job interview later that day.
Moral of the story? Always check your calendar (that you MUST keep up to date) and make sure you've got the right schedule in you head before you barge out the door half prepared for the day and praying you won't be in trouble.
Breath!
It's amazing how calming just breathing can be.
Good luck out there guys! And learn from my mistakes!
Clara
