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Sam, try to get off the meds for sleep control. You are looking at a career where your sleep and when you get it is going to be important. You should try to get some kind of control over that now.

Working a rotating shift, I'm very careful as to when I have caffeine and alcohol or anything that will disrupt my sleep. Even on the midnight shift, I don't drink coffee at all, so that when I do sleep it's a real deep quality sleep. I'll go a week with no coffee and only sleeping 3-5 hours a day. It sucks, but you really have control of whatever it is that allows you to sleep.
 
I'm used to cottage cheese in lasagna. I worked at Papa Murphys for years and they went back and forth from putting cottage cheese and ricotta cheese in their lasagna. I prefer ricotta myself...

Pink highlights would be interesting. I'm not too sure if I could go that far. When I was a teenager I had some blue ones in but not for long. I thought I looked a little too smurfish, lol.

I've actually thought about perhaps focusing on Oncology when I get into Nursing. I dunno. I think it would be kinda sad but it seems there is a lot more hope and technology than ever when it comes to beating cancer nowadays. Just an idea I have...

-Sam
 
Trops said:
Sam, try to get off the meds for sleep control. You are looking at a career where your sleep and when you get it is going to be important. You should try to get some kind of control over that now.

Working a rotating shift, I'm very careful as to when I have caffeine and alcohol or anything that will disrupt my sleep. Even on the midnight shift, I don't drink coffee at all, so that when I do sleep it's a real deep quality sleep. I'll go a week with no coffee and only sleeping 3-5 hours a day. It sucks, but you really have control of whatever it is that allows you to sleep.
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I totally agree. I'm trying to take them less frequently. I just hate tossing and turning until like 3 in the morning because my sleep cycle has been so messed up. I'm working on it.

-Sam
 
sammyboy24 said:
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I've actually thought about perhaps focusing on Oncology when I get into Nursing. I dunno. I think it would be kinda sad but it seems there is a lot more hope and technology than ever when it comes to beating cancer nowadays. Just an idea I have...
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I have a bud who's a nurse in pediatric oncology... toughest job a person could ever love.. definitely not for everyone... but I've spent some time volunteering at his hospital.. and the spirit these kids have is amazing.. even the ones you know are not going to live to see their next birthday...
 
maleficent said:
I have a bud who's a nurse in pediatric oncology... toughest job a person could ever love.. definitely not for everyone... but I've spent some time volunteering at his hospital.. and the spirit these kids have is amazing.. even the ones you know are not going to live to see their next birthday...
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I can't imagine what it would be like, not yet... I want to have a different view on life and death, which I would imagine your buddy does. That's what I want. I'm expecting being a nurse to give me a different perception of the world than I have now. I don't want to focus on all the stupid day to day bullshit that I stress and kill myself over now. I'm sick of it. I feel sometimes like I'm in this rat race that's going nowhere... Don't get me wrong I do expect to make a living as a Nurse but, I also want it to change me as a human being, or maybe just enhance the good parts that are at this point i feel are kinda buried inside me... I just want to live life everyday and focus on doing that. Sometimes I feel like I focus on the materialistic side and negative side of things way too much, mostly because I find myself surrounded by it. It doesn't make me happy, it hasn't so far and I'm learning now never will. I guess what i'm trying to say is the reason I'm going to go into Nursing is because life and death will flash before my eyes everyday, it will be inevitable... Hopefully from that I will be able to get a different perception of what life is really all about and learn to live mine better, and live a more satisfying one... I also want to make a difference in other people's lives, which I know I have the power to do...

Hats off to your buddy. Working in pediatric oncology would be very challenging. I imagine rewarding at the same time.
 
also want to make a difference in other people's lives, which I know I have the power to do...
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you don't need to be a nurse to do that... you can do that every single day of your life - sometimes all it takes is a smile at someone - eye contact... actually listening to them...
 
maleficent said:
you don't need to be a nurse to do that... you can do that every single day of your life - sometimes all it takes is a smile at someone - eye contact... actually listening to them...
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I get that, for sure. I always try to smile at people... I just think in a hospital, where most people feel so uncomfortable and so vulnerable most of the time, I'd just like to ease that. I do love to try and make people feel better, whether it's with kind words, making them laugh, or being a Nurse -maybe helping the pain go away... I do like to listen to people as well, most anyways ;)

-Sam
 
Hope work chills out on you. I took an ROP class for nursing when I was in highschool. I did great on the exams, but the hands on was too much for me to handle. My first day at the hospital, they had me changing bedsheets, and the lady was dying! I was horrified, and halfway through the bedchange, she was grabbing onto me and my clothes and mumbling something I couldn't understand. She was trying to pull out her coloscopy bag. I was freaking out to be left alone with her, I was only 17 years old then. Sad part was she died right as I was walking out of the door to her room, when her son came in to be with her. Long story short, I couldn't hang, dropped out of the program and went into business.

I admire those of you who can do the job! Takes a special person to be a nurse or doctor. I remember the nurse telling me that I would get used to people dying. I didn't want to get used to that. no way!! How weird it must be to see that on a daily basis.

I'm sure you are going to be a kick ass nurse though. Working full time is going to be tough while you are in school, but you are a strong guy, and you can do it!!
 
After what I just read, I think you'll be an awesome nurse. Dying is a part of life, it happens to us all eventually. I guess if one keeps that in mind, it can help dealing with patients dying. But it really sucks when they are young. :(

I can understand you having trouble getting to the gym with your work schedule. No wonder you fell asleep yesterday. ;)
 
Only time will tell you what area you will want to specialize in. Very often life surprises us and leave us in interesting places that we would have never expected. Its an exciting time in your life Sammy!!!

My sister just had an interview for a job as a research nurse for cancer treatments. She'd be working directly with the patients and will have a fantastic opportunity for more learning. She's working on her master's right now. I think it will probably be a great way for her education world to cross over with her working world. If you'd have asked her when she was in her training...she probably would have never expected to see herself in the research nurse role. I think it will be a great fit. My fingers are crossed!

As for finding time to work out while going to school. That's where I am right not (well not right now since its summer). Working on a master's degree and doing anything else can be a major challenge at times. I am not a person that is terrible fond of working out, but I find that it has been an enjoyable balance to all the course work. You'll find a way to make it work for you too, I am sure.

Glad everything is going well with you.
 
You'll be fantastic in whatever specialization you choose!

I love cottage cheese in my lasagna! And ricotta cheese! And pretty much every other kind of cheese! :)

I have a question for you regarding fashion in my diary! Go lend your expertise, pretty please! :D
 
Wow... It's been awhile since i updated. I went to an orientation about the Nursing Program yesterday and lets just say I don't think it went very well... I'm kind of reconsidering it now. Pretty funny considering what I just put in my diary about how much I loved it... I don't know. I feel like such an idiot. I am deferring my acceptance so I can think it over for a couple of months at least... I'm pretty stressed right now and am not feeling too good about myself... I talked to my dad though and he is okay with everything and says maybe I need to find a plan B. Who knows though, I guess I'm just having second thoughts...

My weight is still the same though, which I'm happy about. Still holding solid at 210.

-Sam
 
Hey, Sam. What is it that is making you reconsider? Is it the job that you will eventually get or the schooling that gets you there?
 
I think it's the schooling that scares the hell outta me. I just get scared that even if I do my best that it won't be good enough. It's so intense and hardcore and I've never really had that... I know most people aren't very good with stress and anxiety and I am on the top of that list... I just don't know anymore...

-Sam
 
See, and I think you'll be fine. All that stress and pressure is designed to help you when you are through. Did you think before you started this weight loss thing that you'd be able to get up and run as much as you do now? No, because it took all that training to get you to this point. Same with the weights and same with nursing. It's the training that is important, and if you do your best you will succeed.

You'll do fine. :gnorsi:
 
Thanks Trops. I'm feeling a little bit better about things... I am still deferred to January though, and with that extra time I can bone up on some old stuff i need to study and pay off some last bills and stuff... I just let myself get so worked up sometimes. I'm still stressed but not quite as bad... I'm definitely going to have to find a groove and a balance to things once I'm in school and with work and everything. There is also no way probably that I'm going to be able to work full time...

-Sam
 
Since you are deferred till January, you might look into taking just one class for the fall semester, just to get your feet wet. Possibly something that will help you when you take your real classes. This way you aren't jumping into a work/school schedule without know how it will affect each.
 
Trops said:
Since you are deferred till January, you might look into taking just one class for the fall semester, just to get your feet wet. Possibly something that will help you when you take your real classes. This way you aren't jumping into a work/school schedule without know how it will affect each.
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That sounds like a great idea to me. Easing into it would probably decrease the stress. But whatever you do--don't let fear stop you from going after your dreams. The only thing you have to fear is fear itself. :) Imo it is better to try and fail than to never try at all.

And if nursing doesn't work out, you could be a stylist to the stars. ;)
 
Thanks you guys. Your very nice. I think I am still going to go after Nursing but I am deferring it until January. I totally plan on being way productive in the coming months towards it. I need to study up and tutor myself on my Nursing Math, Physiology, and Anatomy again. I also want to pay of some debt and get a nice cushion of money into the bank so that I feel a little more secure. It will happen but I kind of always knew I needed to defer it for a semester, even when I went into the orientation....

It's been a pretty big headache this week so far, and so exercise hasn't really been existent, lol... I'll kick it back up a notch here tho soon.

-Sam
 
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