End of Semester One

With only one more exam to go, I am nearing the middle of my Nursing Degree.  I am taking a break from study because it seems to be all I have done for some time now.  My next exam is Monday so I do have five days left before it.

This semester apart from writing assignments and being out on placement I have done some extra uni and non-uni related things:

- Bungy jumping in Taupo with Bianca and Sarah (flatmates)

- I have done an 11km hike

- Been in a flight simulator 

- Been on flat outings with my flatmates (beach, dinner, pub quiz (we won!), JUMP)

- Had nursing class dinners

- Learn't all about Auckland traffic in the mornings and evenings (before/after placements)

Basically I have been a lot more social things than previously...

Throughout this semester I have also in a way conquered my fear of public speaking... well, gotten over it, as I have had to do two presentations! One marked and one not marked (just course work).

Only Exams to go!

I have now completed all assessments that are internally assessed and just have three exams to go until the end of the semester! Very excited that my first year is coming to an end, to be able to celebrate the fact that I have done eight university level papers and am still going!

I will be doing one paper over the summer period- impaired body function (science); this is to get me ahead for next year, as in the first semester I will be doing purely nursing paper with out this science one meaning I can concentrate on my nursing, and placement without having impaired to do as well.  In second semester I will have four again, including my last science paper of the degree- pharmacology.

By science papers I mean the health sciences that come under their own category for paper numbers, as they are not part of the nursing department, and are used for more than one degree.  Most of my other papers are all nursing based.

First Semester is coming to an end...

My first semester at University is coming to an end soon, this is my last week of lectures before going on exam leave! I have my normal classes and labs this week and next week I think I have two revision sessions for two different papers, but put on the same day to save those that travel from coming in twice as majority in my bioscience class are nursing students.  I have my first exam of four, on June 10th and the last on June 17th, where I will then be done for the semester and awaiting my final marks I get for each paper.

Last day of my first Clinical Placement

Today I had my last 5.30am wake up for this semesters clinical placement! I am proud to say that I have attended every single day without being sick or using being sick as a way of having a day off.  I have learn't a lot through practical work and keen to go on to do my exams and my next placement next semester at the actual hospital!

Here are a couple photos we took this afternoon just before we finished for the day..

Just a casual snapchat I sent someone... haha this was at like 6.30am... Meryn, Holly and I always get to placement super early.. before we are suppose to start so we can come in a chat and get sorted before we need to be at the nurses' stations for handover.

"SELFIE" haha, as you do... 

Back: Meryn, me, Nick

Front: Josie, CTA, Lauren and Eilish.

Missing: Holly

Our awesome as clinical placement group! We reckon we had the best group- we all get along really well and help each other out when needed :)