The Right Now (RN)

Hi, I'm Vanisha and I'm......gonna be a Registered Nurse.

Welcome, I'm glad you're here! I created this blog to note my journey as I strive to be the best RN in the world. Really, the entire WORLD- I'm a newly motivated overachiever, so I'm aiming for Florence Nightengale status...or close to it.

So where do I start? Uhhh I guess I'll tell you a bit about me. My birthday is on Friday (October 23) and I'll be 33. Yes, I will be an old nurse...a great old nurse. What took me so long to pursue nursing? Well, I've always wanted to do it but in my younger days, I was all over the place, doing everything but going to nursing school. I've worked at hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living centers, and I've even treated hospice patients and briefly owned my own home care agency, So to say I've done it all is about accurate. Now, I want to be a registered nurse. All of the skills that I've picked up along the way make me more than qualified but I definitely don't have the classroom training, and I'm afraid to even look at an N-CLEX exam. I've taken a few classes here and there...one class during one semester here and there....I guess you could call me a professional student, but aren't we all???

So right now, I'm starting by getting my Certified Nursing Assistant license back. Yes, I'm starting from the bottom and working my way to the top. I'm definitely no stranger to hard work...or LOTS of work. I first got my CNA back in about 2001-ish. I had it all the way up to 2011 and then I went to work at a hospital that I absolutely despised from day one. {Sidebar: let this be a lesson to you-ALWAYS trust your instinct. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it}Instead of trusting my gut feeling and declining the job, I stayed and each day was worst than the last until eventually I blew my top and walked off the job at 4am. There went my CNA license for an entire year. After my suspension period was up, I didn't get my license back simply because I didn't want it. The sour taste from the hospital still hadn't left my soul. But I knew that nursing was my calling, so I continued to provide care in different capacities and BOOM here I am with you!

My hope is that I stuff this blog chock full of information that will help you to decide if nursing is for you and if so, I hope the info and experiences you read here will teach you something or at least make you smile.

I do also want to let you know that I welcome all info, tips, suggestions, or whatever. I'm a sharer! Feel free to say hi!!!

Until next time....