Last Registration before Graduation

Each semester, we have to register for classes, normally this would not be a big deal if you weren't in nursing school, however, due to the fact that instructors can only take 12 students per class, it becomes a big deal. Of course you always want to get the instructor you want, that is very important, but in your last semester of nursing, it's even more important to get the hospital you want to be at, because you'll be doing a 2 week preceptorship with a nurse from that hospital! Yesterday my class mates and I sat in front of our computers, with the government clock website up next to the registration website staring at our computer screens until the clock finally turns to 11:00am hoping we get the class we want. It's not fun and it's nerve racking but it's the last time we did it!!!! My friend Colleen sent me a text message the other night saying can you believe it's our last time? I really can't believe it's our last time registering for a nursing course....well for our ASN's anyway! The next will be our BSN's! I really can't picture myself as a nurse yet, but I'm sure I won't be truly comfortable until I've been able to get a few years of experience behind me. It's crazy to think that I've come this far! I can remember my first day like it was yesterday! I was so nervous and had no idea what to expect. By the end of the day my head was spinning with information. By the second week I was having a nervous breakdown, and by the first month I was finding my groove. It was just so much to take in at once, I often found myself questioning whether or not I could do this, but now when I think about it, all the doubt made me stronger! The times when I said to myself last semester when we had 3 clinical preps (which are really long patient clinical picture, a psychosocial nursing paper, and 5 exams within a span of 2 1/2 weeks, are they trying to kill us? I realize that I became stronger. I finished all of my work and did well on my last 5 exams. So here is how registration day really went. I woke up at 9:30 only to look at my phone and find text messages and phone calls since 7:30am from my friend Colleen, she couldn't figure out how to get the classes we wanted into her cart to save. So I call her back, and she doesn't answer. I get the computer out, set up my government clock and check to make sure my classes are saved. This is all so very interesting I can't stand it ha ha! Colleen and I have been in the same classes since semester 2. She's my Best Friend in nursing school, and I am so lucky to have met her. She's a smart wonderful amazing individual, and one day she is going to be a wonderful nurse. So I was thinking registration was at 11:30 don't ask me why, but at 11:04 i decided to take a look at the classes. When I checked they were open, and I about had a heart attack. I quickly pressed the buttons and somehow wound up with the class I wanted. I then tried to call Colleen, no answer, and then called a few other people who told me registration was at 11. I must have had God shining down on me, because any longer and I wouldn't have received my choice. After many attempts to get in touch with my friend, she finally called me back a few hours later because I sent her a text message saying that I was upset we weren't going to be in the same class. She informed me she had got into the same class. Not only was it important to me to finish out my last semester with a good friend, but we will be sitting together at graduation! That makes me so happy! Along with her a few other great individuals will be joining us at Mease Countryside Hospital for our last clinical experience. I know this is very long and probably boring to most, however to me at least it's an accomplishment to have come this far, and I can't wait to see what the future has in store for me as a nurse. It's my dream it's my passion, and finally seeing it come to fruition is more than I could have ever dreamed of!