I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break, it was really nice to have a couple of days off! I have been studying so much for my Patho exam tomorrow, and I think I am ready!!! I must do good on this exam and I have been working so hard to get to this point, so I am staying confident!! I hope everyone finishes this semester strong, we can do it!! 2 more weeks! I am so excited for this semester to be over and for Christmas break. Good luck to everyone in the rest of the semester, I am glad we got to write these blogs to keep in touch with everyone and how they are doing!! 🙂

Today, Tuesday, November 13th I have my last maternity exam before the final. I am hoping I do really well on it to bring my grade up. I cannot believe we only have a couple of exams left!!! It is very exciting but very scary at the same time. Although I cannot wait for winter break, I need to get it together and finish out the semester strong! I am definitely going to miss maternity clinical, it was the highlight of my semester, and I learned and experienced so much. The end of school is near, and so is the HOLIDAYS! I hope everyone finishes the semester strong. We can do it!!!

As I prepare for my ATI exam today, I am STRESSING out. I must do good on this in order to pass. Patho has been the worst class this semester and I just want it to be over. I also have so many things due this week and I am starting to cram to get it all done. I am hoping that I can do really good on my next exams! I am definitely going to miss my maternity clinical, I learned so many new amazing things and it was by far the best part of my semester. I cannot wait to see where the last couple weeks of the semester takes me. I scheduled my classes last night and it makes me very excited and hopeful to go into next semester and take Peds. I am trying to stay positive as the end of the semester creeps up. I wish everyone luck today on the ATI exam!! Stay positive!!

The month of October has been EXTREMELY difficult as a junior nursing student. As midterms have just passed, things have definitely started to feel real. This past week has by far been the hardest week in my three years of nursing school. Having 5 classes and 2 clinicals, managing time, and studying every day for exams has finally taken a toll on me. I am fighting to get through to next semester right now and I can only hope all the studying will pay off. Although this has been a rough semester, a lot of good has come out of it also. I learned so many new, amazing things during my first two clinicals and I wouldn’t change that for anything. I love working on the floor in the hospital and finally getting to feel like the hard work is paying off getting to do something that I love. In my maternity clinical I was able to give a Flu shot, a RhoGAM shot, see two vaginal births, and one C-section, and it was truly amazing. I love everything about the maternity floor and I am considering being a labor and delivery nurse once I graduate. Being able to finally interact with nurses in the hospital has taught me good communication skills and how to be comfortable speaking to a patient, which was something I was worried about before. I cannot wait to continue on in different clinicals to see which ones I enjoy the most and where I can make a difference in someone’s life. As we now enter November, things are getting tough. Having two exams a week is something I am not used to and I am still trying to learn how to manage my time efficiently, but before we know it, it will be winter break!! We got this 🙂

My name is Gianna Scarcelli, welcome to my blog! I am currently a junior nursing student at Widener University. I have always loved caring for others and being able to make an impact in someone else’s life, therefore, I am hoping to be a pediatric nurse one day. I am really excited to begin this journey of blogging to be able to share with my fellow nursing students my experiences and struggles throughout this semester, because it’s going to be a tough one. We finally made it to our first clinical, I am so proud of us all! It is definitely going to be stressful but if we all work together I know we will get it done! Being able to now be in the clinical setting makes me realize that all the hard times and nights up studying for exams is finally all worth it. This semester has started out hard and with exams coming up I am very stressed out. I am hoping to be able to use this blog as a way to destress and get out all of my thoughts and feelings toward being a full time nursing student, so stay tuned for how first exams go!
-Gianna Scarcelli, Future Nurse