Nursing School Chronicles ~ 10 weeks off! *gulp*

Well a little less than that now.....

So much has transpired.  Where to start?

Well, I found myself alone again.....naturally.....hee....I couldn't resist.  I have no more roommate, who was Mia's dad.  We haven't had a relationship for sometime now, but living together served our economic and parenting purposes. 

But.....things happen and his visa wasn't renewed....so back he went.  Emotionally indifferent for me.....sad for the kidlettes.  But it is what it is......and for many going to nursing school it is like the same sheet of music just played differently for all concerned.  Lots of relationships that had small fissures, just bust wide open at the seams. 

It has definitely been scary.  Trying to figure out exactly what and how I am going to do it all.  But it is what is....what must be done must be done.

I can tell you that I could not have gotten thru these past few weeks without a little help from my friends.  Particularly, Barbara N., Sholana, and Shorty Doowop.  Barb and Sholana have been taking turns watching the kids so I can save a little on babysitting.  It costs me $900 a month for babysitting.  It is a huge expense to handle alone....but it is what I must do.  They got together and have been watching my little beedas (my kids) and the kids come home happy and healthy.....and wore out!  woot!  Shorty saved me in a pinch.  I don't have a printer and the local doctor refused to see my son because I did not have a copy of his personal insurance card with me.  Shorty looked it up and printed it off so that I could run by and grab it.  Sooooo appreciated that.

I have good friends.  Even so, I know how to be a friend but have a very difficult time accepting help.  (long story)  Barbara N. said something to me and I was so close to bawling when she did.  I told her I couldn't accept her help because I had no way to repay her.  It is very important to me.  And she told me simply, WE are your friends.  That's what friends do.  Ok are you not shedding a tear yet?  I am sobbing here.

Also, my sister watched nights for the remaining two weeks in school.  Without that I could not have continued and you would hear me bawling about not being able to graduate until August.

So God and friends.....and God who brings the friends.....is GOOD.

Because I have a great debt that I owe to God, friends, children and maybe even myself....I have to do well in the last 10 weeks of school starting February 11th.

However, mommying solo has taken up a large part of my days.....Risk for Caregiver Role Strain I believe NANDA would call it. (NANDA makes the official nursing diagnoses)

SOooOOOoo since I am going to be a Nurse....I thought....I need a care plan....

but I am using a La B official Diagnosis.....

Dx:  Risk for impaired studying related to disturbed child/parenting schedules as evidenced by.....no studying for 1 week!!!!!!

Goal:   Mom will find a schedule that behooves both mom and the baby keikis (children)

Interventions:

#1  -  Children in bed and fast asleep by 9.

#2  -  Doing the Peds CD (1 hour), ERI videos/audio (1 hour), and Saunders NCLEX CD (1 hour) starting no later than 10PM each night until February 11.

#3-  No whining.

Rationale:

#1 - Fast asleep children do not disturb studying mamas and fast asleep children are good children.  hee.  (Bonus rationale:  A schedule for the future.)

#2 - I don't forget what I have learned thus far and I can feel like a nurse again.

#3 - Whining is counterproductive.

Outcomes to be posted at a later date!