Catching Up

Despite an overwhelming feeling of entropy, quite a lot has happened in the last month. Jamey had his back surgery and is recovering well (at least physically but that is a whole nother post!). I finally sat for boards last Friday. The whole thing was rather anticlimactic considering the about of emphasis put on the test. I spend a decent amount of time studying the areas in which I was weak, namely Child Development and Obstetrics, in the week preceding, but the test itself had NO Peds or OB questions. Of the 75 questions, at least 60 were medication-related. The other 15 were either prioritizing/delegating care, or infection control. I was out in forty-five minutes.

Passing boards does not guarantee licensure  in my case, of  course. Because of my sordid past, my application must be reviewed by the Board of Nursing at their next meeting on the 19th. At this point it is out of my hands, so I don’t spend too much time freaking out about it.

While I wait I am taking advantage of my open schedule by helping with the H1N1 clinics at Public Health (next week we get to vaccinate the firefighters!), and trying to be more involved with the Grillo Health Information Center. Both Grillo and the Medical Reserve Corps are going through some pretty exciting changes, and I have been conspicuously absent the last few (okay, more like six) months. I really need to get back on the  front lines.