Happy Nurse's Day!!!!

Today is National Nurse's Day and it's Nurses week from today (the 6th) through the 15th. Why you ask is Nurse's week starting in the middle of the week?? Well, I wondered that myself so I did some looking online and found that Nurse's week always starts May 6th, on National Nurse's Day, no matter what day of the week it is, and goes until the 15th which is Florence Nightingale's birthday. So there's your trivia for the day! I was very happy it was Nurse's Day because Kim brought me some Dove chocolate, and the nurse at the school shared her chocolate with us too! Chocolate always makes the day better!!

Today I had my last internship with the LINK clinic! Overall, I didn't feel like I was doing a whole lot to gain a better experience at being a nurse, but I liked working with Kim, the Nurse Practitioner, and the kids at the schools. I also liked working with this clinic because I can see that it is so needed for the low-income population in Springfield. One thing that bothered me was the fact that so many of these kids come from terrible home situations and are under such an enormous amount of stress that they shouldn't have to deal with. It broke my heart to hear these kids talk about their parents/grandparents/foster parents not having enough money to support them. I don't think I had any realization of my family's financial situation when I was in elementary school, but so many of these kids know the hardships their families are going through and they feel some responsibility for that. I was so saddened to see and hear about the children who were abandoned by their parents to be raised by grandparents or friends. But some of the parents made me really hopeful about this population, because you could see that some of the parents were really concerned about their children and would do whatever they could to help them get better. I know that as a nurse, I will be able to make a difference in all these children's lives. I will be able to help them when they're sick and try and comfort them when their sad, and give them a voice. I really want to help kids, I always have, and this experience made me see that I can do that in a variety of ways and in a variety of settings.

I made my first large purchase today as a nearly college graduate! I bought some nice new furniture for my apartment!! It's a tan colored microsuede and it's a couch, loveseat, and recliner set! Ooooooh! Pictures will come eventually once we get them moved in at the beginning of June.

Also, I got some FREE KFC for dinner tonight courtesy of Oprah!! I guess she made some announcement on her show yesterday and there's coupons online for a free KFC 2-piece grilled chicken dinner with 2 sides and a biscuit! After a lot of trials, we eventually got our four coupons and Allison, Rachel, Jered, and I went to go get our tasty meals. Guess a lot of other people had the same idea we did, cause the drive thru was about to circle the building and the line inside was just out the door!! Luckily it went pretty fast and we got our food and headed out. It was pretty good, not gonna lie, but unfortunately you can only print out the coupons today until midnight and you're supposed to only print out four per computer...but I didn't even get that far. We'll see, maybe I'll still have more luck tonight.