Thinking of graduation makes me worry because the fact that I am finishing my college degree means a greater responsibility is at hand. I am quite uneasy for many questions were popping in my head lately. Questions pertaining on what to do after this, what are my options in life, and would I pass; these were pestering me since I entered my 4th year. After further thinking, I realized, I am the only one who can answer these because my future will depend solely on my decisions.
Recently I started concentrating on reviewing the subject areas which are included in the nursing board. I also purchased the reviewers needed for my preparation. In addition to that, I am also reviewing for the final exam in Management. Hopefully my performance would not be as bad as compared to previous semesters in which I had integrated exams and the like.
After graduation, I am planning to continue my review in either St. Louis Review Center or Merge. I will also attend the final coaching. After this, if I pass the board, I would go to Baguio, to thank God for what he has done for me. If you would ask me, of all places why Baguio, to think there are many churches near me. The reason behind this is the fact that the Pink Sisters Convent in Baguio helped me a lot in praying to God for my success in all the endeavors that I went through. If I would be earning money of my own, I would donate ample amount in this convent. After passing, I would definitely apply at St. Luke's Medical Center right away. Hopefully I would be accepted to this reputable institution. I would work there for at least 3 years. In these years I would also take the necessary tests that are required of me to work abroad particularly the NCLEX, CGFNS, and TOEFL. If I would be blessed to pass all of these exams, I would go directly to Connecticut, to my aunt who is a nurse supervisor at a nursing home in order to lessen the feeling homesickness and the fear of being alone, since they are also my family members.
If given a chance to practice my choice in the field of nursing, I would choose to do go into operating room nursing because I want to discover and experience the extensiveness of operations and the beauty of the internal organs.
If I earn a lot of money in being a nurse in the States, it would be divided into three. A part of it would be for my parents, another part of it would be for my house in Baguio, the last part would be for my own consumption. The salary would be divided into these, 25% for my parents, 50% for my consumption and 25% for my house. After 15 years of working in the States without disqualification in the license, I would go back to the Philippines to do my graduate studies and teach at an institution that molded me to become who I am, hopefully I would be accepted to my beloved Alma Mater as a teacher.
As for my plan in settling down, this is uncertain because I am not sure if the person I am with now is the right one to settle down with or will he ever ask me to settle down with him. Hopefully he is, because I love him dearly and this is the longest relationship that I have been in. All right now is tentative. You can never be too sure of anything. If he does ask me to settle down, I would gladly accept, if not, to hell with him. Joking aside, marriage is not my top priority. My number one priority right now is to do good in the board, search for a job and make a living for my parents because they are too exhausted in sending me to school and that my little brother is also going for college so I must work my butt off in helping them in order to prevent further complications in my parents’ health status. This career path would be my blue print for the future; I would place this in my blog and check on it after a few years in order to verify my achievements and if my planned things were accomplished. Although all of these would not be done perfectly as I planned, I would see to it that I would achieve all of these in one way or another. Well, wish me luck. To my fellow Centenniales, buena suerte to us all and may all of us be successful in our future endeavors.
