Week 2 of nursing school and garden thoughts

So here I am.  I made it into the RN program at the local community college.  We've begun the nursing process, and I found that I need to change my mindset.  They asked the question in class "What would you do if you got a blood pressure of 180/110?"  My first thought was "get the nurse".  Problem?  I'll be the nurse.  EEK!  So, time to change my mindset and realize that I'm going to have to learn how to take care of that person.  What would I do if I had that persons life in my hands?
So, it's time to make sure that I know who is responsible-and that happens to be me.  The lab instructor on Tuesday told us, that when we walk into a patients room, make it ours.  We are in charge of that patient.  That patients life is in OUR hands.  OURS.  Not their family, not the doctor, us, as the nurse.  I have to change my mindset.  It's going to be a slow process, but I WILL change.  Mentally it's going to be a struggle, because I've been in the CNA position for so long.  My mom (who is a nurse herself) says that I'll have no problem switching over, but at week 2, I really havn't even begun to change.  I know, it's only week 2 right?

I have an AWESOME support system.  I know I can do this.  Anything I need, all I really need to do is snap my fingers and pretty much POOF things appear that I need.  I'm DEAD seroius.  I'm so thankful for the system I have.  I have the most supportive husband in the world, and my children completely understand why I'm not home, and why I have taken myself off the chore list.  I have friends at work who will work for me if I need time off for school, and nurses at work who are willing to speak to me in nursing terms so that I can learn the lingo.  I would not be able to do this without my family. 


Now, on to the garden.  I've been thinking a lot about it this year already.  It's time to start planning out where the thing is going to be this year.  I had a pretty good production last year, but I was thinking of keeping everything out of the ground.  I know, what am I thinking right?  A garden not in the ground?  Am I crazy?  The answer to that is probably yes.  I mean, can I really work full time, go to school double time, and still tend a garden?  I'm going to have to go with a yes on that.  I'm consdering using "upside down" gardening.  My mother-in-law bought me a do-hickey to use last year (ok, like 2 years now that the calendar has flipped).  I had every intention of using it, and matter of fact, I had something PLANNED to put in it, but by the time I got around to it, it was too late in the year to plant anything.  I know they work, and I won't have to weed the darn things. 

My dilema is now figuring out what I want in the garden.  I've researched what to grow in them, and what to put 'on' them.  Yes, so you don't waste space, you can totally grow stuff on top!  Like lettuce and cabbage.   I could probably also grow radishes up there too.  I think that would be great to have ready made salad.  It was sure nice last year.  Need tomatoes?  Go get them out of the garden.  It was nice to send kids to get stuff out of the garden when I needed it.  Gotta get my mind working on the details here.

but first...off to study!