Growing up my parents often played a song by The Doors that said, "This is the end, my only friend, the end. Of our elaborate plans, the end. I'll never look into your eyes...again"

And those few lines sum up my whole experience with nursing. They explain how I feel about the nursing school, some of the people, and the feeling of freedom of finally being done!!!

I will NEVER forget my first nursing test. I started nursing school with a 4.0 GPA so I was d-e-v-e-s-t-a-t-e-d when I got my first test back and discovered that I got a 78%. I cried. I called friends and family and cried. Then, I worked hard and NEVER got even a C again. That was the beginning of the end of being an overachiever.

Fast forward to last night.....my final test of nursing. I had to end nursing school with a bang so.........I got a 73 on my final. Not even passing. In nursing school anything under a 75 is a fail. I was shocked because all my other grades were in the 90's. I went from a 90 average to a 73?? This time, I didn't cry. I wasn't even really upset because I have grown in so many ways from school. I realized that I have become more humble and I can accept the disappointments along with the achievements. And more importantly, I am still graduating!!!! I accomplished nursing school. I made a goal, worked hard, and accomplished it.