yesterday, the computer match books (COMPUTER MATCH IS A PROGRAM THAT MATCHES GRADUATE NURSES WITH HOSPITALS) finally arrived, so all 108 3rd year students marched up to the nursing desk in search of a copy.
man, the chicks at the nursing desk were severely pissed off that we all went at once...haha... but i guess that's what they get paid for.

so today was my last day of classes for the semester...wooohooooo.... after today....i have 7 weeks (or more importantly, 14 DAYS) of class left before i register. how fucking scary is that!! after almost 4 years, i have 14 days left...it's pretty freaky to think about.

but i have been thinking alot about it. my future and what not...and i'm thinking that the forensicare (the state forensic hospital) is the way to go.
after my clinicals there in 2001, i was convinced i was gonna go there...but then...after having people (the grrl in particular) tell me that they didn't want me to go there in case i got hurt kinda turned me off the idea (more so, because i didn't wanna upset them, not becasue i was worried about getting hurt). but after yesterday...after reading the requirements for forensicare in the computer match book, i decided i was gonna give it a shot. afterall, the worst that could happen is they'll turn me down. which is highly likely, as they are only offering 10 places statewide...so yeah...but no one in this course has any interest in going there, which is good, cuz now that's 108 less people i have to compete with *laughs*..

i called the admin officer at forensicare today about getting an application, but she wasn't in so i spoke to her receptionist...d'oh....so i will have to call her tomorrow. but i went and saw one of my lecturers for next year (the one who got me a placement a forensicare back in 2001) and she said that she'd definately arrange for me to go back for my final clinical practicum (really important placement) in september...yay....so even if i dont get accepted into a grad program there, at least i'll have had an extra 4 weeks experience there. and experience counts for a lot in nursing.

mind you, one little extra incentive of doing my grad year there is they will pay for all of my post graduate studies...which is, like, amazing...becasue i intend to go on and study further. i dont just wanna be a bum-washin, bed-makin, blood-takin nurse, goddamnit...i feel i've studied too hard these last 4 years to just do that.
besides, i've always enjoyed mental health...and forensicare is mental health on a tangent. i've always been interested in the justice system..and i'm interested in nursing...so this way, i'll have the best of both worlds.
but i'm not gonna be crushed if i dont get in. i figure, with 10 places statewide, my chances are already pretty slim...so i'll apply to monash as well..but this way, at least i've got something to work towards...a challenge to strive for.

and on that note, i'm gonna head home...these late nites at the computer lab have my mum kinda worried...

oh yeah - tomorrow i get to go home to the grrl!!!! *yay*..god i've missed her
*sighs*



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