Growing up with a little sister, wonderful parents who love each other, and going to church every Sunday all I’ve ever wanted is my own grown up version of that for myself. When I grow up I want to be a working mother and wife who loves her family and creates precious memories while still providing for them who also teaches under a house of the Lord.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Incorporating Sources
Source: Bible-Proverbs 31:10-30
When Solomon wrote the book of Proverbs he talked about what a Godly woman of a household looks like and all the different aspects she portrays as one, “She sets about her work vigorously... She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy... She watches over the affairs of her household”
Proverbs. New International Bible Version. Verse 31:10-30. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998. Print.
When Solomon wrote the book of Proverbs he talked about what a Godly woman of a household looks like and all the different aspects she portrays as one, “She sets about her work vigorously... She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy... She watches over the affairs of her household”
Proverbs. New International Bible Version. Verse 31:10-30. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998. Print.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Interview-Being a Mom and a Nurse
I'm writing my paper about what it mean to be a working mother. About how all day you take care of strangers and then you come home and take care of family and somehow find a way to balance it all.
In high school I aided for the school nurses for two years. Both, Mrs. Grizzle and Mrs. Waller, have been nurses for a long time and both are mothers so they're perfect for my topic.
1. What made you want to be nurses?
G: Well, for me I like the human body. I was interested in how the body works. I was always trying to figure out what was wrong. Just the curiosity. And taking care of people also.
W: I think it's really in my blood. My mother was a nurse and I have three sisters who are nurses, so my mom would come home and tell us all kinds of stories...and it was always just very interesting and intriguing. And it was just something I've always wanted to do even as a little girl, I never really though about doing anything else. And I love it.
2. How old were you in college and when you started your career?
G: Probably 22. I got my LPN first and then I went to JJC for my RN two years later. I had a job as a LPN and they paid for my school for RN.
W: I was 22, I was married, and had two kids. I went to a three year diploma program at St. Joes and then later I went and got my bachelors at USF.
3. What were set backs of being a new nurse?
G: Just the insecurities of not knowing. And you have to take the lead, looking back I probably needed to take the lead a little bit more. I relied too much on the nurses to tell me what to do and that wasn't the best thing to do. So taking the lead is a big thing and just being confident.
W:I think that's typical of a new nurse, there's so many insecurities. I started very few IVs in nursing school but when I worked in the ER I got a lot more experience. So I think it's just that, hands on experience.
4. What are some nursing fields you've done?
G: I started out in the nursing home and I got a lot of experience there. I tried home health care and private duty nursing, that's what good about nursing there's so many things you can do. And then here at the school.
W: When I first graduate I working at First River Side Hospital, I worked midnights because that was all that was available. And then I got a job at Silver Cross and I liked that more because it was better hours. Then I had a number of jobs. I worked for my pediatrician, then Ask-A-Nurse, I worked in the ER for a only a little because it wasn't for me but I'm glad I tried it.
5. Which one did you like the most? Which did you like the least?
G: Probably the nursing homes because I got a lot of experience there and I loved taking care of the little old ladies. My least favorite would be at Joliet in the hospital. I was on the second floor, the psych floor, and it was over a hundred patients per nurse. I was just constantly passing our meds and it was never fast enough and it was just a liability and I didn't like it.
W: I've done school nursing since 98' and I like all in all that's my favorite. It worked out really well for my family. My least favorite job was the ER, I hate to say it, I'm glad I tried it but it wasn't for me.
6. What are some of the biggest struggles of being a working mother?
G: It was hard at first when he was little because I was working a lot and we were going back between babysitters. But my husband was really supportive. And then I got the job here and that's been really good for my son growing up. This was the perfect job, I get summers off and holidays that's why I took this job.
W: I think the hardest thing was my husband had to take care of the kids while I was working so we was mister mom. I would get the kids in the day and he'd take care of them at night. But that way he saved money on babysitters.
7. What are some of your proudest achievements as a nurse?
G: Taking care of people in the nursing home, I really loved the old ladies. I grew so attached to them and I felt like 'I love these people'.
W: For me it was graduating because I had a lot of doubts. I wasn't a good student in high school so I didn't know if I was gonna make it but I ended up doing great because it's something I really wanted to do.
8. Looking back, is there anything you would change?
G: I would've done more schooling and applied myself more in high school.
W: I wish I would've gone for my master. I didn't really want it to until a few years ago but now it's really too late. Having more school can up your salary.
In high school I aided for the school nurses for two years. Both, Mrs. Grizzle and Mrs. Waller, have been nurses for a long time and both are mothers so they're perfect for my topic.
1. What made you want to be nurses?
G: Well, for me I like the human body. I was interested in how the body works. I was always trying to figure out what was wrong. Just the curiosity. And taking care of people also.
W: I think it's really in my blood. My mother was a nurse and I have three sisters who are nurses, so my mom would come home and tell us all kinds of stories...and it was always just very interesting and intriguing. And it was just something I've always wanted to do even as a little girl, I never really though about doing anything else. And I love it.
2. How old were you in college and when you started your career?
G: Probably 22. I got my LPN first and then I went to JJC for my RN two years later. I had a job as a LPN and they paid for my school for RN.
W: I was 22, I was married, and had two kids. I went to a three year diploma program at St. Joes and then later I went and got my bachelors at USF.
3. What were set backs of being a new nurse?
G: Just the insecurities of not knowing. And you have to take the lead, looking back I probably needed to take the lead a little bit more. I relied too much on the nurses to tell me what to do and that wasn't the best thing to do. So taking the lead is a big thing and just being confident.
W:I think that's typical of a new nurse, there's so many insecurities. I started very few IVs in nursing school but when I worked in the ER I got a lot more experience. So I think it's just that, hands on experience.
4. What are some nursing fields you've done?
G: I started out in the nursing home and I got a lot of experience there. I tried home health care and private duty nursing, that's what good about nursing there's so many things you can do. And then here at the school.
W: When I first graduate I working at First River Side Hospital, I worked midnights because that was all that was available. And then I got a job at Silver Cross and I liked that more because it was better hours. Then I had a number of jobs. I worked for my pediatrician, then Ask-A-Nurse, I worked in the ER for a only a little because it wasn't for me but I'm glad I tried it.
5. Which one did you like the most? Which did you like the least?
G: Probably the nursing homes because I got a lot of experience there and I loved taking care of the little old ladies. My least favorite would be at Joliet in the hospital. I was on the second floor, the psych floor, and it was over a hundred patients per nurse. I was just constantly passing our meds and it was never fast enough and it was just a liability and I didn't like it.
W: I've done school nursing since 98' and I like all in all that's my favorite. It worked out really well for my family. My least favorite job was the ER, I hate to say it, I'm glad I tried it but it wasn't for me.
6. What are some of the biggest struggles of being a working mother?
G: It was hard at first when he was little because I was working a lot and we were going back between babysitters. But my husband was really supportive. And then I got the job here and that's been really good for my son growing up. This was the perfect job, I get summers off and holidays that's why I took this job.
W: I think the hardest thing was my husband had to take care of the kids while I was working so we was mister mom. I would get the kids in the day and he'd take care of them at night. But that way he saved money on babysitters.
7. What are some of your proudest achievements as a nurse?
G: Taking care of people in the nursing home, I really loved the old ladies. I grew so attached to them and I felt like 'I love these people'.
W: For me it was graduating because I had a lot of doubts. I wasn't a good student in high school so I didn't know if I was gonna make it but I ended up doing great because it's something I really wanted to do.
8. Looking back, is there anything you would change?
G: I would've done more schooling and applied myself more in high school.
W: I wish I would've gone for my master. I didn't really want it to until a few years ago but now it's really too late. Having more school can up your salary.
Follow Your Heart
I know we've looked at this video in class already but it really speaks to me. At one point Allen Watt says, "What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?" I think about this question all the time. Part of the reason I want to be a nurse is to be financially stable in my life. But thinking about what I would do if money were no issue, I still believe I would work. I would still work as something; a nurse, a doctor, etc.. If I wasn't working I'd be volunteering because I cannot picture a life that doesn't involved helping people. Being a nurse is just the best way I can think of to do that. The video talks about how people have passion to be writers or painters but there's no money in that so they get stuck doing a job they hate but that pays the bills. "You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living that is to go on doing things you don't like doing..." I honestly believe I'm going to enjoy being a nurse. In my job now as a nursing assistant I look forward to giving patients showers and making them feel better with something most people take for granted. Watt asks the question, "What do I desire?' I desire a family, a career, to live comfortably, and to spend everyday doing whatever I can to help others. That is all that I need to be happy and to live my life to the fullest. Work consumes most of ones life. I've been working since I was 16 and I wont stop till I'm in my 60s so I better make sure I love what I do, as should everyone, and I know I will. The title to this video is Follow Your Heart, my heart is telling me to be a nurse, telling me to be wife and a mother and that is all I want.
theJourneyofPurpose TJOP. "Steve Jobs | Allen Watt - Follow Your Heart". Online Video Clip. YouTube. YouTube. 14 April 2014. Web. 5 November 2014.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Marriage and Money
Skogrand, Linda; Johnson, Alena; Horrocks, Amanda M; DeFrain, John. "Financial Management Practices of Couples with Great Marriages." Journal of Family and Economic Issues 32.1 (2011): 27 - 35. Web. 28 October 2014.
This articles explains a study done of 64 married couples who claim to have happy, healthy relationships being partly because of their way of handling finances. After examining the information given by the couples three phases were written out. The first being one person of the couple was to be deemed the main controller of the finances. The couple must agree on which of the two should be in charge of paying bills, maintaining savings etc., this requires trust and good communication between the couple. The second phase is for the couple to have no debt or little debt that they plan to pay off. Debt creates stress on a marriage and family therefore, having little to no debt is one less thing to worry about. One participant said, "We never purchased a vehicle unless we had the money to pay..." (31). Not having to worry about a car payment or credit card bill will really be a relief rather than that chunk coming from your savings or checking. Lastly, by having a budget, living in ones means, and being frugal the couples were able to use their money for what they needed in a responsible ways so they would never have to worry about having enough money and could live comfortably. A few years of less dinners out, doing maintenance on your own car, and cutting coupons you can lead you to years to come of worry free finances. While growing up in a lower middle class family I've learned a lot from my parents about how to handle money. They've always encouraged me to save and pay for things right away. I got my first savings bank account when I was 12 and my first debit card when I was 16. I pay for my own gas, car insurance, and just about everything else so I've learned how to budget myself. I always put a portion of my paycheck in savings and plan how to make the rest last for two weeks more. Too many young adults waste away their money and leave college or start families with no savings or financial experience whatsoever. I choose this article because I want to start off right. I want to do the right things when I go off on my own, get married and start a family because I don't want my children to have to experience and lack the things I did.
This articles explains a study done of 64 married couples who claim to have happy, healthy relationships being partly because of their way of handling finances. After examining the information given by the couples three phases were written out. The first being one person of the couple was to be deemed the main controller of the finances. The couple must agree on which of the two should be in charge of paying bills, maintaining savings etc., this requires trust and good communication between the couple. The second phase is for the couple to have no debt or little debt that they plan to pay off. Debt creates stress on a marriage and family therefore, having little to no debt is one less thing to worry about. One participant said, "We never purchased a vehicle unless we had the money to pay..." (31). Not having to worry about a car payment or credit card bill will really be a relief rather than that chunk coming from your savings or checking. Lastly, by having a budget, living in ones means, and being frugal the couples were able to use their money for what they needed in a responsible ways so they would never have to worry about having enough money and could live comfortably. A few years of less dinners out, doing maintenance on your own car, and cutting coupons you can lead you to years to come of worry free finances. While growing up in a lower middle class family I've learned a lot from my parents about how to handle money. They've always encouraged me to save and pay for things right away. I got my first savings bank account when I was 12 and my first debit card when I was 16. I pay for my own gas, car insurance, and just about everything else so I've learned how to budget myself. I always put a portion of my paycheck in savings and plan how to make the rest last for two weeks more. Too many young adults waste away their money and leave college or start families with no savings or financial experience whatsoever. I choose this article because I want to start off right. I want to do the right things when I go off on my own, get married and start a family because I don't want my children to have to experience and lack the things I did.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Sources
1. Robinson, Francesca. "Modern Nursing Careers." Practice Nurse 33.3 (2007): 15. Web. 28 October 2014.
3. Skogrand, Linda; Johnson, Alena; Horrocks, Amanda M; DeFrain, John. "Financial Management Practices of Couples with Great Marriages." Journal of Family and Economic Issues 32.1 (2011): 27 - 35. Web. 28 October 2014.
2. Dindoffer, Tamara; Reid, Barbara; Freed, Shirley. "Women Adimistrators in Christ Universities: Making Family and Career Co-Central." Journal of Research on Christian Education Volume 20.3 (2011): 281 - 308. Web. 28 October 2014.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Let the Love begin
1. Proposal
2. Fall Wedding
3. Our own
4. Number 3
5. Bringing life into the world
On The Clock
It's sad how people take a job only for the benefit of money. I'm lucky enough to choose a profession I'm happy with and will always be financially set. But the average American spends 1,700 hours working each year. That's 68,000 hours in ones working career. Heck, if you're gonna spend that long working it better be something you enjoy! Keep that in mind ladies and gents.
Questions for life
Nothing in life is free and you always have to work for what you have so here are my questions on how to maintain my 5 Fs:
- function
- family
- friends
- future
- fun
- What's nursing school going to approximately going to cost me? And the best way to pay it off.
- What fields am I most interested in?
- How much do nurses make in each field of interest?
- What's the best age to get married and how to prepare for it?
- How to incorporate finances into new marriage?
- Where are some good areas near the city to raise kids?
- What are benefits (financially and emotionally) of nursing?
- What are some pros and cons of being a working mom?
- Compare and contrast home with and without a christian base.
- How to create fun memories for your kids?
- When/how to start saving for their college?
- How to keep marriages healthy and alive?
Where will I be in 10 years
People ask, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" And I answer, a nurse. which is true, but all I've wanted to be when I grew up was an adult. My mom would always joke about me being 13 going on 30 and really that's the truth. I was always beyond my years, an old soul you could say. It was hard to make friends because I was more mature than everyone else. Even in high school while everyone would be out partying and getting into trouble I was working 30 hours a week and my free time consisted of cleaning or being with my friends who were much older. When my mom was in the hospital for three months my dad was either at work or with her so it was just me and my younger sister. For three months I went to school, went to work, went grocery shopping, came home and cleaned and made dinner and lunch for my dad the next day, and drove my sister to whatever practice she needed to go to, did homework, repeat. Telling you this I'm not asking for sympathy here, I actually enjoyed this time. Not saying I'm glad my mom got sick but being on my own was actually pretty awesome. Yeah I was always busy and working and cleaning and doing something but that's what I like. I like being needed, I like helping others, I like having a purpose.
And with this research paper we've been asked to depict our vocation; our purpose in life. I could write about how I want to be a nurse, how I want to help people. Or I could write about how I want to have a family and make memories. But I don't want to be just one thing. I want to be them all. So maybe I'll write about being a nurse who's also a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend. Because that's what I want to be. And to let the years perfect myself in every area. My purpose in life is help those I love and help those who walk through that hospital or that doctor's door. It'll be stressful, I'll be busy but that's all I want; to somehow juggle all those things into a happy, loving, crazy, beautiful life.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Never refuse homemade brownies
I came across this picture on twitter, it's a list a 95 year old man wrote about everything a person should be in life.
I've been thinking about what I want to do my paper on and if I were to end up doing it on the kind of person I want to be, this list is a good place to start.
It's worth reading,
Enjoy!
What is your Power?
Watch this cute little animation about vocation.
The power within each individual.
You have the knowledge, the power to be what you want to be.
Knowledge is experiencing life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3KP68zNssI
Knowledge is power
The power within each individual.
You have the knowledge, the power to be what you want to be.
Knowledge is experiencing life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3KP68zNssI
Knowledge is power
You killed my father...prepare to die
Sorry Mandy, I had to steal it because #princessbride is only the best movie and ya know...vocation
Credit
When you watch movies take a moment to see who the real hero is...?
In life, you may not seem all that important but trust me...
...you are!
Harvard's Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker is a cognitive scientist and experimental psychologist. He mostly studies language behavior and human development in children. In this article he is interviewed by a Harvard staff writer who seems very interested and has prior knowledge about Mr. Pinker before the interview. She starts off by asking questions about his childhood to see how his interest in the human mind sprouts. Mr. Pinker grew up in Montreal, Canada in the 60's and 70's during a time of social struggles and changes. His parents encouraged him to go to college and wanted him to get a good job. However, they believed getting a PhD wasn't going to ensure him a job. He was interested in the mind but despite the pushing of his parents, he didn't want to go into medicine and didn't want to work with patients.
The interviewer then goes into asking specific questions about specific things that happened while he was growing up. She mentions an anarchy experiment he did while in high school on his own. During the 60's young people were against the government and believe society would be better off without one. He was influenced by his friends to believe that too although his parents disagreed. Without having to manipulate an actual experiment the police went on strike and the community went into ciaos. This event in his life was his first own, little experiment spiking his interest in human behavior.
Then she asks specific questions about his career and field asking how he started gearing more towards language rather than imagery. Pinker states that after doing experiments in both he saw more support and interest from others in regards to language so he continued solely on that. After she asks about his most proud moment his response being in regards to books he wrote, research he's done, and the works he's found. She then switches positions from asking positive questions to asking what the worst thing he's done, Pinker being a psychologist, most likely embraces the acceptance that people are not perfect and including himself, have flaws. He talks about his time in college where he was told to perform an experiment where he had to torture a rat to death. Although he didn't want to, he did. The experiment being scaring, he did end up learning about human behavior from this. Most people would end up doing what an authority figure says even if it's against their morals.
Something I really like about Pinker is when asked about his flaws and strengths he says, "That's for other people to judge!" and quotes La Rochefoucauld, "Our enemies' opinions of us come closer to the truth than our own."
The interviewer turns to asking questions about technology now. He says he doesn't think google and social media is making people stupid and actually has a twitter himself; he likes how non-time consuming it is. He points out how older people tend to be critical to young people and new things for no reason. "It is a failure of human nature to detest anything that young people do just because older people are not used to it or have trouble learning it."
The woman doing the interview seems excited to be talking to me and is constantly interested in what he has to say. She starts off with asking about background information trying to see where he's coming from. Then she goes on to asking about his schooling and studies, then more personal questions allowing him to feel comfortable and answer honestly. She seems to ask the right questions to allow you to get a good feel for his ideas.
The interviewer then goes into asking specific questions about specific things that happened while he was growing up. She mentions an anarchy experiment he did while in high school on his own. During the 60's young people were against the government and believe society would be better off without one. He was influenced by his friends to believe that too although his parents disagreed. Without having to manipulate an actual experiment the police went on strike and the community went into ciaos. This event in his life was his first own, little experiment spiking his interest in human behavior.
Then she asks specific questions about his career and field asking how he started gearing more towards language rather than imagery. Pinker states that after doing experiments in both he saw more support and interest from others in regards to language so he continued solely on that. After she asks about his most proud moment his response being in regards to books he wrote, research he's done, and the works he's found. She then switches positions from asking positive questions to asking what the worst thing he's done, Pinker being a psychologist, most likely embraces the acceptance that people are not perfect and including himself, have flaws. He talks about his time in college where he was told to perform an experiment where he had to torture a rat to death. Although he didn't want to, he did. The experiment being scaring, he did end up learning about human behavior from this. Most people would end up doing what an authority figure says even if it's against their morals.
Something I really like about Pinker is when asked about his flaws and strengths he says, "That's for other people to judge!" and quotes La Rochefoucauld, "Our enemies' opinions of us come closer to the truth than our own."
The interviewer turns to asking questions about technology now. He says he doesn't think google and social media is making people stupid and actually has a twitter himself; he likes how non-time consuming it is. He points out how older people tend to be critical to young people and new things for no reason. "It is a failure of human nature to detest anything that young people do just because older people are not used to it or have trouble learning it."
The woman doing the interview seems excited to be talking to me and is constantly interested in what he has to say. She starts off with asking about background information trying to see where he's coming from. Then she goes on to asking about his schooling and studies, then more personal questions allowing him to feel comfortable and answer honestly. She seems to ask the right questions to allow you to get a good feel for his ideas.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
WWAD
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. "
-Albert Einstein
(What Would Albert Do)
After college, where will your education take you?
Young people
‘It is a failing of human nature to detest anything that young people do just because older people are not used to it or have trouble learning it.’
-Steven Pinker
Step One
Nursing school....
Time to sign your lives over ladies and gents.
#nursingschool
R.I.P. my social life
What is Vocation ?
What is Vocation?
For this research project we need to research what voaction is, what parts we agree with, and how we'll apply that to our futures.
So to start off, you need to know what vocation is.
Dictionary.com states that vocation is:
1.a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
2.a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career
3.a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life
4. a function or station in life to which one is called by God
In reguards to this paper, definition #2 pertains more to it. Some people know what job/career they want in the future and others are unsure. But we're all here, in college, so we have some kind of plan.
My plan, my vocation is to be a nurse. I've wanted to be a nurse since I was little and it's never changed. I have a "strong impulse...to follow a particular...career." And with this blog you'll see deeper into my vocation.
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