I
recently finished a doctoral program. I had been in that program for 5 years!! I
truly believe that when you enter into a program, that it’s a journey – not a
destination. That you focus on how each class teaches you something you didn’t
know before and how each class can change your practice if you look at it that
way. But, if I’m being 100% honest, all I could think about during my last semester was finishing!! It sure felt good to be done – journey or
no journey!!
If
you’re in nursing school, I bet you can relate. You may even have a calendar
that you cross off the days until graduation! I don’t know why it is but it
seems like the last semester is the toughest. For me, I kept saying that I only
survived though the grace of God and an amazing husband. Well, and my evening glass of wine if I got my work done!
