Battling Nursing: My Life's Battle

August 23, 2012

Thursday

"The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 27,823 out of 60,895 passed the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, Laoag, Legazpi, Lucena, Nueva Ecija, Pagadian, Pampanga, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last June 20" - Professional Regulation Commission 

My UNO Family.
We all passed the Nursing Licensure in just one shot. :)

August 23, 2013
Friday

A year ago, someone texted me and congratulated me for passing the Nursing Licensure Exam. I logged into the PRC website immediately to confirm if my name was really on the list. Yes Thank God! I am one of those 27,823 who passed the NLE. At that time, my world stopped for a moment and the only feeling I felt was extreme happiness. I become egocentric and start posting to social networks, calling and texting my friends telling "HEY! I WON THE BATTLE! I'M ALREADY A REGISTERED NURSE!" Those sleepless night reading and studying nursing concepts, the money that my parents spent on my schooling and on my review center, and of course their sacrifices were all worth it.

Now, It's exactly one year since I conquered that battle. Same date but the feeling was different. The happiness of passing my board exam still remains but the feeling where I am now? Ha-ha...

Honestly, Nursing is not my choice. It's my parents' choice. (I know! That statement is too mainstream. Overused by other nurses and nursing students) My parents wanted me to take up nursing because it's one of the easiest way to work abroad. Ugh! Even though I don't like nursing I still took it as my degree and take it seriously not because of monetary issue but because it will be my profession in the future and  I will be holding lives of people. Four years... Five years if you will count until this day. I tried to love and accept my profession, but until now, I'm still confuse if this is really the path I'll be taking for the rest of my life. I know it's insane! I studied for four years, striving hard to pass my exams, spending money, taking the board, praying hard. Then what now? I graduated, I passed, I even started to practice my profession then here I am, telling that I'm still confused? Ho-ho! Crazy huh! I may have won the battle against NLE but the battle of my Nursing Life still continues.

I still have a choice and I think I'll still choose to continue the path I had started. I believe that everything has a reason. Out of 60,895 takers only 27,823 who made it and I am one of them. I believe God permitted me to pass my board exam because he wants me to be a nurse. I just need to keep my faith in Him and go with the flow.

Whatever I am experiencing right now, I know that God is always with me. I can see that even though I'm not sure of the path I'm taking, He's always there to be my guide. Amen! :)

My graduation picture...

 I can't sleep the night before my oath taking that's why my eyes are so puffy.

My boyfriend and I during our Oath Taking

Another picture of us...
We're showing you our Board Ratings!
We both got line of eight! :)

It's so funny, I'm making drama and telling I am confuse with my career but I'm posting photos and seems like I'm happy for what I am.. So weird. -_-