I finished off 2019 on what felt like a high note. School was going well and my career goals as a Nursing Unit Clerk felt secure, my family was happy and healthy and my hair was even behaving for once. I was ready for the much-needed week off to celebrate the season at home getting…
I am a devout New Year’s resolution maker. I really am. I’m pretty good at keeping them too. This drives my friends and family crazy. I make all the usual ones: go to the gym, quit this or that, spend less, become more organized, etc. I lived far too many years of my youth with habits such as smoking, overeating and being in toxic relationships.
A couple of very stressful and intense months of the Nursing Unit Clerk program have ended. I had thought at the beginning of the program that some of it was going to be a bit of a refresher because I’d already been to school to train as an LPN and had worked in the hospital…
My name is Joy Hill and I came to Stenberg College in an unexpected way. I previously worked in healthcare as a Nurse’s Aide and a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) with a practice primarily focused on mental health and addictions. But a workplace injury changed everything, and I had to reconsider my career.
Read on to find out some of the most rewarding aspects of pursuing a career as a nursing unit clerk.
I am finally done! This is so exciting. I made it through both Nursing Unit Clerk practicums and a very tough program. I am proud of each and every one of my classmates. Although it was tough, we did it.
Hello everybody! In my last blog I had just started my first practicum at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital. I was extremely overwhelmed at the beginning but things did change for the better towards the end. The first week of Nursing Unit Clerk practicum was mostly getting oriented with the unit and the staff but I…
January 4th was my first day of my Nursing Unit Clerk placement at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital! I went nice and early to get acquainted with my unit and the people who work there. It is a big unit on the third floor of the hospital. It has over 50 beds and patients! There are…
I finally know where I am going for practicum! It is beginning to feel so real, and I am so excited! My first practicum as a Nursing Unit Clerk will take place at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver and my second practicum is at a Fraser Health Facility called Laurel Place in Surrey. It…
I officially have only 18 days of class left! And then I am off to practicum. I am definitely getting extremely nervous now. We just finished our second to last module and will be starting our last module on Nov 30th. Time flew by so fast, I didn’t even realize I am so close to…