Calgon Take Me Away...Soon Preferably.

As you know, my schedule is insane. And it's about to get crazier. Next week, I begin my OB rotation on top of my ongoing pediatric rotation. As of now, I'll be in 2 seperate areas of the state for these rotations on Tuesday, then going to class that night. Now, to mix things up more, my advisor is looking for a new pediatric placement for me because I'm not getting enough pediatric experience at the family practice I'm working at. This is good because I'm really not getting much pedi experience, nor do I feel comfortable with peds at this point. This is bad because I can not ask off at work for a different days or cut my hours further, so the moons have to line up and this has to happen on a Tuesday or a Friday, the days I'm already cleared to be out.

When/if I get a new placement, I will most likely have to continue working at my current placement because I will not have enough hours (my advisor said we would be lucky if she could find a pediatric placement where I could get four hours per week). If I did only four hours pediatric and four hours OB per week, I fall drastically short of hitting the required 225 by the end of the semester.

So far, I've had about 63 hours (only 2 out of the required 60 for OB). To make things more complicated, the OB placement is requiring me to view long powerpoint presentations and take a test at the end in addition to attending a mandatory four hour computer class to learn their charting system all before I can get started. This further cuts down on the time that I am at my family practice rotation. My plan is to actually count these hours as part of my OB hours since it is required for that placement. The drive between the two locations on Tuesdays is about an hour, so that's one hour less that I am attending a clinical, further cutting down on the number of hours that I have completed.

This schedule is completely absurd but what can I do? I have to keep plugging away until it's done. Each week down is a week I will never have to repeat again. I will laugh in my advisor's face everytime she brings up my entering the DNP program. Forget it! A master's degree will suit me just fine. This is the end of the road for me.