Oaster's Tales

 So as many of you reading this will already know, we have 3 exams over the next week or so. We have one on 9/29, 10/1, and 10/6. It has been stressful to say the least to try to prepare for these exams. To my fellow students, assure you are managing your stress appropriately. Here are some tips: - Remember we are all in this together, and your professors are there to help.  - Do your best to keep a positive attitude. - Practice acceptance, and accept that the timing of the exams is out of your control - Try exercising to work off the stress and give yourself a break from studying. - Set limits for yourself. Make sure your limits are reasonable, and still give yourself time to study. - Set goals for yourself, but make sure they are attainable.  - Try to get enough sleep.  - Seek out help from friends. - Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Most importantly, operate under my motto. "Embrace the suck." It may suck right now, but you will be so strong and so glad when we a...

 Hi all! My name is Michael Oaster. I am a junior nursing major at Widener University, a small university about 10 miles outside of Philadelphia. In this blog, we will be talking about our experiences as a nursing student, as well as trying to balance my work life and social life, while maximizing study time. If nothing else, I hope this serves as a humorous, insightful, and entertaining look at the truths of nursing school.       Today, we are going to talk about the first 2 weeks of junior year. As some of you who may read this and know me personally will know, I work a full time and a part time job in order to pay for school. These first two weeks of the semester have been eventful, with myself working almost every night (I had off on Thursday for the first time in two weeks) to try to maximize my work hours while still making all of my classes. It has been stressful to balance to say the least.       On a positive note, I am finally at a ...