Stefani Smith Nolan, RN

I am officially Stefani Smith Nolan, RN!!! On Friday night (1/29/10), Guy and I went to Willcox and spent the night. I wouldn't tell anyone when I was taking the test, only that I had it scheduled, and I'd only tell that when they'd ask and sometimes, not even then. In other words, sorry for lying. But when Guy and I got up and left at 5:45 AM on Sat, I'm sure there was some accurate speculation of why we were going to Tucson. Who would wake up that early to go look for a washer and dryer? (our aliby). So at 8 I took the test and did not feel very good about it. It took me a little over 2 hrs to take it. I think throughout the whole test, there was 1 or 2 that I was confident about getting the right answer. The test is the kind that the type of question you get is dependent on the answer of your last question. The more you get right, the harder the questions. You have to keep the average of the question difficulty above a certain amount to pass. You will get anywhere between 75- 265 questions, depending on when the computer feels it has no doubt that you passed or failed (no gray area). So I was really nervous when I only got 75 questions- I either passed or bombed it miserably. (I was also very grateful for only 75 questions, my nerves and my pregnant body couldn't handle sitting there much longer.) Unfortunately, it takes a couple days to get the results back. So when I sat outside the testing center, waiting for Guy to come pick me up, it took a lot of control not to break down and ball. Guy, being the sweet husband that he is, told me it didn't matter to him one bit if I passed or failed. He'd still love me just as much either way. But to help me get my mind off it, he took a frazzled me to the movies, which worked (who can think about something else when they're watching Avatar in 3-D?)
I can't tell you what a relief it is to be completey done, though I'm sure many of you have felt it. I have been stressing about all the what-ifs and how am I going to study and re-take it with a newborn baby. I am grateful for all the prayers that have come our way. Thank you!

During the movie, Guy and I would look at each other and couldn't help but laugh... These 3-D glasses are pretty hideous!