Almost... I officially start next week at my new job. I was hired onto the Cardiovascular ICU! Its taken a week for me to be able to say that with an exclamation mark. I have been SO nervous about this job. Here's the thing, I have been sitting around applying for jobs for the last 3 months with no success (only one interview out of 50+ applications). I started losing my nursing drive, and definitely my confidence. This job just popped up, I applied, I got an interview...and they hired me! I was shocked. Its scary/humbling/time consuming/tiring/intimidating/overwhelming...I could go on and on. But I am finally just accepting it. Life is full of hard things, and I'm taking it on. Yes I would like to only do easy things, I'm not ashamed to say it, but I am taking this job anyway. So even though I get slightly nauseous every time I think about it, I AM excited to have this job. To be a working woman. To do hard things. But more importantly, to be a NURSE!!
Karen Hyer, RN BS
First semester in nursing school
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Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts." ~Florence Nightingale
First semester in nursing school
9 comments:
Woot woot! Way to bring home the bacon, Karen.
Congratulations, Karen! I'm so excited for you!
hey you, you cropped out some cool people in that pic of you first semester ;) oh how fun it was to take BP's in the wilk. we thought we were so awesome! but you are going to be such a great RN!! I heard they may have some more openings in the cardiac cluster in a bit... maybe i'll apply and we can be working buddies :) congrats again. you will be fantastic!
I am so excited for you! You are so smart and talented and will do so good! So get that confidence back!!!! I am just sad that we didn't take advantage of the down time to hang out more.. now you will have to squeeze us in your busy schedule! Anyways.. good luck next week!
That is so great Karen. I think your very justified in your apprehensions, but you have always been really good at remembering what you've studied even if it's been a few years. I think you'll do great. It's so excited that you really are a nurse and are starting next week what you have been wanted to do for so many years! Congrats Karen!
You will learn so many new things and have more confidence in yourself in the long run. Very excited for you!
Karen! You will NOT be sorry. Promise. I have felt exACTly the way you describe more than once in my life. There is something wonderful about stepping up and going for it. Good for you for persistently going after the job...and for doing it. All that great education...it will feel so satisfying to actually DO it! Thinking of you guys....(thanks for being so good to Anne Marie.)
thanks for all the encouraging words! I start this week!
I haven't checked your blog in way too long apparently! I am SO happy for you!!! Congratulations girl. I just got a job with Laura in the SICU, so I'm making the switch in a couple weeks here. Kinda freakin out about doing ICU as a new grad! I'll pray for you if you pray for me! :) Good luck!!!
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