Wednesday, June 18, 2008
My First Day..
We'll I have officially been a Student Nurse for 8 hours...yesterday was my first day at my clinical site at lets just say it was...oh...so emotionally draining..what I thought would be horrible was not and what I thought I was going to do..I didn't..and what I learned was not even close to what I did...as I walked the hall that I was assigned to I thought to myself of life and how we begin...how I am so proud of the simple things that Molly does..and how one day she may end up in a long term care facility and quite frankly end up sitting in a wheel chair staring at the floor until some cute student nurse (that would be me..) comes to take her for lunch...who decided that this is how a life should end...and the room that I knocked on the door only to see boxes of clothes and personal belongings being thrown away and maintenance telling me that this gentlemen had no one...no one to give his personal belongings too...so at lunch I sat there with no appetite and thought maybe this isn't what I want to do...maybe emotionally I will not be able to do this...I know it was my first day and not everyone has the heart to work in long term care...besides all the homework, care plans, and then a test next week oh and the baby that just pooped all the way up her back and then yeah the husband that comes home every other day...maybe I can do this!! Maybe I am just the person to do this...(thanks for pep talk..nett)...
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You are the person to do this! Cute blog! VERY CUTE BABY!!! Hopefully we'll all make it through this semester. Then, there should be some sort of light at the end of some sort of tunnel! :)
I know exactly how you feel!! But I really don't see you working in an Extended Care Facility, so as soon as you're done with your clinicals there, just keep going & never look back! You are going to be an excellent nurse! My sister is going through the exact same feelings you are right now. She thinks that she is crazy for wanting to be a nurse...But I think it's a wonderful thing to do :)
It is true, in nursing you see a lot of sad, sad things that make you put life into perspective, but you also see a lot of awesome things that make it worthwhile. You can do it!
That would be hard for me to do too. I am sure it will get better.
Addie is wearing a gap dress in her picture. I love that dress.
It will get better:) The first day is always the hardest! You are doing great!
I was thinking you should get Molly's pictures done for her first birthday. My friend will be in Utah then.
You can do it! It sounds a little tough but I'm sure you're there for a reason honey! Good luck!
the first day is always the worst. i remember coming home crying after my first day of graduate school. i was positive i would never make it. but it got better, the next day, and every day after. good luck!
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