I have started working as a registered nurse this year! I work on a very very busy floor in a great hospital. It has been a whirl of information and learning. I really do love my job (it helps that the people I work with are normal and nice). My body also has gotten use to the brunt of 12 hour shifts, and waking up at 5am and returning home at 9pm if I'm lucky.
I've had many interesting experiences and met lots of different patients so far. Just fresh from yesterday was a patient who was pretty grouchy. He sorta complained instead of asked for things. He also gave me a lot of grief about his medications and our care for him. Then the last 5 minutes of the shift I went in his room to replace a skin dressing on a long cut he had suffered due to a fall trying to plug his scooter in. Before I could start he said, "I was sitting here thinking how lucky your fiance is to have you." I was s t u n n e d. Really? Really? After all day of making our nurse patient relationship difficult, you're now going to be nice? Haha. I told him how sweet it was of him to say that and thanked him. I cleaned up his dressing and told him I'd see him Friday if he was still there. Crazy huh.
I am sending out wedding invitations TODAY! YO! I will post a picture of the whole ordeal because I am very proud of them. I did them myself opposed to spending the $500 bucks to have someone else do it. WOoHoO!
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awesome! he is lucky to have you!! i want to see!