New Job!

Today I was given the nursing student intern position on the Obstetric/Pediatric wing at St. Mary's Hospital. My training and orientation commence October 8th. My duties will include very basic, non glamorous nursing duties such as taking vital signs, linen changes, changing newborn diapers, ambulating patients, assisting registered nurses with procedures, transferring patients for diagnostic procedures, etc. I am ecstatic about the adventures that await and the unknowns of working closely with people in some of the pivotal moments of their lives.

I will work from 10 to 20 hours per week, with the option to do more or less as my nursing school schedule allows. When I am ready for additional hours and experience, I will be cross-trained on other wings at the hospital, to include the surgical floor.

Within a few weeks I will ask permission (following the development of an amiable relationship with my floor supervisor) to observe surgical procedures and labor and delivery for educational purposes, off the clock.

I will continue working at the Northwest AR Children's Shelter. I am not prepared to close that chapter of my life. My long time supervisor there has been kind to allow me to remain a part of the organization in a part-time role.

"It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters." Mother Teresa