Monday I have to go to work for the first time in 14 months! AGGHH!!!
Well, again, I suppose I should post the most basic details of my newest adventure.
I begin work on Monday, as an LPN, at the only place I applied, (really sdunn711 did the actual work of the applying part). Bxxxxxxxx was the hospital I wanted to work for, because it's only minutes from my house and that matters to me- big time! I hate a long commute. We had a lot of clinicals there, so I'm very comfortable with the layout, and it's peaceful location. Also it was coincidentally, where J worked when he lived here 15 years ago (I've always liked it especially for that secret reason. I fell in love with the imagined place when we began dating in '05, when he used to bum around in these cut-off scrub pants that had the mysterious word "Bxxxxxxxx" across the butt pocket) and he had a great experience there.
I interviewed for a night position (all they had available) but the Director said there was a day position available that HR didn't know about, and that's what I was offered. I am a VERY LUCKY girl!
So I will be working on a Women's unit. The unit handles Gyn Oncology and Gyn Surgery. There are a lot of post op patients who've had elective and plastic surg due to cancer. So I will have patients who are very sick with Cancer but also some who are mostly well and can care for themselves some but who are recovering. There will be a lot of wound care and I really dislike surgery, but this is a good opportunity to learn. The LPN's are also heavily relied upon for "infection control" (this seems obvious to me, but people keep saying it like it's a special little detail just for us. wtf?) It's a large unit and I'll be working with two RN's on 10-12 patients and doing 12 hour shifts 7am- 7pm making $13.81 an hour. Ugh. sdunn711 actually interviewed for, but turned down this position, so we'll have a lot to talk about. I'm thankful that I know her patients from clinicals there, and she has met my boss and some of my coworkers from her interview here. We have a unique opportunity to really understand some of what we'll discuss as far as work goes. I know we both would have loved to work in the same place though.
Thank goodness there is a week of hospital orientation 8am-5pm (computer classes and policies) before I start for real, cause I still don't feel ready. I did get out my GYN medical terminology flash cards in order to research and learn up. Time to start studying again! Here we go...what I've always wanted...I think.
I begin work on Monday, as an LPN, at the only place I applied, (really sdunn711 did the actual work of the applying part). Bxxxxxxxx was the hospital I wanted to work for, because it's only minutes from my house and that matters to me- big time! I hate a long commute. We had a lot of clinicals there, so I'm very comfortable with the layout, and it's peaceful location. Also it was coincidentally, where J worked when he lived here 15 years ago (I've always liked it especially for that secret reason. I fell in love with the imagined place when we began dating in '05, when he used to bum around in these cut-off scrub pants that had the mysterious word "Bxxxxxxxx" across the butt pocket) and he had a great experience there.
I interviewed for a night position (all they had available) but the Director said there was a day position available that HR didn't know about, and that's what I was offered. I am a VERY LUCKY girl!
So I will be working on a Women's unit. The unit handles Gyn Oncology and Gyn Surgery. There are a lot of post op patients who've had elective and plastic surg due to cancer. So I will have patients who are very sick with Cancer but also some who are mostly well and can care for themselves some but who are recovering. There will be a lot of wound care and I really dislike surgery, but this is a good opportunity to learn. The LPN's are also heavily relied upon for "infection control" (this seems obvious to me, but people keep saying it like it's a special little detail just for us. wtf?) It's a large unit and I'll be working with two RN's on 10-12 patients and doing 12 hour shifts 7am- 7pm making $13.81 an hour. Ugh. sdunn711 actually interviewed for, but turned down this position, so we'll have a lot to talk about. I'm thankful that I know her patients from clinicals there, and she has met my boss and some of my coworkers from her interview here. We have a unique opportunity to really understand some of what we'll discuss as far as work goes. I know we both would have loved to work in the same place though.
Thank goodness there is a week of hospital orientation 8am-5pm (computer classes and policies) before I start for real, cause I still don't feel ready. I did get out my GYN medical terminology flash cards in order to research and learn up. Time to start studying again! Here we go...what I've always wanted...I think.