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I started my hospital training this week, and it's been... well, interesting.
First of all, I thought I was going to be working in the pre-birth clinic... which is where the moderately pregnant women go to talk to the Public Health Nurse about to expect during their pregnancies. Where I am actually working is in the "Childbirth Program" which is more/less a fancy term for maternity ward. So yeah, I am surrounded by really pregnant women and no longer pregnant women with their newborn babies. Fun huh?
I was at least hoping that given nature of what takes place there, that I would be treated to some live action drama.... you know, broken waters in the hallway, stressed out women in wheelchairs doing the whole "hee-hee-hoo" breathing thing, blood curdling screams from the delivery rooms when the epidural hasn't kicked in yet... that sort of thing. But nope, not much of that either. I've heard one scream and had one woman wheeled in. The vast majority of patients wonder in and out with about as much enthusiasm as most people have when they go grocery shopping. If anything, my co-workers cause more of a ruckus than the patients do.
All in all, I think I am going to like it there. The 12 hour day shifts are a little long (I am hoping that the nights go by faster), and having a Tim Horton's in the lobby is going to make me go broke... but the job is interesting, the people are fantastic and the pay is great.
First of all, I thought I was going to be working in the pre-birth clinic... which is where the moderately pregnant women go to talk to the Public Health Nurse about to expect during their pregnancies. Where I am actually working is in the "Childbirth Program" which is more/less a fancy term for maternity ward. So yeah, I am surrounded by really pregnant women and no longer pregnant women with their newborn babies. Fun huh?
I was at least hoping that given nature of what takes place there, that I would be treated to some live action drama.... you know, broken waters in the hallway, stressed out women in wheelchairs doing the whole "hee-hee-hoo" breathing thing, blood curdling screams from the delivery rooms when the epidural hasn't kicked in yet... that sort of thing. But nope, not much of that either. I've heard one scream and had one woman wheeled in. The vast majority of patients wonder in and out with about as much enthusiasm as most people have when they go grocery shopping. If anything, my co-workers cause more of a ruckus than the patients do.
All in all, I think I am going to like it there. The 12 hour day shifts are a little long (I am hoping that the nights go by faster), and having a Tim Horton's in the lobby is going to make me go broke... but the job is interesting, the people are fantastic and the pay is great.