Week 1 of orientation
Well I have officially started my new job. Sorta. It's orientation and buddy shifts. Thank goodness. The classroom days are great. No papers and mostly review for me. I like review. I like knowing I know stuff. I was a little worried because even the most basic nursing stuff seems to have left my head. Or my brain imploded with all the cramming I had to do within the past couple of months.
I am not sure yet how I will like the new job. Sometimes, when things are calm, it is all good. But then when the patient is more unstable and my buddy is doing a lot of titrating of medications I start to freak out a bit. How am I ever going to do this? Change is hard and I am definitely out of my comfort zone.
I hope week 2 of orientation goes well. I have months of this yet... well buddy shifts anyway. I only have 4 more classroom days!
I picked up an 8 hour night last night on my old floor. It was a fabulous night. Quiet and fairly slow. But since my brain was working at half speed I am glad of it, cuz I was able to get my work done without trying to rush, but I didnt have a down time when I was trying to find something to do to stay awake. Those hours from 4 til 5:30 are especially hard when you have nothing to do!!!
In running news... I am trying to figure out a way to take 5 minutes off my marathon time on a very hilly course. I can't believe the elevation changes for the NY marathon!!! It's all those damn bridges. There are lots of hills here to train on, but a hilly race course doesn't really bring about fast times. Should have opted for Chicago (which is reputed to be a flat, fast course... so long as it's not as hot as last year). Oh well... there's always another day. So many marathons, so little time. :D You can bet I will be training very hard all summer, but I will try not to disappear entirely.. from here and physically. Over the past year I have shrunk from a size 12 to a size 4-6. Does that mean that I am half the person I was? marathon training is definitely the best diet I was ever on. You get to eat lots and you still shrink... although I haven't lost a pound in over 6 months.
I am not sure yet how I will like the new job. Sometimes, when things are calm, it is all good. But then when the patient is more unstable and my buddy is doing a lot of titrating of medications I start to freak out a bit. How am I ever going to do this? Change is hard and I am definitely out of my comfort zone.
I hope week 2 of orientation goes well. I have months of this yet... well buddy shifts anyway. I only have 4 more classroom days!
I picked up an 8 hour night last night on my old floor. It was a fabulous night. Quiet and fairly slow. But since my brain was working at half speed I am glad of it, cuz I was able to get my work done without trying to rush, but I didnt have a down time when I was trying to find something to do to stay awake. Those hours from 4 til 5:30 are especially hard when you have nothing to do!!!
In running news... I am trying to figure out a way to take 5 minutes off my marathon time on a very hilly course. I can't believe the elevation changes for the NY marathon!!! It's all those damn bridges. There are lots of hills here to train on, but a hilly race course doesn't really bring about fast times. Should have opted for Chicago (which is reputed to be a flat, fast course... so long as it's not as hot as last year). Oh well... there's always another day. So many marathons, so little time. :D You can bet I will be training very hard all summer, but I will try not to disappear entirely.. from here and physically. Over the past year I have shrunk from a size 12 to a size 4-6. Does that mean that I am half the person I was? marathon training is definitely the best diet I was ever on. You get to eat lots and you still shrink... although I haven't lost a pound in over 6 months.