Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Nov 25, 2009 by Lena Trondson    No Comments    Posted under: Featured, Perceptions, Pinpoints

I am just flabbergasted and in seventh heaven! Yesterday, I accepted an offer to work as a Certified Nurse Assistant and Unit Secretary (CNA/US) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the hospital…it feels like a dream come true. My new position will not start until the beginning of January in 2010 and I am looking forward to it so much. The schedule is really nice and it also means that I will be able to take some college classes while working with something that matters and makes an impact. I was also offered a position with a bigger corporation with better benefits but I sat down and asked myself;  what do I want to do? what difference do I want to make? what would make me happy? The answer was pretty obvious. Only the future will tell if it was the right choice and decision to make. In the process of applying for a new job, I really came across a few choices and questions along the way. All the while, I was worried and concerned about financial issues, security and everything else that a job and life entails. My answer was that all of it is extremely important but if one is not happy and it makes your life miserable…it’s not worth it! I discovered that I would much rather work and do something that has an instant noticeable reward and also makes a huge difference in somebody’s life. Might sound corny but I have worked so many different jobs that I really disliked and therefore didn’t stay for very long. Hopefully, this will be a more permanent position where I can grow as a person, learn new things, and make a difference…and I get to spend more time with my daughter although I will be working full time.  Can it get better than that?

“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” ~ Flora Whittemore

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