Nursing Makes A Difference
Posted on December 6, 2009
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As many of you know, in 2007 I started working as an office assistant in Telemetry but it only lasted for a few months due to having a newborn and working rotating shifts didn’t work out so well. About 1 1/2 years later, I accepted a job as a Unit Secretary at a Living Center in lack of any other offers. I felt very comfortable working with the elderly and after receiving a license as a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), it opened my interest in pursuing a career as a nurse. After seven (7) months as a unit secretary at the Living Center, I transferred to the hospital side of nursing and it intrigued me even further. I got a temporary job as a CNA in the Endo/Pulmonary department. After my first observation that involved a 10 month old baby that had accidentally swallowed a coin, I was convinced that this is what I wanted to do. No one could have been more surprised than me over this revelation.
However, the position with Endo/Pulmonary was only temporary, so I had to keep looking for other opportunities since I needed a full time regular job. Well, I had the serendipity of being called for an interview with the manager of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the position as Certified Nurse Assistant/Unit Secretary (CNA/US). I was lucky enough to be offered the position. After a visit to the NICU, it felt like this is where I was meant to be. My main responsibilities will be to help out the entire unit, transcribe physician orders, feed and bathe the feeder babies, assist the physician during circumcisions, take foot and hand-prints, and stock material etc. I have never been so excited about starting a new job as I am right now. Another positive aspect of this job is that I would work 12 hour shifts and would only work 2 days one week and 4 days the following week; that means that I will have a minimum of three (3) days off work one week, and five (5) days off work the following week. This is just perfect in order to spend as much time as possible with my daughter and also attend nursing classes. Imagine, I can become a registered Nurse in 2 years and earn a great living while doing something that is actually making a difference in someone’s life.
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