Today I finally got my new ID with my name, RN on it, it had my bar code (to scan meds), and REGISTERED NURSE written on the bottom :0)

I got my schedule for next week, which is not bad, Monday, Wed & Thursday........ I am really happy that I finally know where and who I am training with next week....  AND, AND I got my notebook that they give to new nurses, policies- common meds given on the floor- common diseases.... all that fun new nurse on the floor stuff.

I was thinking today of how hard I worked to get my RN degree....and feel very accomplished, and just feel that I want to be the best RN ever, and I am a big "follow the rules" kind of person,which I think it is great. I feel that as long as I follow hospital protocol, & state practice act, I will be a fine and dandy nurse.

I was a nursing assistant at my hospital for almost 4 years, so I know all the ins and outs of what you need to know and what not to know. All the nursing assistants were asking me, if I could tell them, if they needed to learn that or that.... and I just found it funny because once too I was in the "everything is new and overwhelming to me" phase.... and now my nursing assistant job was a piece cake.

and find it funny that now I am about to start a new phase of my new career everything is brand new....so I am gonna go thru a "everything is new and overwhelming to me" phase....... and I just remember how much I hated not knowing things, or how people worked......but I know I will learn. 

And one day I hope to be so good at my job that I could teach others to do good at their jobs as well.

Today as I drove to the hospital to so excited to sign up for RN benefits, get my new ID badge with my name,RN on it....... so happy to be part of the "club"... nothing.

I was so upset to find out that I couldn't do any of that because SOMEONE forgot to do my paper work. SO I was still a "care assistant" (CNA) on the hospital computer system.

WHAT?!

I kept calling my director, the nurse recruiter & human resources...... I was hired wasn't I?? I signed the forms that I needed to fill out..... and this is what happened!

I decided not to wear my old care assistant ID, because I am not a care assistant anymore. I worked so hard to get my RN degree, I deserve my badge to state so.......therefore, if people need my ID, then I will wear one that says I am an RN.

When I get my first paycheck, I am gonna check like crazy all the numbers, because I better get paid as an RN.  RN school was so challenging, and being an RN is such a self-less career, where we at times put our lives at risk, touching other people's body waste, dealing with patients & their famly members.... so I deserve to show pride in what I worked so hard for.

Tomorrow, I hope to get my badge. I am gonna go looking very pretty (again!) to get a nice pic. :0)  looking forward to it.

Well, I am finally on my way to a brand new job as an RN on tuesday.

I had worked as a CNA for almost 4 years at the hospital where I will be working as an RN, and I couldn't be happier for myself.

Everything in my life has turned out the way it was supposed to, I started nursing school...... had a baby...... finished nursing school.......... passed my test, the first time...........took a small break (2 months)............. about to start my brand new job as an RN.

I am starting in orthopedics, so I will study tonight some diseases I found on the hospitals' website.

I also still need to do my math test, I haven't done pediatric math in a long time.

I am excited & nervous to start on my new journey.

I am an easy going person up to any challenge. I hope that my career as an RN is a blissful and long journey :0)