Amazing Work...

I cant got into details about my job because of HIPAA but wow! Some days are amazing...and Im sure I will experience tons more.

Today we admitted 5 babies in just my pod alone...including one set of twins who were born at 23 weeks...its so amazing to look at those tiny bodies and be a part of the team that is helping them!

What awesome thing will I see next??

Politics in My Music???

This morning I was on my way to work and of course I had the radio on. I couldn't find anything I really wanted to listen to so I ended up with the song "Lolli Lolli" which I don't care for too much but I could stand.

As I was listening to the lyrics I heard them say clear as a bell "As Barack Obama says we need a change" WHAT THE HECK? I'm not politically involved by any means and don't have an informed opinion about either candidate but I STILL don't want messages about politics in my music! It felt very sneaky!

If I was a good citizen I would be calling/emailing the station (XM21) and letting them know my opinion...but instead I'm just blogging about it...lol!

Frustrated!!

Today is the first day that I came home completely frustrated from work. Nothing seemed to go well today. Probably because I didnt get very much sleep last night. Im also back to the nurse that I had my first day that wasnt as easy as it could have been. I thought it was becuase it was my first day but maybe not. I feel like I cant seem to do ANYTHING right with her and its really starting to get to me (and its only day 2 with her, thus its probably at least partly to being tired). The other day I worked last week I was with a different nurse and my day went SO much better!

I've decided Im going to try to make the next 2 days better and if that doesnt work Im going to have to talk to her and my ANM and see what we can do because Im supposed to be learning not getting frustrated.

She's not mean or anything and I dont really feel like she makes me nervous I just cant seem to be confident and do what I know how to do, probably because half the time she steps in and takes over-and the other half she doesnt and so I never know whats expected so I cant just relax and work.

Oh I almost forgot-I got my first IV start (that Ive tried so far)...yay!

See I should be really happy about my day not frustrated!

Tomorrow is going to go better for sure cause I cant deal with another day like that. By the end of the day today I was exhausted and stressed out to the point that I was just ready to cry!

That's it! No More... CSI or L&O

So last night I had more yucky dreams about people being shot, hurt etc. I think it has to do with how much L&O and CSI I have been watching. Time to stop that, thats for sure! I need to go back to watching things like Charmed and Reba lol.

It drives me insane how what I do/see during the day really affects what I dream about at night.

Now & Then

This morning I was getting ready to head out for errands and happened to look up at the TV and saw a screen shot of a house with a pile of bicycles in front of it. Just from that one screen shot I knew exactly what movie it was "Now & Then". One of the movies Andrea, Hilda and I watched over and over for years. But now its been years since I have seen it. The things we never forget...

Sleep and Nightmares!

Ugg! Last night I fell asleep at 630p so I slept kinda fitfully after 12. I rolled around finally got up and slept on the couch then on the floor...dang back.

And even worse than that I had a horrible nightmare about my family and I NEVER wanna have that dream again.

Which is why I stayed awake at 4am when I woke up from that because I very commonly wake up and go back to sleep in the same dream and I didn't want to so instead I stayed up and returned emails that I have been putting off due to my exhaustion from work and computer problems.

Well now that Ive been up for an hours Im ready to go back to bed lol....night all!

Still in Disbelief

I've now worked 2 days on the NICU floor and I still really cant believe I work there! It's my dream job. The exact hospital and floor I have wanted to work on since I moved north and now I'm there. It still feels like a dream. Maybe when I get my first check it will feel real?

I'm looking forward to getting used to being on my feet for 12 hours because the first day my feet hurt sooooo bad. Yesterday wasn't quite as bad, but its amazing how bad they can hurt when I finally get off them.

The nurses that I have been working with so far have been really nice so far. The nurse I was with yesterday was very supportive and said she thinks I'm ready to take on 3 level I babies at a time. That's pretty quick in my opinion but I feel like I can handle it. Hopefully I can move on to level II babies soon since they are more interesting and less like babysitting. Though level I babies are fun cause you get to hold them a lot more than the level II or III babies. Level III are probably 6 or more months away at this point. I guess that's the way they work it now so that we can get really confident with the 'easy' things before we move on. I'm really looking forward to being able to work with the micro preemies and those on vents....but that's gonna be a while.

One day at a time!

Trying to figure out what days I work? Keep an eye on my Google Calendar link.

Friends!

I just wanna give a 'shout out' (lol) to all my friends. There are times like today when its just so obvious who my real friends are. It's great to know what I mean to my friends...

I love you all...

Why oh Why?

Really WHY?? Is it that when you want to change your background here on blogger that you lose all your widgets? How annoying is that! I like to change my background frequently and that leaves me no choice but to re-add widgets all the time. Bah Hum Bug!

One way or another my page will still get updated lol, I was SO sick of looking at that boring background. Now I get to look at purple for a while.

I'm off to bed (thanks to Flexeril).

Workin' Girl

This week I started my general orientation for work (SHMC, NICU). I'm pretty sure they couldn't have made it any more boring if they tried! It definitely doesn't help that I went through almost all of the computer training before since I spent so much time there as a student.

And shock of all shocks they gave us homework for heaven sake! Thank goodness its almost over. Only 2 days left (tomorrow and Monday). On Monday afternoon I meet with the unit coordinator. Hopefully we will learn some interesting stuff then. Like when the classes I want to take are offered.

My first actual day of work is on Wednesday. It's going to be interesting to work days since I did my clinicals on nights and my actual schedule is nights. I work 4 weeks on days and then switch over to nights. See the link to my Google calendar to keep an eye on my schedule.

I'm excited about starting work...and even more excited about getting my first paycheck! This first few should be pretty good since there are more hours on there then I signed up to work so thats good.

Coming soon....SCHOOL!

15 Minutes at a Time...

So normally whenever I have big changes going on in my life (like now, starting a new job) I tend to try to make big changes in my schedule. This time I decided to not do that. I decided to try a new way this time.

Im trying to change things '15 mins' at a time. Each week Im going to try to change something new. This week Im working on cleaning everyday (ewww) for a minimum of 15mins. Taking it in small increments is helping, I feel like I accomplish a lot more when I can see how much I can do in 15 min.

Today in my 15 mins I put the laundry away, loaded the dishwasher, put my scrap paper in the correct places, and went through some of the papers on my table.

One other part of my 'big plan' is NO GUILT. If I dont get things done exactly as I plan Im just going to move on and try to do better the next day. I think getting frustrated because I cant follow through is what puts me on the path to giving up so Im trying to avoid that this time and see how it goes.