My First Day!!!

On Wednesday night I could barely fall asleep. I had felt a little nervous about going to the hospital the next day, but really I was just so excited. (kind of a nervous excited! :-) I was going to be job shadowing a nurse in the PACU. (which is people just as they come out of surgery). So, here I am in my scrubs before I went. I got there and found my nurse. If you had of told me two years ago that I would be looking at iv's, catheders, wounds, EKG's, smelling lots of hospitals, helping to check vitals, talking to people about their medical condidionts, looking at blood drain, and looking at a lady who just had a masectomy for breast cancer...I probably would have turned white and passed out on the floor! But nope, I some how have gotten over those fears and hear I am loving it. I loved the nurse I was with so much. She kept telling me how healthy I looked for a person for celiac disease (jill, you can insert your comment here....). I was there for the afternoon. When I walked out I smiled so big and said "I can't believe I just did that!" I couldn't wait to get home and tell mom and my family all about it. I still can't believe it, but I love it so much, it was so fascinating. I got to talk to lots of patients too which was neat. I told an old lady that had a hip replacement that she was going to be a great dancer. My grandma always liked to hear her hair looked nice so I told her. She needed an eye patch and as my nurse lady was putting it on she said to not take her eyebrows off...they were penciled in...haha. Anyways, I really have to go pack my bag for the weekend at the farm in PEI..... Here is a picture of me in my scrubs..notice my name tag....it says my name and school of nursing :-)