Wednesday, February 15, 2017

720 days later. . .

Blog hiatus OVA! Sorry for the neglect guys! I know it has been a good little minute but I am happy to say..


Two years ago on this day I started my journey in nursing as a new grad nurse in a Surgical/Transplant ICU.. looking back now I never would have guessed I'd be where I am today.

Guess I'll start with the now. . .
I have since transitioned from dayshift (as a new grad) to nightshift (as a new grad), where I spent a solid 2 years (seasoned)... and now BACK to dayshift as recently as a few months ago. I like am getting used to it but I must say I'm still a nightshift nurse at heart. It is nice to have a normal life outside of work which is ultimately why I made the switch to dayshift. I also have started precepting and joined a few teams on the unit with one being our Unit Patient Council, which is basically the 'SGA of the unit'. It's so funny that my last post was explaining MARS therapy because now I know how to setup & run this machine. 

Soon. . .
In other words my goals or things I want to accomplish in my career or at least start before 2017 rolls its way out of here, are as follows: first things first, I want to start travel nursing!! Why? I've always loved traveling so why not do it & work at the same time? Next is to obtain my CCRN (Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse) & PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support). These are both nursing certifications, one is specific to pediatrics and the other is specific to critical care nursing because they are both specialty certifications that I could benefit throughout my practice. 


What are some goals you guys set for 2017?Post below!!




 

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