So, recently I blogged about my new engagement, my new car, and my new hair. Now, I get to blog about my NEW JOB!! I recently accepted a position as a Labor and Delivery Nurse at St. Luke's Hospital in Sioux City, IA. I cannot even put into words how excited I am. Babies were the whole reason I went into nursing and I finally have the opportunity to fulfill my dream. Before I even started or thought of starting nursing school, I was visiting a friend at the hospital after having a baby. I was watching the nursery Rn's feed, bath, and rock the babies and I thought, "what a wonderful job". I never forgot that and as I got into nursing, my interest in OB nursing grew. My favorite rotation was my OB rotation. After helping deliver my first baby, I knew that that's what I was meant to do. There's no other feeling like witnessing new life come into this world. In my new position I will be working in Labor and Delivery as well as postpartum and the nursery, so I get a whole variety. I am so excited to begin this new chapter in my career.
My experience in the ER has been very beneficial to my career. I have learned more than I could have imagined and seen more things than I ever thought possible. I've also seen a lot of things I would have rather not seen as well. Although I learned lots in the ER, it just wasn't my calling. As the rush of being new in the ER wore off, the job just became very stressful, depressing, and sometimes scary. I'm just not cut out for life in the ER. I've taken on everything from sexually abused kids, rapes, shootings, stabbings, car accidents, amputations, psychotic patients, drunk patients, lacerations, emergency surgeries, heart attacks, strokes, and little bitty boo
boo's that had no business being in the ER. Although, the job was rewarding and I feel much more confident as an RN, I'm ready to close the ER chapter in my life. I recently realized I've become "desensitized" to things that should bug a normal person and I just don't want to be a person who gets "used to" all those bad things. I need to be in a happy place. I know L&D won't always be happy and it'll be full of stress as well, but I will be doing something I love and that makes all the difference! Wish me luck and until next time... Keep wondering!
