Wow this is gonna be a long night...
So as you may have read I am going into Nursing! Well I've been told that the best nurses were once cna's. When I was a senior in high school I took a cna class. When I graduated I was a Certified Nursing Assistant. I didn't get a cna job until August of that year. I worked full-time for QualiCare Home Health. That was a great company to work for, but when it came time for school to start in January they weren't able to work with my school schedule. So my search for a new job began.
I applied just about everywhere. Then I saw an add in the paper at Hospice of Eastern Idaho. I got an interview right away and got the job because I showed up in my best business dress suit and was professional. (I thank Mrs. Scott for teaching me that!) When I got the job at Hospice I didn't even know what hospice was.... I quickly found out that it was caring for the terminally ill.
Let me just say, seeing people on their deathbeds takes a toll on you emotionally especially when you get attached to the person. I was working part-time while I went to school and was told I could go to full-time when I was off track. Things worked out good until the week after my wedding... I only had like 13 hours! Gahh we couldn't afford that kind of pay cut. When I talked to Brandon about it he suggested I look for another or get a second job. I prayed about it and had a feeling that I needed to take his advice.
I must say I did marry an amazing guy! Because that same day he talked to the Director of Nursing at the place he works, Promontory Point Rehabilitation. Brandon told me to give her a call and just talk to her. She asked me to come in for an interview so she could get to know me a little bit. I went in for the interview and she offered me a position doing night shift. I immediately took it! I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to have a guaranteed amount of hours and set times that I would work. Plus I knew nights would be slow, so I would have some time to study once school starts again.
I have trained on days and I just have to say I love this place! I enjoy the atmosphere here and all the employees seem really friendly. And I absolutely love that people are getting better here. It's great to see people go home and become independent again. This is the kind of health care I want to be providing!
Tonight is my first night shift and boy it is different to work nights. I got here at 6pm and get to go home at 6am. I knew it was going to be a long night because I have a hard time staying up late, so I tried to sleep all day before I came to work. I also bought an energy drink as backup in case I get too sleepy...
I needed something to keep me awake tonight, so I asked Brandon if he would bring my laptop over to me. Thankfully he was so kind and brought it over! I sure do love him! I found that it makes the time go by faster when you have something to keep occupied with. I sure will be happy to get home and crawl into bed. :]
I can't wait till tomorrow!!! Our new ward is having a Super Saturday Craft Day!! :] I absolutely love, love, love, love crafts! When we move into the ward I was hoping they would have a Super Saturday and sure enough they passed around a sign up sheet that first Sunday we were there. I didn't even see what the craft projects were... I just signed up for whatever sounded cute! haha ;] When I went to pay the sister who was in charge she showed me the things I signed up for. I can't wait to go put my projects together tomorrow! I will definitely post pictures!!
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