For those of you waiting for me to get a nursing job to start with the murse jokes, you get a head start: I have a new job as a nurse tech at St. Anthony Hospital in OKC.
The hospital's namesake is also known as the Evangelical Doctor, and it's part of one of the largest Catholic health networks in the country, so I think it really impressed them when they called kc for a reference and she told them I could walk on water. I owe you another one, kc.
I guess it also helped that the floor manager knows three of the nursing instructors at my school, with one currently working on her med/surg floor, another being one of her former oncology nurses and the third being a former patient. The last instructor is a five-year cancer survivor -- the job is in the oncology unit and fits my career goals, plus is flexible in that I more or less choose my shift.
I know it'll be a tough job, which is why I'm starting to rethink what my mom said about nursing being "women's work." Although it's not what she intended, but it's a pretty big compliment to the ladies, because while I knew this new field was going to be demanding, I didn't appreciate the full scope of just how challenging -- physically, intellectually and emotionally -- it was going to be, and I'm sure I still don't. (It's also why I haven't been blogging much lately; and because the school's network filters don't allow access to blog sites.)
But after a week from Monday I'll start to have a better idea of what it's going to take to be a good murse -- whoops! -- I mean nurse.
12 comments:
George, you DO walk on water, and I'm glad KC properly informed your soon-to-be employers of the fact. Oh, for a page designer who could even walk IN water.
I know that you're going to be a great nurse as long as you don't try that "kiss what hurts" method.
Yeah, Sharon -- if I have to use that method the phrase patients use that would most make me cring would be "My hemorrhoids are killing me!"
Oh, trust me, George, it's not so bad. I felt like I had to kiss so much ass this week at work that I'm developing a taste for it. Sigh ...
Congratulations, George! Sounds like a pretty cool gig. I'm sure you'll be great.
Careful, Sharon: At some papers you kiss enough ass they'll make you a managing editor.
Thanks, Erin. I think it will be cool. Looking back over the past month we've covered a lot of stuff; it'll be good to get to start using these skills for real.
Congratulations! That sounds terrific. I can't imagine starting in an oncology ward. Surely it'll all be smooth sailing after that. My godson was diagnosed with cancer this week, and I've cried myself to sleep every night.
Anyway, good luck, murse, and tell kc to give me more notice the next time you're coming up a for a mancation.
Way to go George!
I am sooooooo happy for you.
Good work, pal. This better not mean fewer visits to Lawrence! If you become scarce, I'm going to reverse my recommendation. So don't start pulling the "I'm busy" bullshit with me.
And if the murse jokes get to you, just remember all the women who are called "lady doctors."
Thanks, cl and Austin. And I'm really sorry to hear about your godson; I hope he comes through OK.
Don't worry, kc; I'll still make plenty of trips -- but now I'll have plenty of cash to spend on you, as well as for some more deposits into the London Fund.
And if those lady doctors call me murse, I'll counter by calling them female physicians. Hehe ... fysicians.
Oh, wait -- I guess that won't work.
Don't spend any money on me, you goof.
Oh wait, there is one little thing. You could buy me a luxury car to replace my Honda Civic. I am absolutely mortified tooling around town in this low-rent jalopy. (Hehe. You HAVE to tell that story!)
Hehe ... I'm with you, kc. I'm just waiting for daylight to get the proper art.
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