A Week In My Life

So this week was, I have to say, pretty amazing. I started my consolidation caring for kids on dialysis. This is a very specific area of care so I have a lot to learn about nephrology and my patients, who are very special people. I'm sure I will learn a lot from them as well. I have learned so much and then at the same time I've had so much fun! The people I am working with are great people; happy, rounded, giving, intelligent. It's so nice working in an environment where people love their jobs and they don't let the little things interfere with that. Also, they are not taken for granted, they work hard for a good cause and they are respected by their colleagues. This is the kind of environment I want to work in, I don't think nurses should have to work as hard as they do if they don't enjoy the environment and they don't have a team of support around them. Sadly it seems a lot of my colleagues think they need to work on floors like that before they find a job where they are excited to work every day! So I am going to do my best to stick to my guns and never settle for an area that I do not love, because we all deserve that. But I do believe that it takes hard work to create an environment that fosters positive energy, so I am going to try my best to be a hard working, honest team member where ever I am working.

Whoa didn't mean to rant. Just wanted to say that I love my consolidation placement!

And then....! on Tuesday I arrived home from my consolidation orientation to find my wonderful boyfriend and our darling puppies walking down my street! What an amazing surprise! We proceeded to have a really busy but amazing week together. My life is feeling very complete and very exciting! Something new happens everyday and I'm learning so much all the time, and Marc-Andre and I are looking forward to the next several months, when all the questions about "what happens after you graduate" will be answered! Plus we have these two sweet puppies! And they are turning out really well, we love them so much and are very proud :D Good work Marc-Andre! They are a lot of work and if it wasn't for him they wouldn't be the well behaved little monkeys they are! Luckily it's easing up a bit now that they are over the 6 month hump!

So now they're all back in Penetanguishene, and I'm going to start my second week! Wish me luck!