RN-BSN

It's official. I am licensed to practice in my state.

I postscripted my name with RN for the first time signing for anti-rejection meds from pharmacy. It was rather anti-climactic and the pharmacy tech didn't care.

A fitting end to one journey, and the beginning of another.

I'm loving my unit, the people I work with are top notch. Everyone is super smart and motivated. We've received our share of the crippling winter weather that grips much of the nation at the moment. When most of the city is flat shutting down, our unit is the only one in the entire 1000 bed hospital that hasn't had a call-in during the bad weather. That's a pretty good indicator of the level of commitment and the sense of duty my coworkers harbor.

I had my first patient family member give me a huge hug for the care I gave. It was a good feeling. The patient was a 46 year old CABG x5 jumps, who had never been sick a day of his life. His near heart attack was an earth shattering event for them. Judging from the way his wife clung to my neck as I was telling her goodbye after transferring them to our step down unit, I may have helped bring them some small measure of stability and hope.

Work has been exhausting due to the sheer volume of information to learn, and I haven't seen my family much because of the lengthy weather commutes. Overall though, it's been good.