theperfect.mismatch

I started working @ Club Sinai. Had some great experiences along the way and just as many crappy ones. Met some awesome people too! Overall I guess you could say I'm satisfied, moreso suprised that I made it one year.

Looking forward now, I'm ready for more. I'm planning on taking advanced EKG dysrhythmia class as well as shooting for ACLS certification so I'm more marketable in reviving the critical and dead. Perhaps returning to school in Fall 2009 for Informatics?

Initially starting off I was terrified let alone scared shitless to be taking these peoples lives into my very own hands. The nerves flowed straight through my bloodstream, yet I always tried not to show it. Hypertensive patients? Uncontrolled pain? No urine? IV infiltrated? Stat Labs. PCA pumps? EKGs? Confused and Agitated Patients? All words that would make me shake in my scrubs. Crazy how I've learned and grown. Now that I think of it, it's funny how things change and I was so terrified of monitored patients in the step-down and now I love being there.

I still want my cake to celebrate! Thats a lot of stress in one year! SICU or Cath Lab here I come!