Confused and trap

[Atazurc1]

Hi everyone! I am majoring in nursing but the thing is I am currently working part time at an engineering firm. My job is to scan papers and file documents. I go to school full time and on Fridays and weekends I work. I find engineering fun, my coworkers would work on a project and sometimes I would watch them plan and draw. In the beginning, they would ask me things like. "Have you used an Auto-CAD before? How many projects have you done?" I wouldn't answer because I would still be thinking what is an auto-cad? Its hard because the terms and abbreviations they use are different from what I know. For example, CAD in engineering term is computer aided design, but in nursing terms it means coronary artery disease. I wonder how different is the engineering language and the nursing language? Would it create a language barrier for me?

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Good day, Atazurc1:

I was in information technology for almost 30 years when I switched over to working on my prerequisites for a RN program. Yes, the language is not only different, but there are also points like you mentioned where a similar acronym or abbreviation was used on way in my (for lack of better words) "old life" and a different way in the health care field.

You will get used to it, and the more time you spend in your "new life" (so to write), the more you will remember the new way of thinking, new words, etc. You can do it.

Thank you.