no longer at the bottom of the pile

[debbieuk]

hey all

just had to post this ..... as yoou know if you have read my other posts that i was joining the ortho or team and was very nervous .... BUT I LOVE IT!!!!!!

the team are great (apart from GOD, sorry i mean one surgeon who thinks he is but thats another story). the work is amazing and really challenging but i get it.

also we now have 5 new starters in our department so i am no longer the most junior staff member and my, what a difference it makes. i am now treated as a fully fledged member of staff. i am most often scrubbed but also i am second qualified in a or now which means i am the most senior circulator. an now i am able to use my own initiative everything is falling into place.

just wanted to let you know so that other newly qualifieds can know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and yes it can seem a long and painful road but it is so worth it in the end

keep smiling

Debbie

[muffie, RN]

moving up the ladder

nowhere to go but up !

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

I love Ortho myself.

[tessa_RN]

I love ortho..Since Ive graduated nursing school I hardly get to scrub ortho..But I do circulate it alot..I love doing the Tibias, femurs, and ankles..But I havent scubbed one since I graduated nursing school...I am still at the bottom of the pole but they have hired two new RNs so I wont be for long..I am glad you found a home..The only teams we have at our hospital are Heart Scrubs and Neuro scrubs..But as a circulator you can end up anywhere...I work evening and midnight so I get a taste of everything..It does feel good not to be at the bottom anymore...Glad that you are moving up!