I keep making the mistake of attempting to discuss my apprehension about my impending new career with people who are not nurses. I start June 4. The first four days are total cake (classroom orientation on hospital policy), but after that we all know the awkward, sometimes embarassing, humility-inspiring process that lay ahead. I'm just so nervous. I keep running through different scenarios and how I should handle them (a premature exercise for the most part, since I haven't been oriented to the floor's protocols). I'm thinking about the ways I should handle myself at work, and how to navigate tricky work relationships.
My hubby is really psyched about my starting work, primarily because it pays double what I was making before and will give our family definite financial stability. That's great, yeah. But he talks about my starting this new job like it's just any other job. Despite my attempts to explain it to him, he continues to fail to understand that a tough road lay ahead for me. "You'll be fine" he says. That's not what I need from you, buddy.
