New Pants

For clarification, I do not have anything against nurses or anyone who aspires to be a nurse. More power to you. You can handle, or don't mind handling, pretty much anything. I also understand that my knowledge and opinions are based on a small area of the medical field.

I've worked mainly in the clinical setting or in emergency patient care. I did a few months working as an aid in med/surg. So, I understand that there are so many more opportunities for nurses out there than I have possibly given credit for. So many areas to work in that can be interesting, rewarding, and even fun.

I have the joy of knowing a nurse who has begun a new job in hyperbarics and she is completely excited to be there. Knowing her and her excitement of her new job has led me to write this.

I have felt a little guilty for my last post. It's very narrow and is based entirely on me and my experiences. I haven't worked labor and delivery, pediatrics, surgery, or ICU. When I was entertaining the idea to be a nurse those were the areas that I felt that I had the strongest chance in, besides ER. I just don't feel like nursing *fits* me.

The idea of nursing, for me, was like wearing a pair of pants that were a size too small. I've been wearing those pants for so long that I began to put them on without thinking. I didn't like it, it was uncomfortable, but it was what I was use to. I thought that there might be another pair of pants out there somewhere that would fit me better, maybe even be comfortable and fit so well that I felt confident.

Well, I've decided to go out there and look for that new pair of pants. I want to feel the totally new feeling of comfort and confidence.

Did you follow that?