OK. so they stuck me in the icu today at work. I worked on the same floor for 2 days and was looking forward to the same floor assignment again today because there is something to be said for continuity. To have the same patients everyday helps you to know them better as well as know when there is a change in their status. I was angry when I saw that I was being floated. Even though I have come to believe that it is God who chooses my assignment, I still get mad when it doesn't turn out the way "I" think it should. I am human. This is what happens to me. I accept that it takes me a bit to overcome my emotions and then be able to behave in a manner that I want to. It was a good day...................once I had acceptance. That is like most of life isn't it? To accept the things I cannot change. I have learned to not complain about my assignment. I cannot be given an assigned that the Lord does not know about. AS long as I am not practicing outside the scope of my practice as a nurse, then I want to have acceptance of that assignment. This has worked well for me on this journey we are on. The contrary is also true. If I fight for what "I" want, then I usually get screwed somehow.
I love my job. It truly is a pleasure to be a nurse. It has many things that are difficult but I do not have any desires to be anything nut a nurse right now. I feel like this was meant to be for my life. What a gift. Not many people can say they found something to do for a living that they are content with. I really enjoy caring for my patients. I feel like an instrument in the master's hand. What a feelin; to be used by the Creator to touch another persons life and ease their suffering. I am blessed. Thank you Lord.
Daniel