I'd Better Start Somewhere!

So I suppose I need to christen this page!

Hello, world wide web! Although not my first blog, this will definitely be my first public blog. Which means, I had better introduce myself to whoever may read this.

So I am a nurse in Australia. I've only been nursing just over a year, and it's been the hardest thing I've ever done.
Which is saying something, because I've done university-level chemistry AND I've played Twister.

I had no idea what nursing was until I started the degree. I honestly never considered it as a career for me, although while growing up and helping to nurse my great grandmother as she suffered with Alzheimer's and some form of undiagnosed cancer (not a recommended way to go, by the way), my mum suggested it to me.

I'm actually kind of ashamed to admit that the reason I didn't want to consider it is because I knew how hard nurses work and how little recognition the field receives by a large proportion of the population. I always wanted to be a High School Teacher, and went on to complete a double major in Performing Arts (Drama and Music) at college, and dancing outside of school ( everything but ballroom and tap). When my baby cousin died from leukaemia in the spring of 2008, I decided that maybe I could be of better use in the health field.

And now, seven short years later, I am a Registered Nurse just trying to keep the dream alive in a busy Tertiary public hospital!

Which involves a lot of singing on my part, much to many a person's bemusement (patients and colleagues alike).

So, welcome to my challenges, my triumphs, my questions and my discoveries!

Until next time,

Nurse-E.