Reflections of a Nurse

I'm coming up on my 26th anniversary of being a nurse and have been thinking about the privilege it has been to be involved in so many peoples lives over the years. I have seen so much tragedy and heartache and have seen so much triumph, hope and miracle at the same time. I have written my memoirs of my nursing career (which I hope to publish some day) but here are a few of the highs and lows:

• Graduating first in my LPN class and pregnant with my third child
• Being told in my first job (urgent care) that maybe I wasn't cut out to be a nurse
• Hired as the first LPN in the ER at University Medical Center
• Graduating 2nd in my RN class with 4 children under the age of 10
• Hired as the first new grad RN in the ER at University Medical Center
• Working nights so I could be at home with my kids
• Trauma, trauma, trauma
• Caring for Celebrities including Gary Coleman and Sharon Stone
• Flight nursing in Mexico, California, New Mexico, Texas and Arizona
• ER Director twice
• Certified Emergency, Flight and and now Radiology Nurse
• And I still have another 15 years to work!!

I truly marvel at the variety of people I have met and interacted with. I am grateful to have had them in my life to help me appreciate the blessings I have. The journey continues..............