First Day

It went pretty well actually.

There was much agonizing over what scrubs to wear (not the Snoopy ones), whether or not I should wear make-up (I didn't), what to put my stuff in (plain school bag), etc, etc.

I had an orientation shift today and I have one again tomorrow. I don't know if I just caught the unit on a slow day, but it was incredibly chill. My NA took a 45 minute coffee break and an hour long lunch. (Day shifts are from 0700 - 1515, but we get paid for 7.75 hours). And there was a good chunk of time that was spent just sitting/standing around.

I felt rather guilty cause I wasn't doing very much. Most of the patients were independent, so I passed time by filling up oxygen tanks and stocking supplies.

I got an official ID tag - employee number and everything.

And the best part is...

That it looks a million times better than my student picture. :D