The Intensive Art

Saturday at 07:30am I finished my last shift as a nursing student. I officially became a nurse with a degree and a temporary license (pending my writing of the RN exam).

What was stranger than anything occured while I was working my first shift as a real nurse on Monday morning. About five minutes into the shift, two eager nursing students introduced themselves and told me they would be with me for the day.

I was verifying doses of medications and supervising nursing skills that less than 48 hours earlier I myself needed to have varified and supervised. I was teaching, checking charting, and giving advise.

It was just so incredibly…..surreal…..

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