Funny you know....like haha

I survived my first week of VA orientation. It truly ended up being the longest week ever. I haven't even seen any patients yet, aside from the ones roaming the halls. I took a tour of my new unit and frankly it scared me a bit. The nurses station is surrounded in glass and all the doors leading in or out of the unit are locked. Very new experience for me to be working with people who have severe mental/psych issues. I'll be passing meds on my shift for the whole floor...which is like 40 patients. I would really like to do one on one patient care too but I'm not for sure how much more I'll be able to do when I'm the only one certified to pass meds for that shift. One thing I'm sure of is that I'm pretty sure POSITIVE that I will be a great nurse. I'm looking forward to getting up to my unit and jumping right in. One more brutal week of orientation and then I go up to my unit and follow a nurse there for a week and then I will be on my own. It amazes me.....truly amazes me that I have gotten myself this far. This job will be a very important stepping stone into what one day will be a full time...fingers crossed.