my day so far

and it's only 11:00. I guess you have some time to get a lot of stuff done if you wake up at 5:15 AM.

Good things: Observation in the OR today...very cool...I'm still fascinated but I'm not sure if I could make a career out of it. Maybe someday...not right now. I saw a kidney transplant, and a lap choley (gallbladder removal) and was shadowing a nurse that graduated from MU the year after I did. So we had good times reminiscing about our instructors and our beloved college town. AND the attending surgeon likes to listen to JayZ when operating...this was kind-of humorous because this doc is like in his mid 50's...and we're all in the OR moving to the beat of the music...I don't know...they don't show things like that on ER...you know? (not that in any way, shape or form do I think tv portrays medicine even close to what it actually is)

Bad things: So I have a manager and a boss. I have never met said boss until this morning when the OR educator (who was showing me around) says, "You've met your boss, Linda...right?" I said that I actually hadn't...and we proceeded to make our way over and introduce ourselves. Then the OR educator says, "Yeah, Katie really wanted to work in OR initially but since we don't have our training until June she's just biding time up there on your floor." I'm thinking in my head...this is not good...and my boss says, "Oh, does your manager know that your planning on leaving?" and I had to say no. Then tried to explain that I was just shadowing in the OR to see what it was like, that nothing was for sure...and she says, "well, your manager is probably going to kill me but we want to put you where you are happy." So I'm expecting a confrontation from my manager soon...and I still don't know. I was going to tell them that I was leaving the hospital about a month before my planned end date but now that might come up a little earlier...and it complicates things. Why do I always tell everyone the full story...I just need to keep my mouth shut!