RN = Real Nurse

I’ve been trying to post this for four days. But my internet has been fickle.

On Friday was my first day of work in the ER as an RN! Every time I think of myself as an RN I remember when Ellie told her class that now I'm a real nurse! I don't think that she intentionally changed "registered" for "real" because quite frankly, I don't think that she knows RN stands for registered nurse. Every time I think of RN now, though, I think "real nurse". For the past week I have been going to hospital orientation and competency reviews. I find it rather humorous because they spend an entire day discussing why they are the best hospital in the area and yet the other hospitals in the area have been telling my former classmates the same thing about their hospitals. It's silly. One thing that I need to get fixed soon, though, is that they left out my credentials on my ID badge! I was so sad. I have spent the past four years working my butt off for those three letters (BSN) behind my name and quite honestly, they are more a part of me than the RN behind my name. I will forever have my Bachelor's of Science in Nursing but I will only be an RN as long as I keep my license up to date. When I received my badge I noticed that those three letters were missing and I went to HR to let them know that my credentials had been forgotten on my badge. They were very reluctant to put them on there because they were worried that the associate or diploma nurses would feel lesser of themselves because they would see I have my Bachelor's. I don't see how this is my problem. Anyway they wouldn't change it because they wanted my to bring in my diploma AGAIN. Ugh. Frustrating.

Amelia has been making her way around the house as usual. Her new favorite place to crawl to is the back door where she stands and watches Kara. Kara has appreciated the new friend as well. Amelia's other favorite activity is bathing. She recently found that Ellie had left her Little Mermaid Barbie in the tub. Poor Ariel: she got her eyes poked out and then her head chewed off.

I was cleaning the kitchen the other day and Amelia kept crawling over to me. So I decided to be silly and give her a bath in the kitchen sink. She thought that was a blast! The kids thought that it was pretty goofy too.

 

 Speaking of the kids: hubby has been taking them out a few times a week to play in the “big backyard” which is the parking lot, field, and dirt piles behind our house. Ellie is getting really strong in riding her bike and Noah has been practicing kicking his soccer ball around. Sometimes, though, they just like to be kids and play “king of the mountain”.