New Job

Well today was my first day in my new position in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

I have been an RN for almost 2 years, but this is going to be a whole different type of nursing.

Since I was 5 years old I have always wanted to work with babies. I was the little girl who carried a doll with her every where. All my assignments that my mom saved where it said "What do you want to be when you grow up?" my awful handwriting always wrote out "a baby doctor"

I have my dream job.

I have so much hope for my future in this new population, yet fear as well. It's the fear of the unknown.

Leaving something else I love, somewhere where I was content, happy, and comfortable. It probably was one of the hardest decisions I've made, but also the easiest.

The fear I felt of the possibility of regret for not taking the opportunity to work in the NICU, greatly outweighed the sadness and nervousness I felt about leaving my current unit.

So even though today was mostly observation and paperwork, I can already tell I am going to love my job.

I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.