Thursday, April 28, 2011

Rising Star

I have had such a wonderful morning this morning! I went and got the mail this morning to read while I had my morning cup of coffee and I found an envelope from RCRH. This envelope contained a letter congratulating me on being nominated for the Rising Star Award for nursing at RCRH. :) Criteria for this award include:


  • Must be a newly graduated nurse entering the nursing profession within the last 2 years

  • Must be employed by RCRH and currently practicing nursing

  • Shows promise as an exceptional member of the nursing profession

  • Has exceeded the expectations for a newly graduated nurse

  • Demonstrates awareness of the importance of meeting the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients

  • Provides nursing care that is caring, respectful, and sensitive to each patient, family member, and coworker

  • Demonstrates a positive team attitude

  • Has a passion for nursing,

  • Demonstrates developing leadership skills

This just made my day! I can't explain how proud I am for receiving this nomination from one of my coworkers. What an honor! This means so much to me! More than any of you know!

Nursing is such a challenging career. I know I complain often about how difficult my job is, but I must say that I do love caring for my patients and I truly enjoy working with my coworkers. My career is very demanding and can be physically and emotionally draining at times, but I can't see myself doing anything else. I love what I do and the people/families I help care for.

In this envelope, I also received a print off of the nomination. I wish I knew who nominated me... I would like to thank them. This nomination just gives me more passion and drive to do a good job at what I do and to help guide others! The kind words on this nomination will never be forgotten and this print off will go into my work scrapbook. Thank you.

I'm just blown away by this if you can't tell!!!

PS- Nurse's Day is May 6. Please let any nurse you know that you appreciate what they do. Thank you.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Updates

Sorry it has been forever since I have blogged! Fail.

Updates:
I am still training for my 1/2 marathon and I am up to running for an hour straight :) I'm pretty proud of myself. My family still thinks I am crazy for doing this, but I am gonna show them that I can and will do this! My friends that I am running this marathon with are super supportive and have been an inspiration for me!

Matt and I have put our house hunting on hold while we really try to save up for a down payment.... I just really want a house. I guess I will soak up the pool for one more summer!

My student, Danielle, just finished her preceptorship with me! I believe we both learned so much from the experience and I wish her all the best! I put in a good word for her to my boss and I would be honored if I got to work with her on ONS.

I'm super excited for my friends- Mary, Kelli, and Heather- all mothers to be! I'm so excited for them! It kind of makes me want to have a little one of my own... not yet though! I gotta marathon to run ;)

I'm just loving life :) Peace and love to all! I hope you all have a great Easter!

Friday, April 1, 2011

Blessed

I am blessed with such an amazing family and group of friends :) Just thought I would brag a bit! LOVE YOU ALL! Thanks for making my trip to Sioux Falls such an amazing one!