Taking a Risk

Lecture today felt drawn out and pretty pointless but it's over! And I don't have any more lectures to go to for school. How cool is that?!

There was one speaker during lecture that used a quote that I had never heard before and I really liked it. I think hearing it made class a little bit more worth it. It explains the transition I'm going through perfectly. Okay...enough with the explanation. Here it is:


"...and then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom!" ~ Anais Nin

The transition I am going through from student nurse to registered nurse is actually pretty scary, and it's finally hitting me. I will have responsibilities for my own patients and I won't have an instructor looking over my shoulder making sure I'm doing things right. And being a new nurse I've been told I'm going to make mistakes. I don't like making mistakes, and who does. But I'm the type to go over and over the mistake again and again and over analyze every detail. So the even the thought of making a mistake and knowing it will happen freaks me out. BUT like the quote says, staying where I am now and not taking that risk to become what I've been training to do would be even more painful. I'm ready to take the risk.