Love the Job!

Who new working in urology would be so much fun! I was excited when I got the job because it was a job and it was a nursing job. And I had met some of my co-worker and it seemed like it was going to be a good fit, but it is a great fit! Yes, working in urology means that I get to perform urine analysis for most patients and see body parts that usually go unseen, but it's a lot more than that. I get to have a relationship with patients because I don't just take care of them once and send them on their way. They come back and call in and all that kind of stuff. And my co-workers are great! I really feel like I fit in with the staff and it's so much fun. I just can't describe how much I love it. It still feels in some ways like I'm still a nursing student because I have someone who is there to train me, and I have to ask a lot of questions. At some points I feel like I should go home and write a paper or something. But then my co-worker will say "you organize your desk and your exam rooms how ever you want them", and I realize they are my exam rooms and it is my desk and that's just a weird thing to wrap my head around. But I'm getting closer. :)

The job search has ended!

Last Wednesday I got an interview with the doctors of the urology department at the Clinic, and I was really excited about it. It's a faced paced clinic because there are only 2 urologists in the Corvallis area and they are both in one office. I'd be assisting with in-office procedures and have a list of patients that require nurse-only care (rather than care from a medical assistant). I'd be busy, but I like busy. And I have a normal work schedule; Monday through Friday, eight to five. Weekends off! I thought the interview went well, but was told they were still interviewing other applicants and I would hear back after they were all done.

After a brutal week of waiting (a week is a long time for someone who isn't very good at being patient), I got a call yesterday. But it wasn't a job offer. It was a call for another interview in a different department. I was still excited about having another interview, but I really wanted it to be a job offer. Really really.

This would have been my 5th interview with the clinic and I was running out of professional outfits, and I didn't want to let them see me in the same outfit twice so I headed down to my favorite shop (Second Glance). In the middle of shopping, I get yet another phone call. This time it is the job offer!! I GOT A JOB!! :) I get to stay in Corvallis, and I get to start looking for my own car (sharing with my brother has been a little hard for me), and I have a job!! I get to go take a drug test today and after they are done with my background check, they'll call me and tell me when I start. I am so excited!

Oh, and my other interview was canceled and I saved money because I didn't have to buy a whole new outfit. Good day! :)