Today marks my fifth anniversary in a company where I work as a Registered Nurse in an In-center Hemodialysis clinic. I consider it my first real job here in America. I was hired as new, inexperienced nurse as I was barely five months here, and truly I was a novice in nephrology nursing. It's funny where life can lead you in unexpected roads and destinations. I had ample exposure to Medical-Surgical Nursing, OB-Gyn, Psychiatric Nursing and Academe and other fields of Nursing but never in dialysis.
And here I am learning so much about it ,and I am actually having fun. I do not find it boring and less challenging as there is much to discover. I get to perform direct patient care skills and assessment. I feel like I have a real purpose in this world and God has put me in a place where I can shine best and share my compassion and passion at the same time.
The best part of my job?? Admittedly it's the financial compensation. I get paid by the minute, my job is my bread and butter that covers the monthly and unexpected expenses. Alongside, it is knowing that however little way, I get to help my patients live a longer and more meaningful life. Their Thank you's and appreciation are priceless. Lastly, I awoke each duty day with zeal and excitement to shower and dress up and drive to my work. For someone like me, fun is an ingredient that has to be present always. I am glad to say work has also been my happy play place. The challenges, setbacks and fatigue of physical and emotional forms only add to the colorful and exciting rainbow colors of my work life and I embrace them as they come. Then quietly let them go.
Five years. So far, so good.
Thank You God. You allow me to make a difference in other people's lives.
Care. Compassion. Passion.
