OR Intern

Yesterday I got the phone call that I've been hoping/wishing/praying for...

I got the job as an RN in the operating room!!!

I'll be working for Richmond's HCA hospital system. It begins with a 6-9 month internship (paid and fully benefitted, thankfully) rotating through each of their hospitals and the different surgical services, learning to both scrub and circulate (here's an explanation of what that means). And after the internship I'll have a permanent position in one of their ORs.

(Except in reality we'd all be wearing proper eye protection.)

Most of you know I fell in love with surgery during nursing school (or perhaps it started long before that with Grey's Anatomy- but don't worry I didn't mention that in my interview!) And I knew that this is where I wanted to end up. I just didn't imagine it would happen so soon. I feel so lucky and truly blessed.

April 18th will be my first day of work. I'm going to relish in the boredom until then.