One Small Step Toward the Goal

Today, Chloe Rios and I went to the Comanche County Memorial Hospital to complete out CPR for Health Care Provider requirement. We both received our certification and both scored 100% on the written portion.

I have to believe it's one thing to perform chest compressions on a mannequin and something else entirely to perform them on a human being whose life depended on your next move. One variable the class and instruction can't factor in (I would assume) is the adrenalin that has to be coursing through your veins when you are faced with this task.

Maybe once you've been through it a few times, the adrenalin subsides and your body reacts with muscle-memory and your training kicks in. I can't imagine that the day would ever come that the gravity of the job of being a healthcare provider would not weigh heavily.

I am not even a NEW nursing student, I've not even gone one day to Nursing School, yet. I'm sure my thoughts and theories will be flawed along the way. My journey and will either prove or disprove those theories.

My personal goal as a nurse is to touch people's lives positively, be able to help them when they are in need, and do all of this well.

Normally, folks don't just decide one day that they'd rather go to the hospital instead of going to WalMart. Most are there because something has gone wrong. A smaller percentage are there to welcome a new life into the world. An even smaller percentage are there for elective procedures.

I'm sure God will guide my hand and mind and lead me to where I fit in to the picture. 98% of me believes that I'm supposed to be in Labor and Delivery. My education will ultimately show me if I'm right.