Spelling with Flickr... if you guys haven't seen this, you have to check it out.
You can basically spell anything you want, and the site finds photos of those letter and arranges it all. You can even click through to see a bunch of different options. Goofy stuff to occupy my precious little free time. So... let's see... where did I last leave you???
Well, I'm done with the CCU (thankfully), I'm not sure I could have handled the tedium much longer. Back in the ED and totally terrified all over again after being gone for 3 months. It is so nice to see a bunch of familiar faces, and everyone seemed excited to see me. It was great to catch up and meet some of the new nurses that were hired recently. All in all, my first 2 shifts were decent. I felt slow and disorganized, but it got a little better with time. Hopefully things will continue to come back to me over the next few shifts.
In other news, Nick has finished his crazy month on inpatient internal medicine, only to start a seemingly equally crazy month in the Medical ICU. I think he's got a pretty good team and it's a relatively short month, so hopefully it will go quickly. I'm trying to study for our yearly "in-service" exam, which is the last week of February. It's supposed to be pretty hard, and I would hate to be the person with the lowest score. Nick and I figured we should probably take our Step 3 licensing exam around the same time, since we're studying anyway. Once we get that finished, we can apply for our individual medical licenses. Right now we are working under a license through our residencies, but with our own, we can moonlight outside of the hospital. That presents a great opportunity to make a little extra money and get some good experience too.
