A Beginning

I've left nursing school. They have poured into me all that they are willing to give. They are not required to pass on one more morsel of knowledge to me. If I've received it all, why do I feel so unprepared to be a nurse? I have all that it takes, they tell me. I even graduated in the top three of my class. But I don't feel like I'm ready.

Experience is the best teacher, I bet you're thinking. It sucks getting "experience." I'm so thrilled with the opportunities before me, but at the same time petrified of .... of what? I don't even know. I know how to give good care to a laboring woman. I know what a nurse should look for, assess and do. I've just never done it before. It's that simple. I know.. But I don't feel like it is simple at all.

I am opening myself up for a life-changing experience. I've put the leg work in. Now it's time for some of the payoff. Working in a field that has been calling to me for years. This is a path I am supposed to be on at the moment. It came from another path.....and is leading to an even broader path. But, for right now, this is the path I'm meant to travel.

Ready or Not.