My next assignment

OK. Before I tell you what my next assignment is, I need to tell you this. Before I even started nursing school, I worked with a temp agency during the summer, and was assigned to different companies as a receptionist. Sometimes I worked in a company's records dept, as a data processor, or admin assistant. No matter what company I was assigned to or position I took, I enjoyed it because I met new people and learned new things that I took to my next assignment. I worked for this temp agency every summer up through nursing school, until I found a permanent position at Sharp Memorial Hospital as a Nursing Assistant. I worked at this hospital as Per Diem (part time without benefits) on one Unit, but I was constantly floated to another unit if there were too many NA's on our unit. It was like the temp agency all over again, so I got a chance to see how the different units in that hospital worked, and again learned a lot. The Lord was preparing for something. Perhaps as a Travel Nurse.

I think working in that type of setting has made me restless if I stayed in one place for a long period of time...(I'm never going to get married) As a nurse I have been in 3 different units in the span of 4 years, until I settled in 2 West (my 4th and last unit at Grossmont Hospital) before I became a Travel Nurse. I stayed in that unit for 2 1/2 years. My longest time in one place. (No wonder I was eager to be a Travel Nurse)

Ok, that said, my next assignment is in Denver, CO. I 'm staying in Seattle until Sept 7, only 3 months, then I'm going to Denver, CO for 15 weeks 12/16. My Agency has set me up with a Staffing company called All About Staffing that helps staff 6 hospitals in the Denver area, from Thornon to Lone Tree and from Englewood to Aurora. From what I got from the company, I'll be assigned to 3 of the hospitals and float between the 3. Of course, they won't float me from one hospital to another in one night. I'm making sure they place that on my contract. Each hospital has a particular specialty, such as Level 1 Trauma, heart transplants, limb reattachments, tertiary (multiple specialties), etc. I'm going to work as a PCU nurse, which is a set down unit from ICU. All the hospitals are under one system, like the Sharp Healthcare system has 6 hospital facilities. So, all of the hospitals have the same computer documentation system. How they each run, I'll find out in orientation. (Dr Abou will probably get a laugh at this assignment).

This one is going to be a challenge, but one that I'm going to enjoy. Continue to pray for me, of course. I'm still getting used to working night shift, and I'll work night shift in Denver, CO as well. I get to visit with my friends and family there. SO, Cecilia and Denny, I'll call you when I get there in September. I'll notify you where my apartment is located when they give me that info. They'll find an apartment with similar specs as the one I'm living at now, centrally located to the hospitals I'll be assigned to. Until then, I'm going to enjoy Seattle as much as I can, cuz I won't be close to bays/ocean or seafood as I am now, when I get to Denver.

Update you later,
Leona