Back in the saddle again

Posted on 02. Mar, 2006 by Kristy.

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I am so amazed how God has truly provided. I am loving my job. I’m learning a lot, and I am finding that work doesn’t stress me out as much anymore. Since I have been working as a nurse, there is this underlying stress. When you know that every decision made [...]

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my first week

Posted on 26. Feb, 2006 by Kristy.

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My new job is going pretty well. As always, it has its challenges-the learning curve, managment issues, etc. Everyone is so nice though, and its great to finally be working in an environment that I feel supported and encouraged. My management responsibilities are a new skill for me to refine, but thankfully I inherited [...]

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In Honor

Posted on 20. Feb, 2006 by Kristy.

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This past weekend has been quite challenging. I found out on Saturday that my grandmother passed away. Unfortunately she lived in Arkansas, and they had a horrible icestorm over the weekend. Not to mention that my first day on the job was today. My dad called me and basically said “don’t come”! Well this [...]

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Latest update

Posted on 12. Feb, 2006 by Kristy.

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I’ve been a little bit out of the blogging world. No real reason except I’ve been feverishly working on projects around the house. I’m the type of person that routine is good for, but I tend not to implement it unless I have to. During this interim of not working, I find that I [...]

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Nashvegas!

Posted on 27. Jan, 2006 by Kristy.

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Now that I’m”in between” jobs, I have been able to go to Tennessee and visit family and friends. The women in my extended family have a tradition of getting together, known as the “Chapman Women Hoodalihoo”, about once a month and having dinner. Well my Aunt Jen decided to spice things up a bit [...]

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A new chapter

Posted on 24. Jan, 2006 by Kristy.

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So yesterday I job shadowed with my infertility specialist-and it went exceptionally well! From the beginning the doctor introduced me to the patients as “our new nurse practitioner”. They want me to manage the nursing staff, and then after training I will get to manage patient care including procedures. It sounds like its going [...]

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Turned the corner

Posted on 20. Jan, 2006 by Kristy.

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Unfortunately, because of my illness this week I wasn’t able to job shadow on Thursday, so I’m going on Monday instead. I was thinking back to the last time I was this sick, and it was seven years ago. I was in college on Christmas break-which ironically was after a very stressful time. So my [...]

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I hate being sick!

Posted on 17. Jan, 2006 by Kristy.

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Well, suffice it to say on Sunday I started coming down with a chest cold, usually my body is pretty good about fighting these off. Between working in an Emergency room and seeing sick patients all day, my immunity is pretty strong, but not this time.
The timing of it is somewhat ironic. I’m currently [...]

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tagged!

Posted on 14. Jan, 2006 by Kristy.

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Ok, Ok, you got me, here it goes.
The Rules: Write an Blog entry about 5 Guilty Pleasures.In the end you need to choosefive people to be tagged and list their names.1. Chocolate-need I say more.2. Massages, pedicures, etc-Have to agree with Caroline on this one-they are amazing.3. Time unaccounted for-you know those days that [...]

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