New Job

Well, today I said yes to a new position in the hospital. I hope that I am not making a mistake. I am stepping away from oncology at the hospital and I am going to work as a charge nurse on a rehabilitation unit. Why the change? Well, the job that I was promised as a nurse navigator and what had actually materialized are light years apart. My job is actually more that of a secretary than of a nurse. The physicians really don't want us to "navigate" their patients and so I have been prevented I feel, from doing what I was hired to do and what I have wanted to do. I knew for sometime that things at work were changing and I was hoping desperately that they would once again resume their normal keel. However, this is not to be and so I am leaving and going back over to the hospital. The good news is that I will be working 6:30 until 3:00 so I will have much more time with my girls and with Bud. I also received a pay raise which is always nice and I think I am going to a place where I can make a difference and be appreciated.

The good news is that I am not walking away from oncology all together. Cindy (my wonderful nurse navigator friend) and I met with several people from our church today about starting a cancer care program. I am excited about the possibilites of helping those with cancer and their families in our church. They seem excited about the idea as well. It seems that sometimes God shuts one door only to open another one.