Back to work: hospital orientation

Today was the first day going back to work! After being on PTDY for the last 10 days started getting, boring. I got a lot done setting up my place, handling paperwork, and even visited a couple places away from Fayetteville, but I felt glad coming back to work at the hospital even if it was just orientation.

Backtrack: Nursing Residence Get-together
I'm glad I got to meet with my other fellow nurses in the residency program. I also got to meet with the other officers who graduated from OBLC before me and started on their preceptorship. Talking with them put me at ease knowing that they have gone through what I will be doing in the next couple of months. Seeing all my other co-workers let me know that I'm not alone here.

I will be working on the medical floor! Other options were mother/baby (bleh) and surgical. I'm glad I got my pick. Sure, med-surg is a drag, but I'm starting out in my career in nursing. I need to get my skills down starting out before I decide to continue on.

Next on the agenda

• Hospital orientation (pt 2)
• Nursing orientation (through February)
  

Tips for success:
When inprocessing, bring EVERYTHING: orders, leave form, but also your health records, certificates, and diplomas. One way to organize your copies of EVERYTHING is to get a 3-inch D-ring binder (you'll get more copies of stuff in the future) and put them in categories inside sheet protectors. Make sure you have PLENTY of copies of your orders and leave form. Don't worry about everything else because each station on the inprocessing sheet has a copy machine. In my case, they took my copy and made a copy for themselves giving me back my copy.

Also, get after each station try to get a copy of what you did at each station. Copy your hearing exam results, your immunizations, PT card, etc. The Army tends to lose things so make sure you have a copy as a back up.

Inprocessing @ Ft. Bragg

WOW!

I am finally here at Bragg! What a different and greener place this post is than Ft. Sam Houston. It's huge too! Where is that handy dandy map...

So far I've been in-processing into post. Five days to in-process to post (vehicle registration, CIF, medical records, etc) then I have until the end of the month to in-process to Womack Army Medical Center.

Not much going on here except for in-processing and setting up the NEW apartment! I'm so excited to finally have a place of my own.

Next -

• 15th - Nursing Residence Get-together @ Olive Garden
• 26th - Orientation