Newbie fears

Last week I found out that they needed someone on my unit to change to a day/night position (which for us, means mostly days). I got really excited. Really excited. I think I did a little dance (I'm pretty sure only one of my coworkers saw me, thankfully). When asked, I told my manager that I was interested. I knew that I had no shot at it. Nobody goes to days after being there only 7 months. But, maybe somebody from nights would take it and I could have that slot...anything's better than evenings, right? Long story short, a miracle happened. Somehow no one else wanted to move to the day/night position. So, starting in May, I'll be working 3 12hr days, with some night shifts in there, as it's needed to fill gaps in the schedule.

Day shift. I thought it would take a couple years to get there. Am I ready for this? Do I know enough? This is when a lot of the teaching happens, when the team makes the plan for the day for the patient. It's when we have nursing students, lots of nursing students. What was I thinking?!?! I'm probably going to have students! Oh boy. Seriously though, I think I need to keep in mind the fact that I have valid experience as a nurse. I know a lot more than I take credit for! This is going to be a really good change for me. It will be stretching, but I think it really will be a very good thing.

Look out Day shift, the Newbie's coming!