Intelligence

Today something happened to me. It was a sort of "self-realization" so to speak. For as long as i can remember, i've been in the medical field. I'm smart, and i know my shit....but until now...i didn't have the authority to make decisions and to confer on a regular basis with those educated people who have opinions that "matter". I sucessfully started 3 IV's today, which was truly self fulfilling...because when i left work wednesday after not being able to get my first one...i thought for sure that this was something i'd have difficulty with in my new career. I realized today that i'm "the nurse" that patients ask for when they have a question, and that doctors ask for when they need information. I'm no longer the "smart CNA with potential"....i'm a nurse now...officially. I have a say, i have credibility, i have a license. I've got something that i waited a incredible amount of time for. This is what i've wanted my entire life. And now i've got it. Granted i don't have as high of a license or as high of an hourly pay as i'd like...but all in time i'll have it...within the next year and a half...i'll have it. My hard work has paid off.