Nurse Jobs London

I’ve been here in Capital City for two weeks, and it seems like I’ve been here forever. Part of it is that I was here as a traveler a couple of years back, and I’m living in the same part of town I lived in then, only south of the main drag instead of north. I know pretty much where everything is, what supermarkets are where, and (very important!) where Wal-Mart is. I wasn’t as familiar with this side of the main drag, so I was delighted to find things like a neighborhood Indian restaurant and grocery store right up the street. I know where the libraries are and have decided I like the older branch better than the new one. I’ve found the post office. And best of all, my new apartment is just over a mile from the hospital.

My apartment is in a townhouse community and is spacious and quiet. I wanted a townhouse because I’m tired of people stomping around overhead and didn’t want to live on a third floor somewhere. I’d actually been looking at another complex, but when I found this one I knew it was right. It’s not a huge community, and though there are quite a few kids, it’s not overrun and they seem to be well-behaved. I couldn’t imagine living in an adults-only community! Downstairs I have a kitchen, dining area, and sunken living room with a *working* fireplace. Upstairs are two bedrooms and two bathrooms. I have a private patio and even a small garden plot
(and yes, I do plan a tiny kitchen garden!) as well as a small area out front where I can plant flowers.

OK, the hospital. It’s HCA, which has its pluses and minuses as they all do. Decent benefits and retirement plan, pretty reasonable working conditions, and this particular one has an excellent reputation. The minuses are an antiquated computer charting system which I am already familiar with from other HCA hospitals, and maybe not the most up-to-date equipment. But everyone has been very positive and very welcoming. Probably the only place I’ve felt that welcomed was the one where I was last summer. I’ve done my mandatory week of nursing orientation and Sunday night I start actually working. Amazingly, they’re not making me orient on days for a week either; I start right in on nights. I never could figure out why most places make you do day shift orientation first; it’s a completely different animal from nights. One excuse sometimes given is “so you get to know the docs” but you don’t see much of them during the day because you’re busy running yourself to death. But then you have to learn a whole new routine when you go on nights, and that loses you another week. I’m delighted someone has actually seen the light!