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1-Complimenting Doctor
From all of the not-so-nice things that have been said to me by doctors, I actually have an amazing life changing compliment that was given to me a few weeks back. First, let's rewind--I started working on a surgical floor in December. It has been a rough transition to say the least and I was starting to wonder if nursing was really what I was supposed to be doing with my life. I was considering going back to school for another degree or maybe going on for my masters, but I wasn't sure what degree specifically I should get. Nothing really stood out or was helping to guide me in the right direction. I had been praying A LOT regarding this conundrum and I specifically prayed that God would tell me and make it "painfully obvious" what I was supposed to be doing so I wouldn't have any doubts in my mind what exactly he wanted me to do. I prayed the "painfully obvious" statement for a few weeks and I knew it was going to hit me in the face eventually. So, lo and behold, I was working one day doing some charting on a computer and a doctor was sitting next to me doing the same. We said our pleasantries and were chit chatting and the topic of school came up. The doctor asked me, "So, are you in school right now?", and I was thinking he was talking about RN school. So I responded with no, that I graduated a year ago with my bachelors. And he said, "No, I mean for your Masters? Are you thinking about going back for that?" The idea of going back has crossed my mind, but with Brent finishing up school it just didn't seem like the right timing. So I said no, not right now. And his response to my statement blew me away and I wasn't expecting it at all. He said, "well, I don't tell many nurses this, but I think you should definitely go back to get your Masters. You see the whole picture, you are a pleasant person, and you would make a great Nurse Practitioner. And what a better time than now to do it, since it's going to be made a doctorate degree in 2015." Really? Wow, I NEVER thought I would get a compliment like that, especially from a doctor! Most of the doctors yell at me for something that I didn't know to do, or laugh in my face for asking a question, or scoff at me for not knowing what to do in a particular situation. This was such an extreme change from the norm that I knew it had to be from God. This was my "painfully obvious" request!!! That doctor didn't have to say that to me. He could have just went on his way, going about his ridiculously busy day and could have just passed through without saying a word to me. But he did talk to me and said one of the nicest things anyone could have said. I was very grateful that he helped me out in more ways than he'll ever know.
Ok, I need to go make dinner for the hubster. Maybe I can tackle another topic later on! :)
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