My nurses are gone...

And my Head Nurse duties are now officially over. The transition has been a little rougher for me than I thought and I am having a hard time letting go. It is more than a little strange to go from being the Head Nurse to being the outsider looking in... All new faces have appeared and changes are already occuring around me. There was truly no amount of emotional preparation I could have done to mitigate the sense of loss I feel...

Additionally, it was more than a little tough to see my friends go... I had to go back to my room after the bags were loaded onto the truck, because it was just too raw for me to watch them actually get on the bus, and I cried. These are my nurses... The picture is crappy and blurry, but I cherish it and it will probably end up framed on my future desk, because they are the amazing first group of nurses I had the pleasure to lead and learn from. I have to say, we rocked the hell out of that ER with 5 nurses, and not just out of necessity, but because we rocked! I could not be any prouder of the job we did, and it will be so hard to leave my Wisconsin medics behind if and when I leave.

Anyhow, now it is just down to the business of waiting to find out what I will be doing next... The mix of emotions is interesting to say the least. However, I just feel like a natural transition point has been created and I am ready to do something new and different. We shall see what that 'new and different' experience might be...

66HM5 out...