I love my job!  Today was my first day of work and, boy, was I nervous.  I didn’t really know where to go or what to do…. I mean, in a general sense I did: go see the patients and be ready to present them.  But where were the patients located?  Where could I find the charts?  What information was I supposed to gather?  All the things I’ll know by heart next week were brand new this morning and a little intimidating.

But I got through pre-rounds.  And I got through attending rounds.  And I got my notes done, and answered pages, and wrote orders, and introduced myself as "Dr. Cook" – and smiled the whole day through. 🙂

I love the people I work with… the other new interns are great, our senior residents are so helpful and generous with their time, the nurses are friendly, and the families are really nice and seem genuinely happy to meet me and have me take over day-to-day care of their children.  What a responsibility, what trust.  I’m so glad I have my seniors to back me up!

Tomorrow I’m on call, and I’m actually kind of excited about it.  I wonder what the day/night will bring…

I love my job.

P.S. Check out http://childrens.jillcook.com for pictures from our climb up Pinnacle Peak that wrapped up our orientation week.  Great fun!