The current book I am reading is the third of the Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant entitled Blackout. I am enjoying this book greatly, and thank my Uncle immensely for introducing me to this trilogy. This book is set in the future when we have found a cure for cancer and a cure for the common cold (goodness wouldn't that be great) but unfortunately when this occurs in a single person the two cures meet and cause spontaneous amplification (AKA you reanimate into a zombie).
For those of you who like science fiction books you will love this trilogy. The first two books had a lot to do with politics and the game playing that comes along with any sort of politics. The second has to do with conspiracy and the ramifications of the last book. The third has been taking a turn that I was not expecting but have been loving. It deals with the issue of clones and governmental cover-ups. The CDC has been a large part of all of these books. As a medical professional I know, and have a large amount of respect for, the CDC. Not to sound to much like a conspiracy nut but I know that the CDC is light-years ahead of the game and filtering what the public gets presented. There is no way they can't. There has to be some sort of censorship; otherwise if things were leaked people would demand answers and if something went wrong along the way the CDC would be the bad guys for not being positive about something before it was presented. I get that. However, I do wonder sometimes where the moral/ethical line is drawn.
I know we have been working on cloning organs. How great would it be for a loved one to never have to wait on an organ waiting list because it can be regenerated. And to be cloned from your own DNA to ensure you would not reject it. I wonder though how much of the genetic coding has to be altered to ensure that the same course of events does not start all over again. If your heart failed the first time around was it due to environmental conditioning or genetics? What is going to stop your heart from failing the second time around? Other than the ethics committee, are people questioning this? Are other health/government organizations moving forward with this with or without these questions being answered?
This book asks this same question and one of protagonists suggests the truth above all else. There is a quote from the protagonist's blog that goes as such: 'Given a choice between life and death, choose life. Given a choice between right and wrong, choose what's right. And given a choice between a terrible truth and a beautiful lie, choose the truth every time.' I really like this quote and it has gotten me thinking that our world is populated to the max, how many of us live by this kind of code? I have prided myself on treating others as I would want others to treat me. I give honesty and would like the same in return. I have noticed that sometimes I am brutally so, but what are you going to do?
I choose life, right, and the truth. Which do you choose?
Monday, August 5, 2013
Friday, August 2, 2013
"Be you, be true, love what you do"
I have some exciting, and anxiety ridden, changes coming up. I am returning to school for the last leg of my Masters program and am starting a new job. I will be going to Radiology Nursing. I am taking a working supervisory job. This is a whole new area for me and will require a lot more responsibility, such as policy making. I keep asking myself if I am ready for such things but then again, if not now then when?
Making this journey has been a tough decision. I love the great people I work with. The Emergency Department is an area that requires strong personalities. Sometimes this dynamic gets a little crazy but for the most part it has been an amazing journey that has allowed me to grow as a nurse, and especially as a person. I have learned so much from these people and will miss each and everyone of them immensely. My reasoning for leaving has varying degrees. I dislike the way the department is run (management has a lot to learn about professionalism, decorum, and respect) and feel my filter is not going to hold on much longer. I also do not thrive for the trauma environment like my co-workers do. I like that things are different each and every day but the other aspects of the job outweigh the change in environment. I greatly dislike the pod system that has been implemented (again it stems back to the way that it is being managed because it has great potential). I do like that my new job will allow me to be home at a decent time each day and I will not have to do 12 hours shifts anymore. Three 12 hour shifts will be the death of a nurse. By the end of the third shift you sort of forget how to walk out to your car. It is the most tiring thing I have ever done in my life.
Along with my co-workers I am going to miss working with the kids. It is always a sad day to see a child in the Emergency Room but kids are so much fun to work with too. They are cute, little sponges, and usually the source of a good chuckle. Unfortunately, children can also be a great source of anxiety with regards to the Emergency Department. People do some of the most horrible things to children. Working in the Emergency Department has greatly diminished my faith in humanity. As an ER nurse you can see the very best and the very worst in people. Unfortunately, the worst is what was seen more often than not. It was starting to wear on me. I have been having a hard time leaving it behind when I leave the department.
I took all of this into careful consideration before making my decision. I am trying to stick to the quote that I presented as the title to this post. I most definitely have not been loving what I am doing. So I am trying to be true to myself and am moving on to something else. I think this new job will be a challenge and will, once again, allow for a large amount of growth for me. The best part about being a nurse is that there are so many different areas you can be a part of. So many different things you can learn and contribute to the profession. I try to take everything I see, do, and learn and apply it to life. I hope to do justice to those I am leaving behind and pray I love this new job as much as I did when I first started in the ER.
With these new changes to my life will come a decrease in my free time to read. So until September (when both of these changes take effect) I am going to try to squeeze in as much reading as I can. The latest book I've read is Dead Ever After by Charlene Harris. This is the last of the Sookie Stackhouse series. I was pleased with the end. I really liked how Harris brought back almost every major character from the series. It was a nice finale. I did not see this ending coming (I thought it would end quit differently) but was pleasantly surprised by this ending. Overall, it was a nice wrap up to the series.
Currently I am working on the third book to the Newflesh trilogy by Mira Grant. It has some serious political basing and implications while still sticking to the science-fiction aspect of things. I am finding it to be quite intriguing. Though I am wishing it were more than just a trilogy. Enjoy!
Making this journey has been a tough decision. I love the great people I work with. The Emergency Department is an area that requires strong personalities. Sometimes this dynamic gets a little crazy but for the most part it has been an amazing journey that has allowed me to grow as a nurse, and especially as a person. I have learned so much from these people and will miss each and everyone of them immensely. My reasoning for leaving has varying degrees. I dislike the way the department is run (management has a lot to learn about professionalism, decorum, and respect) and feel my filter is not going to hold on much longer. I also do not thrive for the trauma environment like my co-workers do. I like that things are different each and every day but the other aspects of the job outweigh the change in environment. I greatly dislike the pod system that has been implemented (again it stems back to the way that it is being managed because it has great potential). I do like that my new job will allow me to be home at a decent time each day and I will not have to do 12 hours shifts anymore. Three 12 hour shifts will be the death of a nurse. By the end of the third shift you sort of forget how to walk out to your car. It is the most tiring thing I have ever done in my life.
Along with my co-workers I am going to miss working with the kids. It is always a sad day to see a child in the Emergency Room but kids are so much fun to work with too. They are cute, little sponges, and usually the source of a good chuckle. Unfortunately, children can also be a great source of anxiety with regards to the Emergency Department. People do some of the most horrible things to children. Working in the Emergency Department has greatly diminished my faith in humanity. As an ER nurse you can see the very best and the very worst in people. Unfortunately, the worst is what was seen more often than not. It was starting to wear on me. I have been having a hard time leaving it behind when I leave the department.
I took all of this into careful consideration before making my decision. I am trying to stick to the quote that I presented as the title to this post. I most definitely have not been loving what I am doing. So I am trying to be true to myself and am moving on to something else. I think this new job will be a challenge and will, once again, allow for a large amount of growth for me. The best part about being a nurse is that there are so many different areas you can be a part of. So many different things you can learn and contribute to the profession. I try to take everything I see, do, and learn and apply it to life. I hope to do justice to those I am leaving behind and pray I love this new job as much as I did when I first started in the ER.
With these new changes to my life will come a decrease in my free time to read. So until September (when both of these changes take effect) I am going to try to squeeze in as much reading as I can. The latest book I've read is Dead Ever After by Charlene Harris. This is the last of the Sookie Stackhouse series. I was pleased with the end. I really liked how Harris brought back almost every major character from the series. It was a nice finale. I did not see this ending coming (I thought it would end quit differently) but was pleasantly surprised by this ending. Overall, it was a nice wrap up to the series.
Currently I am working on the third book to the Newflesh trilogy by Mira Grant. It has some serious political basing and implications while still sticking to the science-fiction aspect of things. I am finding it to be quite intriguing. Though I am wishing it were more than just a trilogy. Enjoy!
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