I'm a GI nurse?

My prayers were answered on the job front.  I have hated every minute of the time I spent in the OR the last 5 months.  After tirelessly looking at the postings every Tuesday and Friday for 5 months, I got a new gig!!  And literally it was down to the wire.  The week I started in the GI dept. was the week I was supposed to start overnights in the OR.  Thank you Jesus!! 

So now to learn the new job and what it is all about.  There are 3 main areas to the GI dept: Prep, in the rooms, or post or observation as they call it.  I worked 2 days in prep and absolutely loved it.  I missed the patients so much.  And my mad skillz came back doing IV's.  I got really good at them when I was on sedentary duty with Pierce and I'm back!   I was throwing lines in everyone.  And then the observation unit is just like the PACU that I used to work in.  Actually, a lot less documentation and the patients pretty much all had the same things done.  In the rooms with the surgeons/doctors is probably going to be my least favorite but they all seem nice (except 1) and a lot more calm.  It's not surgery, we are just sticking scopes up people's butts!  OMG and the air these people pass can be quite comical. 

I have a lot to learn as far as instruments and tools but I did my first few biopsies and polypectomies and they went well.  And Holla for wearing blue scrubs from the machine that I can actually wash myself now.  No more itchy, stiff scrubs that give me a rash from the harsh detergent.  And no more mask wearing for 12 long hours.  I'm so happy!!  So yeah, I guess I am a GI nurse or you can call me: