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Alexandra D.

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@Alexandrad35

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙄𝘾𝙐 𝙣𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙤𝙗𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙊𝙑𝙄𝘿 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨? 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣?

I first started the search for a new job in April, but I didn’t get hired for my current position until the end of August. I officially left my job in a “clean” or Covid-19 free ICU at the end of August and started my new job in a Covid ICU the first week of July. It felt like it all happened very quickly, but had been a long time coming.

𝙒𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚? 𝙊𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 (𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖 😬)?

It felt like a necessity, but in reality, was a choice. I had been working a night shift position for a while and it was not a good fit for my body, I felt like it was making me sick. I was highly motivated to make a change. I started applying and interviewing for jobs, there were multiple interviews for each job until I finally found the one I wanted.

𝙂𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮?

I never heard back about a lot of the applications I sent in, I started to feel super hopeless like I would be stuck in my current position that was making me feel so miserable forever (or maybe just quit and bartend lol). But then all of the sudden I started getting interviews and positive feedback from those interviews and I could see a light at the end of the tunnel.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙢) 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮.

A lot of people thought I was crazy making this type of career move in the middle of the pandemic. I think a lot of people couldn’t understand why I would choose to leave where I was, relatively “safe” from Covid, to an ICU at a level 1 trauma center that was packed full of really sick Covid positive patients. At times it felt crazy even to me. But ultimately I know I made the right decision, even though it’s been really tough and even scary at times. Making changes is hella hard, even when there isn’t a global pandemic wreaking havoc, but I feel SO validated in my decision. I learned a lot about my priorities. Even though this new job is really (I mean really) hard, I get to sleep at night, my mental and physical health is infinitely better and that’s worth it all.