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It has been just about a month since I last made an entry and announced that I was making a major move. I’m in the process of settling-in: not settled. I have learned a lot about myself in this process, and bits and pieces about a whole lot of other “things.” For instance, there are “things” in life that are pretty absolute. “Things” that don’t co-exist: night and day, up and down, in and out, front and back, life and death... Play with that for awhile and you will realize that you cannot mix and match, you must choose. So, here is my new dilemma: IN-patient and OUT-patient! Hello brain-freeze! Hello melt-down! Hello, Alice! Am I in-side-out or up-side-down? And, where is that Walrus when you need to “talk of many things!”

Comfort zones are wonderful places. That zone might exist in the midst of chaos but it is what one knows and it is OK. Somehow you make it work almost to the point of discomfort. Since man landed on the moon, I have been an IN-patient, multi-specialties nurse except for a clinic stint somewhere in the 70’s. When I abruptly moved, I went all OUT and entered the OUT-patient zone: initially, a new type of chaos for me. I think after comparing IN and OUT to the point of driving my preceptor totally daft, we have settled on this as the trigger point: “Dorothy, you are not in Kansas anymore!”

In reality, this has been a whirlwind month. I have been challenged. I am learning something new every day. (A word to new grads: We survive! We are resilient.) I am having fun. I enjoy the people I have met and I have embraced a wonderful new patient population. Synergy is alive and well on my radar. Out-patient Synergy! WOW! And, I used to think I knew something about blood... merely a drop in the bucket! It is exciting OUT here. The challenge for me is that I’m not IN there.
 
So, I have moved my cheese. Literally. During this change, I decided I would try new cheese with my new move. I have discovered a magnificent stout Stilton-blue from Britain and a fabulous slice of nursing in a remote corner of the basement in Methodist Hospital.
 
Sherry
 
Sherry Holden, BSN, RN
Associate Partner, 4South, IU Hospital
 
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