I started a new job a few months ago. I started with this new company because one of my close friends was the Director of Nurses. I thought it would be a breeze. I mean having the boss as a good friend always helps right? Wrong, I have thought more about resigning my position with this company than with former companies.

It has been the most challenging job I have worked for several years. They have a QA nurse in the office who is a nightmare for all of the right reasons. She is excellent at QA and she does her critiques of our documentation without any venom. I really like her even when I am upset that she sent some documentation back to me for corrections. She knows documentation better than most nurses do.

A couple of weeks ago I was so exasperated by the demands of the company I really wanted to just throw in the towel. I have other friends in the industry and they have been talking about me going to work for their companies yet no phone calls were coming in requesting interviews.

I am not financially secure enough to be without a job so what am I to do? I prayed and I prayed about this wanting my will to be done. I wanted a different company to work for.

God didn’t answer this prayer. What He did do is help me appreciate where I am at.

I have realized that the high standards of this company are making me better at documentation and may be making me a better nurse overall. I have also learned to appreciate the character of my boss who corrects me and teaches me with kindness.

I know that I am employed to administer healthcare to my patients but I also know I am to minister to my patients. My boss is a very strong Christian and she does not chide me for talking about my Savior, Jesus Christ. I have testified to many of my patients and some of them have become good friends.

I have also been very vocal in some of our meetings. I am gifted by God to be able to discern problems in a company and also gifted with solutions to present. During our last corporate meeting I presented a solution to a problem for not only me, but other nurses, and the solution was accepted and implemented.

As I continue to work at this company I sense that God is buffering me and making me a better nurse and also a better Christian. As I walk with God I realize that I am resigning my will to Him and allowing His will to be done. That is fulfilling my greatest role in life.