link up? sure, why not!

Okay, I've never done anything interactive with another blog before but I figured family would be interested in seeing what I bum around in all day. And without further ado - my dress code (hosted by bloggers Anna and Renee):

Before grad school, I practically lived in scrubs. Between my 4 years as a patient care tech (nurse assistant), two and a half of those in nursing school, plus my first nursing job, I probably owned more scrub pants than I did jeans and shorts combined. Nursing school was polo shirts and scrub pants (No pockets on top?! For a student?! Pretty awful.) Then Christian and I moved in together - he was an EMT for 2 years, worked in the CPR lab at the U of A, and had just started medical school - so we pooled our resources. We're about the same height so sharing unisex scrubs is no big deal (and helpful when getting dressed in the morning).

Our very first clinical rotation. Remember how fabulous we thought we were?!

Loved having my cousin born at the hospital I worked at...needless to say they got special attention. :)

We wore caps for our big university-wide graduation, to distinguish ourselves from the crowd. I think we looked pretty cute.

Then, I became a nurse educator/case manager. Public health nursing was something I never imagined myself doing but I quickly fell in love with it (and it's dress code). Can you say CASUAL?! As long as I don't look like a hobo, I'm pretty much okay. I try to stick to nice jeans, closed toe shoes, and my Teen Outreach or another non-awful shirt.

Nurse educator/case manager garb. This baby was born with a face, but must be an unidentifiable baby because of privacy and all that stuff. Unlike the above baby that is related to me and absolutely too cute not to show.

Then I got into grad school. Now I'm training to be a "provider"....professionalism is the name of the game. This often includes the use of a shiny (yet still weird-looking to me) white coat.

On my way into clinic....stillll getting used to this look.

I'm glad my preceptor prefers to go sans coat and I'm allowed to take cues from her, so I usually ditch the coat for regular old business casual. I won't need to don scrubs again until I hit my intrapartum rotation (AKA time to catch babies!).

On my way to an on-campus intensive learning day. Also something I might wear to clinic to see patients (although I much prefer pants.)

As far as gear, while I used to carry a fully stocked bag full of all the goodies the other girls hosting the link up carry, now I carry a suitcase full of baby dolls, a knitted uterus, rubber cervix, and a pair of mesh panties that would make the ladies at Victoria's Secret jealous. Also: breast pads, a breast pump, a rubber breast, a cloth breast, and lots of other breast-related gear.

Don't forget the cloth pelvis! Love that guy... 

So that's about it for me. Nurse friends, you're welcome to link up. I'm slowly fading after a long day in clinic (and husband has been in bed since 8:30....welcome to third year rotations I guess...).

Hope everyone enjoys their 4th of July! 

Love,

Ash