Even though I haven't done a lot of traveling around Japan over the past month, I've still kept myself quite busy:
I passed my test to become a Certified Emergency Nurse in April! A few of the ER nurses and I traveled up to Tokyo to take the test. Right in the middle of the test, we had another earthquake! Talk about adding stress to a stressful day already!
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Miranda, Pon, Kayla, and I after taking the CEN... stressed out
and unsure of how we did. I think our expressions say it all! |
I put together the Navy Nurse Corps Birthday Ceremony at the hospital in Yokosuka. We had a video-conference with the surrounding clinics in Japan also. From all the time and hard work put into planning the event, it turned out very nice!
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| YNA members after the NC Birthday cake-cutting Ceremony |
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| Me during the Ceremony |
Oh and a little side note to that... I was interviewed by AFN (the military TV network) on why I became a Navy Nurse and all that. It was actually played as a commercial on AFN and then they had a little segment about the Birthday Ceremony. Kinda cool, except for the fact that they put the title of "Maternal-Infant Nurse - Labor & Deliver" under my name! So now a lot of people are giving me a hard time about it.
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| USNH Nurses with Japanese Ground Self Defense Nurses after the ceremony |
On June 1st, Bryan and I were promoted to Lieutenant!! (I actually out-ranked Bryan for 8 hours due to the time difference) So, now there's two LT Stoniecki's and one LTJG Stoniecki!!
I officially transferred down to the Emergency Room from Labor & Delivery! Even though it's not as busy or exciting as San Diego's ER, it's still better than working with preggos every day. I definitely like it a lot better and am excited about the switch.
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The Japanese LTC Nurse Corps Officer gave us
103 roses for our 103rd Birthday! |
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Kim Gerber, the recipient of an award during the ceremony
with the video-conference in the background |
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