Role Transitions We Don’t Recognize Until Later

Daybook December 4
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Sometimes, nurses step into a new role before they feel ready.
A clinical educator, a preceptor, a mentor —
these roles often begin with uncertainty, not confidence.

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A nurse in a hospital once stepped into a new role during a severe OR staffing shortage.
She became a clinical educator, though she wasn’t sure it was the right decision.

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One day, she walked into the OR to check things out and tripped on some tubing.
Trying to lighten the moment, she joked with a nurse who had joined the perioperative program:

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“I know you're not fond of me, but don’t try to hurt me!”

The nurse suddenly became serious and replied:
“Not like you? If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be here.”

​That moment changed everything.
Her uncertain decision, her doubt, her hesitation —
all of it became meaningful through one honest sentence.

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One Line for Nurses and Nursing Students Today:
Sometimes we cannot see the value of our choices until someone reflects it back to us.

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