On my first day of work

Today I started my very first real job.  I spent the morning completing some of my orientation which consisted of online modules.  Online modules- now that is something I am prepared for.  There were even multiple choice questions at the end!  Unfortunately, I got them wrong because I was trying to complete the orientation in an office with other people.  Apparently I need my learning environment to be very quiet for me to retain anything.  After making my way through the modules, I treated three patients.  Yes, on my very first day they let me treat patients.  And, with no crying and no falls, I'm glad I survived.

By far the weirdest thing was not having anybody required to read over my notes.  As a student physical therapist, every note that I wrote was excessively edited and cosigned by my clinical instructor.  Now, nobody cared what I wrote.

Where was my editor?  Who was going to go through my note word by word and change each one until they thought it sounded intelligent?  Treating the patients by myself wasn't that scary because a lot of my instructors let me treat patients on my own with them hovering nearby.  But being able to document all by myself?  That's scary.  That medical record is kept forever.  Um, I'm really going to need somebody to proof read that for me.  I'm not so good with the spelling.