Mitzi Flyte

In one month I will be retired…retired after 44 years of being a Registered Nurse.
I worked on medical-surgical units and on the rehab unit of the local hospital. I was a visiting nurse. I was a director of rehab. I was an agency nurse. When I worked in nursing homes I was a nursing supervisor, an assistant director of nursing, an inservice coordinator, a nurse liaison, a charge nurse. When I moved to the corporate office I became a Quality Improvement nurse, a reimbursement nurse, a marketing director, director of quality improvement and finally the Vice President of Nursing.
My personal life has gone through as many changes as my professional.
I never really wanted to be a nurse. But it was the best education for the cheapest price in 1965 and now finally I will have the time to become the person I was meant to me.
Whoever that is.
I think I was a good nurse. I cared for my patients with skill. And I cared for them with…caring.
But that part of my life will soon be over.
I can’t wait for this new chapter to begin.