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Nightshift Nurse
Date: 4/21/2015, Categories: Taboo, Author: Debbie2013, Rating: 21, Source: LushStories
Finally, years of studying had paid off, and my new life as a fully qualified nurse had begun. Here I was, at 2:30am on my first shift in my first job, walking down the corridor leading to my ward, ready to join my new friends for a well earned coffee break. As I entered the room they were already sitting around the table with their drinks and biscuits. “Don’t worry about me; I’ll get my own drink!” I said sarcastically. “Oh no Deb!” Jen said,“you have work to do before you can have your break” She went on to tell me that all new members of ‘The Night Club’ have to carry out a task. An initiation so to speak. “You may have your coffee when you have collected a sample from bed four in the next ward, but you must do so without a staff member from that ward catching you. If you hurry, you can time it while they are on their break.” Explained Anne as the others sniggered. I knew what this was, and that if I refused, or put up a fight over this silly challenge, very soon I would be seen as the weakest one of the group, which would inevitably lead to further trouble and unhappiness. So, shy as I was, I needed to prove I would not be bullied by my new colleagues. “OK” I said, “back in ten!” I walked out of the tea room with confidence to carry out my task. I headed down the corridor to the Ultrasound Department in Outpatients. At this time of the night there was no one around and I only had the emergency lighting to light my way. Once there, I went into one of the many examination ...