A/N- Hi guys, this is my first story, so please review! If I'm not clear about things, please feel free to ask questions!
Edward paced through the hallways of the Cullen's new home just outside of Boston, MA. They had moved here from Minnesota the week before, so that Edward could start his medical residency program.
"Hmm, 80 years to study and you're still nervous?" laughed Carlisle. "Don't worry, son, it's July 1st, everyone is new! Just suck up to the nurses a bit, you'll do fine…"
Edward growled at him, "But I'm used to being confident about this stuff- I don't care if they like me or not!"
Carlisle smiled, "but if the nurses like you, your job is that much easier… Listen to them, they're the ones who know what's going on with the patients…."
Edward slammed the front door as he ran out to his silver Volvo. I know what I'm doing, I'm going to be fine….
"Ugh, I hate July 1st, none of the first years have a CLUE about how to take care of patients, let alone how to work with us," Bella sighed…. " They all think they know everything…"
She straightened her scrubs, grabbed her stethoscope and clipped her ID badge onto her breast pocket:
Bella Swan, RN, BSN
Charge Nurse- Emergency Services"Ok, you guys, ready to go see what kind of damage they can do?" She turned to Angela, her best friend and fellow nurse. They laughed a little as they walked out into the Emergency Department. The new residents were an odd assortment, some too gangly and awkward, others looking overly confident. Dr Carlisle Cullen, the new attending, was standing at the nurse's station. He smiled at Bella, they had met when he came to interview the month before.
"Hello Nurse Swan"
"Please, call me Bella…"
"So what do you think of our new recruits?" Bella looked at the 9 eager faces before her.
"Aren't we missing one, I thought we always got 10 interns on the first day"
"Hmm, you're right…."
Just as they started to discuss who might be missing in action, Bella caught a flash of bronze hair and topaz eyes.
"Sorry, I'm late" gasped Edward, out of breath from his run, "someone told me that scrubs were on the 2nd floor in the OR, but the nurses up their yelled at me…."
Bella took in his wrinkled scrubs and wild hair, "fresh scrubs are in the basement, though it would be good if maybe you took some home and ironed them. Your patients will expect you to look professional here…." She smiled at him, trying to make him feel at home: she knew that ER nurses got the reputation of some of the toughest in the hospital.
"Childrens, this is Boston EMS, do you copy?" a disembodied voice came over the microphone.
"This is Children's, we read you loud and clear" Bella replied crisply, tucking her long brown hair up into an elastic.
"We're enroute to your facility with a 13 year old male, bike vs car. He was not wearing a helmet, and he has an open femur fracture. We're concerned with his level of consciousness and the amount of blood loss. I think we have it under control, but it took awhile to extricate him from under the car."
"We'll see you in trauma bay 1 when you arrive…" Bella hung up the phone and looked at Carlisle. "Who's observing this one? We only have room for 3 of them in the trauma room."
Carlisle looked at the group and down at his clipboard. "Ummm… Mike Newton and Edward Masen, you two go with Bella, she'll tell you where to stand- don't get in the way! The rest of you, come with me, we'll get you situated."
Bella ducked into the med room and grabbed a pack of vials- "this is an RSI kit, it has all the meds you need to paralyze and intubate quickly. This bag of fluids is mannitol- do you know why I got that?"
Mike looked at her, blankly. Edward smoothly replied "it's because of the head injury, you want to reduce swelling if possible"
"Good," said Bella, "now let's get into the trauma room, the team should be set up."
Edward followed her, both he and Mike staring her slender body in the standard blue scrubs. Then he started to panic as the ambulance bay doors opened and he smelled fresh blood….