There I was; back in the school of nursing to study anesthesiology. After graduation, I volunteered as a nurse anesthesiologist in the surgical department of the children’s hospital I previously was an emergency room nurse. This degree and mostly the knowledge I acquired were only one more step toward my goal. I was happy caring for the children, and I loved my job but I felt empty somehow.
There was still a question in my mind and a desire in my heart; what are others doing in their hospitals? That was my question. By others, I mean developed countries. How can they find diagnosis—if they indeed found a diagnosis for my father’s illness that we couldn’t find in my country? There was a side of the hospital life I felt I was missing, and I needed to see. What was it? I couldn’t tell, but I felt I needed to see more…to know more. I decided to leave the country in search of an answer to my question. My questioning seemed naïve at the time but seven years later I discovered that the real meaning behind it all was about finding the woman in me. My journey took me to the United States of America…and…that’s when the story of my life started…the story of my growth…fears, hopes, struggles, blessings, failures and successes…My Rain; My Diamond Rain.
About the Author
Raissa Batieno is an Author from Burkina Faso (West Africa). She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2010 and is currently completing a Master of Business Administration in Operations and Systems Management at Cleveland State University in Ohio. Her work is partly influenced by her African roots and her traveling to and living in America. Raissa Batieno has a great fondness for nature, cultures, spirituality, traveling, reading and writing and composing poetry. She is currently working on another book project.
Other Book by the Same Author
Diamond Rain—a Memoire in Poetry.
Available on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MH94V3E
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