Tuesday - And I Need Refueling

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.~~Mother Teresa

Well...last night was pretty horrific.  I swear, this has been one heck of a week!  We only had 4 admit beds available to us because otherwise the hospital was completely full.  I was going around telling the doctors not to admit people.  I said "If you are riding the fence, send them home", lol.  In the end we only ended up holding 5 patients.  Could have been a heck of a lot worse!

You remember me talking about that first nurse, C, that I was training.  Well she is all but gone.  She didn't come in for her scheduled shifts on July 4th and on Sunday "because of a family wedding in Las Vegas".  Then last night she was a no-call no-show.  Dumb.  That's not how you handle things!

I met the new nursing director, R, this morning and he was rude.  There was only one of us night shift nurses who had met him and he introduced R to me and I said something like "oh nice to meet you" and he just shakes my hand and stares at the board.  We had 5 holds plus 4 other patients.  I said "oh yeah we have holds because there are no beds".  "Uh huh."   Okay...I said "there actually are no beds versus no nurses because the hospital is completely full."  He said "I know, S (house supervisor last night) told me."  Okay again..."Okay then, I'll get back to work" and he didn't say another word and walked out.  I mean what the heck? Oh and first week on the job, w/o even having a get to know you meeting, R changed staffing by posting a bulletin around the ER.  There will now be three 7a nurses.  An 11a and a 3p nurse (if census supports both based on day shift numbers not how busy night shift typically is), and three 7p nurses.  Oh yea.  If we had been staffed like that this past week we would have drowned in the water.  Deader than a doornail.  I tell ya, great first beginnings.

So what do you think I did this morning?  I pulled out my handy little transfer request and turned it in for the new hospital (which is only 5 miles from my house vs the 25miles I drive now).  Yeppers!  I was supposed to get R to sign it but I couldn't find him after our friendly little introduction, so J in HR said she would get his signature for me.  Then I picked up a form for another nurse to fill out.  Whoo hooo!  Now we will see how long it takes us to get over there, you know since we have three nurses just ending their contracts, C gone, and one other nurse who has had his fill too.  So, it'll be a race to the finish line, ha ha.  Another thing is I am so sick and tired of taking care of drunks and druggies.  That is NOT why I got into nursing.  I'm hoping the new hospital will have less of those kind of people since its going to be a different demographic group.

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Okay time for the Tuesday Twelve with Dawn!

I say ______ and you say______!

Girlfriends -  missing them.  Channy & Jen over to the new hospital.  Bee, Julia, and Tara in OKC.  Melissa in San Antonio.

Here to stay  -  Taxes, darn it!

Call me  -  Blondie.  Oy, I'm copying Dawn because my mind is a blank.

Frustrated  -  Work.  New nursing director, new changes.  Frustrated.

Public school  -  My child better not get left behind.

Glitch  -  In my paycheck.  I'm sure I'm supposed to be making double what I'm paid for sure! 

Mystery  -  Why people destroy their lives for drugs and alcohol is beyond me.

Cheese  -  Heroin and Tylenol PM wrapped in plastic wrappers.  Beware if you kids suddenly began talking about it...

Director  -  needed in this circus called life.

Twist  -  of lemon.

Exclusive  -  Usually means offered to 1million people + you.

Ninja  -  Ask a...  One of Hannah's fav sites.

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Now for something completely different, lol.  My Uncle Fred sent me a satire article about Al Gore III getting arrested and the Ex-Vice President's take on it.  “Even at 100 miles per hour,” said the elder Mr. Gore, “the Prius produces less deadly greenhouse gas than a Lincoln Navigator or a Hummer.  While I don’t condone getting caught with marijuana, I would venture to say that my boy’s total carbon footprint is still substantially smaller than the median for his socioeconomic and age brackets.”   I got to thinking the exact same thing and was laughing that Al III was this "big ole boy" driving a little bitty Prius and saying Daddy made him drive it for the "carbon printing", etc.  Leave it to Daddy to put a positive spin on his son getting arrested for possession and excessive speed.  A true politician.  Kinda makes me vomit a little in my mouth.

Okay then, have a nice day!

 

 

Ciao!  De

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