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I never drank coffee before I moved onto day shift; loved nights, but now I am ready for bed by 9:30. My routine is vastly different from my spouse: He wakes me up at 4:45 since he leaves for work at 5. I make the bed and have coffee. I catch the 5 am news, and either start dinner or laundry while having a second cup of coffee and take my third cup to the shower. It helps to iron my clothes a few days in advance (I might iron M-W clothes Sunday evening). I also make enough dinner to cover lunches and pack our lunches as we clean up dinner. Quiche is an easy, once a week make ahead that helps for breakfast. Love my crockpot. Before marriage, the clock had to be on the other side of the room, otherwise I would hit the snooze and never know I had.

Great start; find out who is collecting your ACC, STS and device (PPM/AICD) data so that you can see what is trending well and what needs focused upon. Talk to your physician chair for these areas-he/she should know the data (it is benchmarked) and should have some sort of goals whether growth or general improvement towards patient safety.

In my experience, you are being impatient. Usually, again, my experience, the job is left open for a preplanned period of time (say 2-4 weeks) and then the team starts the process of reviewing applications and then interviews of those with which there is an interest. Good luck!

I would also report this to your Medical Staff Chief; the physician's behavior is against their code of ethics behavior and should be part of his/her recredentialling file. When staff don't report adverse physician behavior, patient safety can become an issue due to avoidance of interaction. Include dates, patient information regarding the original poor behavior.

Are you familiar with a "culture survey"? This questionnaire would point you to some of the types of questions you might be interested in asking. If your system already performs this (usually every other year), you might want to hone in on a filter from a few of the more negative responses-deeper dive.

One might also want to consider the purpose: occlusive, basic coverage, etc. Many times paper tape will be sufficient; however, I agree with whomever mentioned silk as a favorite. As an old Ortho nurse, silk is wonderful for knees with all the flexion going on.