So, it's been a lame few weeks. By lame, I mean really crappy. I am thankful for our guest OPs! You've helped keep the party going! Thank you [emoji5]ï¸
Some stuff I've learned.....
I just walked in on my ten year old taking notes on radioactive and stable isotopes. This kid. OMG.
DNP will cost me $60k. And by all the anecdotal banter around these threads lately, it seems my program will be a bit better than many.
My kids are excited to see me more when I go back to school. Problem is... If I don't find enough aid, I'll still have to work. (I do want to work maybe a day a week.)
Apparently my forte is critical thinking. My crutch is apparently time management.
The words "I can't even" have not come out of this mouth more than they have these recent weeks. For real. I can't even.
If you haven't worked at a hospital where the CEO and all senior management are nurses, do it.
I could not get back on night shift fast enough.
Receptionists need to be taught that "stable" is not the same as "not a problem". Or, maybe just hand the phone to a nurse with common sense.
Our med/surg floor sees no problem with keeping discharged patients' names on their census to maintain staffing. IN FACT, they have no qualms with short staffing another floor to do it, and they'll give the pulled nurse a full patient load and the rest as few as literally two patients.
Good performance ratings = bigger bonus
I know I'm the last person on the planet to think this through, but I was reading a summary of HCAHPS and I realized the MOST important thing that SHOULD be measured wasn't on there at all. The ONE thing that would make all the rest really not matter. What's that one thing? OUTCOMES! Holy stethoscope but why?!
I hope your week has been awesome! What have you learned?
This week I learnt my favorite anesthesiologist is leaving after the school year ends (she has a school age daughter), and now I'm sad. It's for the better though. Better pay, better weather, and more of a community there. We're both from the same ethnicity, and I've even thought of moving where there are more from my ethnicity so to speak, because it can get awfully lonely where I am. Not now, but later perhaps.
This week I learnt working a 12 hour shift without eating is as bad as being NPO for 12 hours for a surgery, and to not have any fast food afterwards. Made the mistake of going to McDonalds after my hellish shift was over yesterday, and had half the fries. When I got home, I proceeded to puke it up.
This week I learnt I just missed the deadline for posting a discussion post. Oh s***! I don't think anyone else posted either, being last week was a holiday week.
I totally know what you mean. It's getting stupid how burned out I'm feeling. We've hired a ton of people, but we hired SEVEN new grads in the last wave. Seven. I just can't even. We orient new grads for only 4-5 months now to get them out "quick" (we used to orient new grads for six months), but my god. Hiring seven people who haven't even graduated yet (we're talking February start dates!!!), who won't be on their own until June at the earliest, makes relief seem very far away. Yeah, let's get them all out of orientation after flu season is over. Because the summertime is totally when we need extra staff, right?
Oh, my. If you're at a teaching hospital, they'll be turned loose just in time for intern season.
This week I learnt my favorite anesthesiologist is leaving after the school year ends (she has a school age daughter), and now I'm sad. It's for the better though. Better pay, better weather, and more of a community there. We're both from the same ethnicity, and I've even thought of moving where there are more from my ethnicity so to speak, because it can get awfully lonely where I am. Not now, but later perhaps.
I'm so sorry. I wish race wasn't such a segregating factor. ((((Pink))))
This week I learnt my favorite anesthesiologist is leaving after the school year ends (she has a school age daughter), and now I'm sad. It's for the better though. Better pay, better weather, and more of a community there. We're both from the same ethnicity, and I've even thought of moving where there are more from my ethnicity so to speak, because it can get awfully lonely where I am. Not now, but later perhaps.
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We have a friend who moved to the mountains from the beach. She feels out of place up here. But I'm reaching out to include her in things I think she might like and I love her kids. We both love to hike so we've done that.
I'm kind of a hermit myself so it takes some pushing to get me to move out of my comfort zone.
Hope you can find a way to branch out and make friends.
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
I've learned that adult coloring books are excellent stress relievers.
Aren't they awesome? I rotate between gel pens and colored pencils. I think I like the gel pens better, but they don't last that long and are much more expensive than colored pencils.
I wish race wasn't such a segregating factor. ((((Pink))))
ElleWoods
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I learned that when other students ask you for your grade on an exam, they're just hoping you get lower than them.
This girl asked me what I got on my recent exam and I was a few points higher and she proceeded to get mad.
Ive been trying to avoid answering them but they just keep pestering me.