7:24 p.m. - 2007-03-22
Revenge of the tit squisher
Well the lump is nothing. Or so my doctor says. She has me scheduled for a mammogram next Wednesday. She's scheduling it as a "screening" mammogram instead of a "diagnostic" mammogram. So I guess we'll see. I trust my doctor greatly, I always have. She's literally had my life in her hands before. So if she tells me it's nothing then I will trust her. I guess we'll see what happens next week.
Yesterday I got a call at 4:30 AM and I was told to stay home on call. No problem, I've done it before. I'm thinking...awesome, I can sleep in and enjoy my day. Nope. At 6:02 AM the nursing supervisor called and told me to float to another area. It's an area that I've never worked in before and most people don't like to be floated to. They pulled the BS that they always pull over there and I told my boss, just as I was told to do. She e-mailed them and they came up with the BS excuse that they didn't know I had never worked there before (even though I told every single person I came into contact with) and admitted that I was not oriented to the department. Geez ya think? I walked around in circles like a damn moron trying to find things. It was not a good situation. I just hope I never have to float there again but hey, I'm sure I will.
I got floated back to Peds, where I am extremely comfortable. We had 5 admissions and it was completely crazy. And we had a float nurse who said she'd come in and work IF.SHE.DIDN'T.HAVE.TO.WORK.WITH.KIDS.
So she's being asked to float to Pediatrics but she's refusing to work with kids. Hmmmmmm what is wrong with that sentence?
We did have two adults so she took those but that didn't help SHIT when we have 5 kids admitted. So while she sat on her ass the R.N. and I admitted 5 kids. Finally the R.N. got swamped and needed more than just my help (since I can't start IV's or anything) so they floated in yet another nurse who is willing to help with children. That helped but it was almost too little, too late. She got there by the time we admitted the last kid when we needed her 4 kids ago. And did I mention I had to leave for an hour to go to the doctor's appointment after the first 2 admissions? It was not fun. So basically by the time I got in the car to go home I was ready to leave and not come back for a few days.
Here's hoping the tomorrow is better. It's Friday though and that doesn't give me much hope.
Between that and the shit going on at home it's been stressful.
I need a fucking vacation for sure.
