Ahh, I really like Mondays when I know that I'll be finished with my five-in-a-row schedule. Sure, I only get one day off and then I'm back until the end of the week, but one day off after five on is better than nothing!
I still feel like I'm hanging on to that random Christmas virus I got. A little nose running, a little hacking cough, a lot of perturbed nurse, who's been trying to rest and beat it. Well, we shall see how it goes!
The last few days I've had pretty much the same assignment--two patients and the med wagon again. Even with LPNs on most of this weekend, I haven't lost that. I don't mind really, since I have an easy area to deal with, and I know pretty much what they want after dealing with them all this time.
Bubba has his birthday this week, so I'll be busy getting ready for the party this weekend. We had a little craziness here with the weather, so that messed me up a bit, but now I'm getting all my stuff going. I'll be really busy tomorrow! I'm glad it's my day off!
More later...
2 comments:
five in a row? in my eyes, you're a superhuman! i can't even do 3 in a row. but then again, i'm actually lazy, and old too as a bonus :)
may:
I only occasionally work 12 hour shifts. My shifts are usually 8s, which aren't too terrible at Madison, because you actually only work 8.
The VA is loathe to pay overtime unless it's needed, and since there's no punching in or out, (yes no timeclock swiping) they don't know you've done OT until this person has notified the supervisor and you go on the list and your manager approves your time. If I work over 15 minutes, it's free. I don't like giving them my time at 0 cost, thank you very much!
At Saintarama, I technically worked 8s, but most of the time it was 9-10 hours with all the charting, etc. I had to do.
Mostly,I helped the next shift do stuff left over or dropped on them late in the shift because they'd always short them on staffing. I rotated shifts at Saintarama, too, so it would induce others to do the same for me when it was my turn.
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