'Tis the season

Oh, the holiday parties, lunches, etc. begin. We recently got our decorating requirements from the safety staff at the Hotel: no lights near patient beds, no blocking egress with trees or decorations, or covering up fire alarms (yes, they have to tell people that).

The weird requirement, though, was the "No decoration can cover more than 10% of a door". Guess I have to tell the elves that the fancy bow on our door is actually over the limit.

If that's not exciting enough, it's always fun when I'm off work and see some of our fine floor unlicensed nursing staff out shopping at 9AM. The local mall is located two miles from the Hotel. It's not lunch time, either.

Oh, I so want to call the house supervisor, to ask if he/she knows where all his/her employees are, but I know nothing will be done.

Stay tuned...

They have arrived

Joint Commission. Nice. Don't you just love Mondays?


So, it's a great reason to leave my door closed today and not answer, since I'm busy getting ready for another grandiose biennial inspection in a mere 21 days.

I really need a vacation soon.

That is all.

Rumor has it...

Just like the song, we hear JC may be in the house very soon.

So, of course, they moved all the furniture in the waiting area in front of our clinic doors. Nice.

I hope they show while this mess is here and write up the idiot staff I work with.

However, in honor of our good JC friends, I cleaned out our coffee maker. If I'm going to be stressed, it's going to be locked in my office with a cup of coffee before my inquisition.

(Rant over). That is all. Enjoy your Monday.

A thought

Maria: When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window. --The Sound of Music, 1965

Dear Chief of Staff:

You are not the Lord of anything but that imperial desk of yours.

Please stop closing my doors of opportunity and making me go through the windows to get my patients the care they truly need and deserve.

Cancelling everything (after some other committee approves it) my boss does will not win you too many friends.

Sincerely not,

RehabRN

I've had it with snow

So I've bought one of these for my front door entryway. Yes!

Take that you kid parking your snowy boots! No more drip marks on my floor, no sirree.

Nuggets for May 12

Yes, it's nugget time again, and I'm blogging on my lunch break here at the Hotel. Here are a few goodies I've encountered in between reading, writing, and working.

From the blogosphere...

Just don't go there
As ER Doc points out in a recent post at Serenity Now Hospital, some people just shouldn't have an iPhone.

Finding a pearl
NYCRN has this great post of the same name on his blog about how his reasons for being a nurse are reaffirmed regularly.

Don't just sit there...
Dr Ves over at casesblog tells us we gotta get up and going while we're blogging. So do I get points for standing and blogging?

Open a window...
Kim at emergiblog got the door shut on her plans, but a window just may be opening...you go, girl!

Off I go...enjoy your day!