It's the truth

Thank you KevinMD for this one. I need it.

I'm at a point in my life that I'm tired of putting up with bullshit. I entrenched myself at the Hotel to succeed at my goals: getting more education and getting a good job. But the view from here right now is annoying.



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In 2011, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called upon nurses to participate in their publication, Transforming Leadership: Leading Change, Advancing Health:

“Physicians, nurses, and other health professionals must work together to break down the walls of hierarchal silos and hold each other accountable for improving quality and decreasing preventable adverse events and medication errors.”

I need a couple more doctors who listen to nurses in my life right now. There just aren't enough at the Hotel.

Stay tuned...

I survived!

My stint as an adjunct instructor at MegaCorp College is over. Hooray!

What did I learn?

1. Some people are just not motivated.

2. Some people don't really listen. I only told my students (orally and in writing) that all the written homework was due the day before the final.

I still had one goof say, "What? We can't turn in any homework tonight?"

Yes, Doofus, that's right. Working on your schedule at Taco Bell instead of finishing your uncompleted work was really not a good thing. Miraculously, he passed the course...with a whopping D.

3. Flunking students is not fun, but sometimes you have to do it. I had to flunk the one student in my course who would like to go on to the nursing program.

As Dahey says, if she can't hack it now, maybe she should be doing something else.

How to perturb your coworkers, part 2

1. When I tell you something, don't bother listening the first time I tell you. Wait until I ask you later, then get hysterical as you are leaving a meeting. Looks grand in the hallway!

 Twenty points extra if this is your new manager who just got a clue.

2. Roll your eyes in every meeting. One day, I'm going to film our staff meetings to prove it.

3. Be paranoid in video conferences. It just shows that you may need to STAY here, not just work here.

The list grows...stay tuned or comment on some of your favorites!

Out and about

And listening to this album on my laptop on this windy, cool fall day.

Hope your day is equally exciting...stay tuned. My maiden voyage is coming!