Mondays are fun...

The boss is away so the mice will play.

The Slug and company were at it again with their two hour lunches. If only someone cared.

One of our scatterbrained former educator nurses (we have three, so let's call him/her Scatty) griped and complained about his/her assignment. Since Mom/Dad, the nurse manager, was gone to a conference today, Scatty had no one to complain to and get the assignment changed. So what happened?

Scatty sat around when he/she could have been working. Scatty couldn't possibly get his/her patient up right away. Nope, Scatty didn't even try until NurseMom ('cause she is like everyone's mom) and I went to him/her and said we'd help. The Slug can't stand Scatty, so he/she sent minions in to find out if Scatty 'helped' get the patient out of bed. I really wanted to tell minion to tell the Slug to bugger off, but in my best customer service voice, I said, "Scatty sure did!"

For our gratitude, Scatty left the campus, practiced some retail therapy, then went to lunch. It would have been nice if Scatty would have remembered to tell someone, perhaps even the charge? Nah...not when the boss is gone!

NurseMom went to a meeting so I covered some of her stuff for our charge. My people did not want to go to bed, so they rolled around and visited with relatives.

We had some NFL types roaming around with the customary PR toadies in tow. Some interesting dilemmas...how do you get a linebacker in one of our isolation gowns? They were nice though, and the patients had fun with it all, toadies or no.

Finally, I did my stuff, got my goodies and went on my merry way. More to come...

Nuggets for August 26

So many goodies, so little time. Here are a few interesting things I've run across in my travels on the internet. Hope you enjoy!

The Bellingham Herald has an interesting piece called Why Medicaid should get out of the long term care business.

The Wall Street Journal online had an interesting article recently called Hospitals Own Up to Medical Errors.

The NY Times has had a few good stories recently you should read if you haven't already:

For Parents on NICU, the Trauma May Last
PTSD is not uncommon among the parents of preemies.

Saving the world's women
This article, from the NY Times magazine, details the plight of women in the developing world.

Guilt and Atonement on the Path to Adulthood
An interesting view on children, self-control and guilt