A day in the life...

Here was my day:

1. Show up and get report from the NPs. This is my favorite part of the day. One of them (we call her mom) is getting ready for her child's wedding. We get an update every day on child, the dogs and the new house.

2. Check e-mail and respond. Realize I'd better get going to my assignment on the other side of campus.

3. As a member of a quality team, I am responsible for visits to certain departments quarterly, thanks to former big boss volunteering my services. It was a stupid move, but since no one will take my place, I'm making the best of it. It gets me out of the office for a morning each quarter.

4. I finished the quality visit, then walked back (outside) to the office slowly to enjoy the glorious weather.

5. When I got back, the therapy staff had lunch for all the nurses (they don't want to intrude on nurses' week, so they always wait one week). It was nice.

6. The rest of my day was playing fix-it. Fix this, fix that, find this, find that.

7. At the end. I set up a meeting with the boss, including a conference call for the nurses on nights to attend. We actually got some callers. I told them how to mute the lines, but somehow, we still heard Stacy getting her hair done (water, etc.)

The boss finally asked, "Are you in a bar or in the bathroom? If it's a bar, tell me which one?"



Happily, the meeting was brief and to the point. People left happy...reasonably speaking. We need more of that on the floor.

Stay tuned...