Staff Relief

I'm so overly excited that this is my final stretch. 3 weeks of staff relief. I was placed in one of the most challenging positions - pediatric bone marrow transplant (BMT). 


Let's just say that today was incredibly overwhelming. Definitely do-able, but overwhelming. It's like being at a new job and you know what needs to be done, but it all seems to come flooding in on the first day. Rounds got started late, 2 big patients came into clinic, 4 inpatients (2 incredibly needy ones), plus the pager never seemed to stop. 


What is nice is that I have no more big projects or papers to write. Thank goodness!! That is one thing that I'm glad to have a break from. 


So my day is as such...get to work at 7:15-7:30am, chart and catch up on patient labs and medications until 9am, when rounds are (supposed) to start. Then, rounds last until around noon-ish. After that I have to order the TPN for the patients for the next day, altering them as needed. Then, I complete any new assessments or reassessments for patients on the general service (which my position also covers). If there are any patients coming into clinic, I have to escape rounds/visiting patients/charting to visit them. All the while altering TPN prescriptions, tube feeding orders, and encouraging everyone to eat. Not to mention the 9,387,104 pages that I get and attend to. I usually work right up until 4pm, when it's time to go home. 


The nice thing is, is that I get to come home and do whatever I want. So today I went for a nice walk, painted my nails, and read my book. Things definitely even themselves out. I'm sure I'll have more to write later when I get the hang of things and settle into a routine.


But until then...


17 days left!