fresh meat

there's a new doctor in town!

he started tonight.

i was the first nurse to meet him. i told him to be nice to the nurses and learn their names. he can stay since he was ok with that and he brought cookies.

i also like him because he doesnt tower over me like the other doctors. in fact, i may just be taller than him. and i'm not afraid to tell him what to do. but i'm a little embarassed to admit that i actually caught myself checking out his butt. i couldnt help it! it was in my way! it was at eye level! i think it's been a long day.

apparently he only works tonight and tomorrow and the he goes back to some other ER hole. maybe we can wow him into coming back. this would be good as there is talk of the doctors withdrawing their services from the ER.

speaking of ER, yours truly was in the ER all day today. The LPN students were here again today and since i had sent out my one patient yesterday, i had zero of my own. They were short an RN in emerg so i went to help out. and never made it back. Dr. Chicken Legs and i were in an argument over whether the ER was busy or steady. He said steady but he doesnt do all the stuff we do. Doctors! Geez!

but it was a really great shift. There was an LPN in emerg with us so for once i wasnt the least knowledgeable person there. and i'm starting to learn where things are. and 2 of the doctors were really good at teaching me things today. and Dr. Bushman, who can be a strange strange man, didnt scare me. The LPN student told him he scared her. He asked me if i was stressed and i said no, but are you going to make me stressed? He promised he wouldnt. Great. And then i was mean to him. and i had to yell at him to focus. it was a fun time. seriously.

and there was cake! it was the birthday of the other ER nurse. mmm free cake!

tomorrow i am back on the ward. when i left tonight we were in the process of admitting patient #22. We are a maxiumum 20 bed facility.... hmm... 20 beds... 22 patients...
and there are no students tomorrow. I shall have at least 10 patients. I am highly skeptical that tomorrow will be a great day.