Work updates and stuff..

I am very happy with my new job. They are properly staffed and organized for one thing , so that is a welcome change from the last place I was at!

As some of you already are aware, I interviewed for the medical records position on Wed. There is one more interview on Monday and then I will find out if I have the job. But as of now, I was told, I am favored for the position in part because of my bubbly, happy personality and that I am always smiling. Being in medical records means that I will have to build good relationships with the people I work with since I will have to "nag" them for missing items for charts being closed out and such. Apparently it works out better if you aren't a cranky grump. :)

I am excited about the opportunity but am happy with my job no matter what happens. I am perfectly happy being a floor nurse. It's what I know and what I enjoy. I am just happy making some $$ again.

I am looking forward to a good new year. 2015, you have got to be better than 2014!!

Cautiously Optimistic

During my orientation I was reviewing a patient chart with the clinical educator and I kept finding little errors, like papers filed in the wrong place. Quite a few actually. So I fixed the issues I found. Anyone would have, and it wasn't really a big deal but I am a bit obsessive about things having to be in the correct location and nice and tidy.
The educator asked if I had ever done medical records and I said that I am very familiar with chart checks and audits but since I love to organize everything I often wondered if I would do well in that position.
Fast forward to yesterday. She told me that she informed the Director of Nursing that I was meticulous with the charts and that I am quite smart and she thinks I would do well in the currently unoccupied medical records position. I told her I would definitely be interested!
The Director of Nursing talked to me about it today and said that she had a couple more interviews to do for that position and depending on how those go she might be getting back to me regarding filling it! Apparently they want a nurse in that position.
Mon through Fri and I would get to be the occasional manager on duty, because I would be considered a department head!!
Can you imagine me as Director of Medical Records? Wow, that sounds so administrative!
I guess I shouldn't get too excited about the possibility yet. But I am going to keep my fingers crossed. If anyone reads this cross your fingers for me also. :)

I can only hope I will be as lucky!

So my Mamaw lives in an Assisted Living Facility now. My dad says he visits frequently and takes her to a movie and out to eat once a week. Not to mention all that he's done for her prior to her move when he was over to check on her all the time.
I can only hope my boys will treat me as well in my later years.
I hope I can raise a man as successfully as my grandmother did.

Update:
I went to visit my Mamaw on Friday and check out her new place. She loves it and I love it. Unfortunately having a conversation with her now is similar to having a conversation with a stranger. She doesn't remember much , names, places, etc. So I had to chat like I was talking with someone I had just met. Sad. But she was very happy to see Joshua and we had a very nice visit. :)

Frustration.

So I got a job. One that I think I am going to like. Nice people, good atmosphere, decent pay. When I worked there before I was PRN( as needed) so the hourly rate was a little higher than regular rate since I didn't have benefits, etc. This time around they kept me at the same pay rate, so I was quite happy about that. I felt like I could have done little dance right there in the human resources office when I found out. Don't worry. I didn't.


But the staff that is supposed to orient me is in the process of orientation themselves so until they get their poop together I just have to hang around waiting for them to call me. Little annoyed by that. I really need to work.


But in the meantime I have a small 401K check that I am expecting in the mail to tide me over. Maybe I can actually get a Christmas gift or two for the boys.


So I wait, for my orientation, and my check. I hate waiting.

Don't you wish you knew the last time was the last time?

Picture it: Thanksgiving 2006, Big fat pregnant woman lies dozing on the couch in her scrubs after a days work, while the rest of the family eats. The food smells so good, but it feels better to put her feet up.


That was the last time my grandmother made Thanksgiving dinner. I loved her food. And she made the best mashed potatoes in the world. And I was too exhausted to enjoy the meal. I did work an 8 hour shift on Thanksgiving morning, so who would blame me? But I wish I could go back in time.


My grandmother hasn't gone anywhere. Only her mind has. She has recently moving from her home into an assisted living facility. She has been declining in recent years. The poor gal is 87 for Pete's sake.
But I still wish you knew the last time was the last time. Because you never know what the future might bring.