Birthday Nurse

Things I realized this week: 1) I hadn't had antes in a long time 2) I had antes twice this week and that was enough for a long time 3) Antes are all just little time bombs ready to explode...and I'm always afraid that they're going to explode on my shift! 4) If they don't explode...antes are boring after the first couple hours 5) I went all week with no babies...that made me sad and only slightly grouchy on my last night 6) I actually am going a WHOLE WEEK without working extra (because I was out of town the nights I wasn't working...) 7) I have GREAT job security...

I don't know if it's because I haven't slept well this week or if I'm just ready to be back at "my" house instead of house sitting , but this week has worn me out! And I haven't really worked any extra shifts! I'm ready for my 8 off... Last night was really good actually , a good way to end my last 3-in-a-row. It wasn't too terribly crazy, I had a couple antes and then triaged a few. One of the other big hospitals in the city was on diversion (what's new?) and so we were getting all their triages , etc. I feel sorry for everyone when that happens, the patients don't want to be at our hospital, the docs don't want their patients at our hospital when they were planning on going to the other one, it's tougher on us because we don't have any records or pre -admit papers and so it makes the whole admission process take longer which means it takes longer to get anything done for the patient, etc. So that kept us hopping for a while. ...

So my 8-days-off turned into 5-days-off, but that was OK. I was super busy, seems like I had something going on every day while I was off! I was actually a little excited to go back to work last night, we'll see if that excitement can take me through the next 9 shifts! While I was off a group of us "night-girls" got together and went out to eat. One of the laborist docs came with us too. It was so much fun to get together OUTSIDE of work and not be just gathered around monitor strips, someone having to jump up in the middle of a conversation, etc, etc. Of course work was all we talked about, but it was different. It was great fun, and I'm looking forward to the next time we can all get together. I had antes last night, I didn't mind, they all behaved themselves. I started out with 3, sent one home after a little hassle and spent some good time chit-chatting with the other ones. The one gal has been there for the last month "growing" her babies. I'd...