October 2008

did i mention i’m free?

October 28, 2008 · 1 comment

So, I think I forgot to mention that I am no longer on orientation...as of this week I am officially FREE. I now get all the credit when my patients make amazing recoveries. Woohoo!Let's just say, I am now thoroughly enjoying the fact that I don't have anyone following my every step - ...

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chronic corner

October 27, 2008

Dude. Work is exhausting. Most of the patients on the unit are chronics, so they should really have 1:1 care (which of course they don’t). Post op day 57?! Oy vey! (yiddish words in honor of Beth Israel)Anyways, the day began with coffee (Bruno’s) and the paper (Metro). About 11 am I had this odwalla [...]

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homebody

October 27, 2008

Today’s highlights include: wearing my sweatpants all day, having 3 cups of coffee, and football (lots of football). The rest is just details.All the way to the last drop. Not very much foam today, I guess? Still the same magic formula of skim plus and ff vanilla “creamer.”I went to the gym …

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rain rain go away

October 26, 2008

Initially, the plan for today was to be mellow in the AM, and party hard in the PM…BUT the rain would not let up!! Plans for celebrating my b-day got scrapped, and I opted for a pajama party instead ;) My boyfriend was a real sweetheart and grabbed me a soy misto on his way …

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living like a grown up

October 25, 2008

The day after my birthday I had to work, so it was back to reality. The C pod was super mega patient overload (to quote black rob, it was “like whoa”). Each patient was so heavy, there should have been 5 more nurses at least, but of course there were just two of us left [...]

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