First day!

I worked my first regular shift yesterday, 10am to 10pm.  The ED Staff were great!  Accepted me right in, appreciative that I was there.  My shift started out with only two patients, and continued at that pace until about 5pm.  In fact there was supposed to be another nurse that came in at 12 noon, yet they were low-censused (placed on-call at home).  Finally had to call them in around 8pm as the ED was getting full... 9 patients!

I have pretty much found, located, and learned where the important things are already... like the shortcut through Radiology to get to the Lab, where the cafeteria is, staff lounge/locker room, where 95% of the supplies and equipment are, even got some of the administrative projects mastered like the patient follow-up calls.

Of course there are a few things that did, and will continue to pop-up.  Yet everyone I asked for help or "how do I do this," were understanding and took the time to help.  The biggest hurdle has been the EMR (electronic medical record).  It is an older system, and although I got the basics down, there are a few quirky things about it. 

Now, I have a three day weekend!  Return to work on Monday.  After yesterdays rain, I am going to get out and explore a little bit more today... before this evenings rain begins!  Next week, it looks like summer will finally arrive!  Temps will be in the upper 70's to low 80's... hehehe.