Happy New Year…Just A Few Things

Happy New Year to you all!!!

1) I had a great time on New Year’s Eve this year. For the past three years I’ve just gone to bars and it wasn’t really too fun. This year I went to a Legwarmers concert at the State Theater. The Legwarmers always put on a good show and as always the place was packed because every show they put on sells out. I even got to meet a couple Legwarmers and a Leghorn. That’s what happens when you know people who know people. With a few free drinks thrown in the deal was pretty sweet.

2) I’m not quite sure that I believe in New Year’s resolutions. It doesn’t really seem like they are ever maintained for any respectable amount of time. All the same, my New Year’s resolution this year is to get my butt back into the gym. Between work, classes and clinical, I didn’t really make it into the gym so much last fall. But every month my credit card bill comes and there’s that charge from Gold’s Gym. I got such a good deal when I signed up and if I cancelled my membership I certainly wouldn’t exercise more. I’m going to try starting out with committing to one day per week and then work upwards as my schedule allows.

3) According to the 2006 Cosmopolitan Bedside Astrologer, February 16 th, July 7 th, and October 1 st will be my hottest days of the year. Mark those days on your calendar and stay tuned! The online version will give you your horoscope for the current month, but you have to buy the current print issue to get the whole year. Check out my horoscope for January and follow the links to find out your own.

4) This past Friday was possibly one of the most ridiculous days I have worked at my job in the recent past. We only had five nurses for a patient load that ideally would have required about eight nurses. We did seven deliveries in our twelve hour shift, which is the amount we normally do in twenty-four hours. We did four c-sections, including a set of triplets. This number doesn’t even account for the other patients on the floor that didn’t actually deliver, but still required our care and attention. Also, once the babies are born they don’t go to the nursery like at other hospitals (unless they are preterm of course); they also become our patients who require care and attention. I hesitate to say it, but at moments during the day it was even a little unsafe by nursing staffing standards. Now I know there are those of you who don’t quite understand what it is that nurses do, but trust me, we are responsible for a HELL of a lot more than just emptying a few bedpans here and there. Obstetrics is one of the most litigious areas of medicine and I am thankful to say that we made it through the day without any major disasters. Thanks so much to my four colleagues who worked their butts off, barely sat down the whole day, and certainly didn’t get their prescribed 30 minute lunch break (try NO lunch break).

5) I was introduced to a new blog by one of my coworkers today: Duh & Nuh-uhh. Julie has a great writing style and I look forward to reading more of her posts.