Oh Mylanta

               Oh mylanta, it's a week! A lot has happened, since I last posted. Alright, "a lot," seems to be a bit of an exaggeration, but some things did happen, even though they weren't considerably big events. 

                     Last Saturday I hung out with my friend, Maram, and went to a buffet restaurant and stuffed our faces, and then caught up with each other and what's happening in our lives and whatnot. I would've loved to go to the city, but it was 95 degrees and if we had gone any farther, I think we would've suffered heatstrokes! Speaking of the city, I haven't been there in a month! I want to go there at least one more time before this summer vacation ends. I'd also like to go to different places instead of going to the same old areas. I'll definitely try to make some time to plan out where I want to go in the city.

                       I've officially started my floating night shift. I must say there's good and bad aspects to being in the float team and night shift, but I have yet to see if the good parts will outweigh the bad ones. I've done three days in a row of floating, and I've come to the conclusion that, a. there's going to be lazy nurses, that will come out of their way to walk a lap around the unit to look for their aide, just so they can avoid having to wipe ass and not get their precious white scrubs dirty, b. there'll be motherfucker aides who will try to be sneaky and hide in clean supply closets and patient rooms so that they don't have to do tend to the patients in their own assignments (s0metimes they don't even want to help you out), and c. I'm sort of having a challenging time making friends and being comfortable around people that I do not know. The good parts about floating in the night shift is that, it motivates you to get out there and leave your comfort zone, there's less noise and you don't have to be too overwhelmed since it's more slow-paced. Two more positive things about being on the float team is that 1. you don't get caught up in the drama and bullshit of a unit, and 2. half the time, people do not EXACTLY know your name. Hell, people have been calling me Stephanie instead of my actual name for several weeks now! Plus, my boss is so cool!

Oh Mylanta

               Oh mylanta, it's a week! A lot has happened, since I last posted. Alright, "a lot," seems to be a bit of an exaggeration, but some things did happen, even though they weren't considerably big events. 

                     Last Saturday I hung out with my friend, Maram, and went to a buffet restaurant and stuffed our faces, and then caught up with each other and what's happening in our lives and whatnot. I would've loved to go to the city, but it was 95 degrees and if we had gone any farther, I think we would've suffered heatstrokes! Speaking of the city, I haven't been there in a month! I want to go there at least one more time before this summer vacation ends. I'd also like to go to different places instead of going to the same old areas. I'll definitely try to make some time to plan out where I want to go in the city.

                       I've officially started my floating night shift. I must say there's good and bad aspects to being in the float team and night shift, but I have yet to see if the good parts will outweigh the bad ones. I've done three days in a row of floating, and I've come to the conclusion that, a. there's going to be lazy nurses, that will come out of their way to walk a lap around the unit to look for their aide, just so they can avoid having to wipe ass and not get their precious white scrubs dirty, b. there'll be motherfucker aides who will try to be sneaky and hide in clean supply closets and patient rooms so that they don't have to do tend to the patients in their own assignments (s0metimes they don't even want to help you out), and c. I'm sort of having a challenging time making friends and being comfortable around people that I do not know. The good parts about floating in the night shift is that, it motivates you to get out there and leave your comfort zone, there's less noise and you don't have to be too overwhelmed since it's more slow-paced. Two more positive things about being on the float team is that 1. you don't get caught up in the drama and bullshit of a unit, and 2. half the time, people do not EXACTLY know your name. Hell, people have been calling me Stephanie instead of my actual name for several weeks now! Plus, my boss is so cool!

What's new?

So it's been a month since I began my orientation on the float team and I only have 2 more days left. July is flying by rather fast! I must say that the orientation has been quite alright. Some units overwhelmed me a bit. The Clinical Effectiveness Unit is now my favorite one though!

Monday I start floating on my own for the night shift. Hopefully it goes well!