Western Hospital Footscray, 2C.
I feel a WHOLE LOT better about things now.
I guess I just needed to let it out.
So, the day after I wrote the last lj- I got my act together and applied at AKTRAPiD.
And yesterday, I had my interview... All the way in Taylors Lakes. With my UBER supportive parents =)
Now... I'm not just that AZN CHICK in that NURSING HOME,
I'm one of MANY AZN CHICKS in HOSPITALS !!! wooooooooo!
Can I hear you say YEAAAAAH.. *yeaaaah*
I'm really annoyed though, because I didn't do this sooner!
There are heaps of differences between my 2 Agencies.
` AKTRAPiD pays better hahaha.
` E.N.A only ever send me as a PCA instead of a RN2.
` AKTRAPiD sends us to HOSPITALS & NURSING HOMES.
` E.N.A only sends to nursing homes.
` AKTRAPiD have NORMAL hours expected of a nurse (7-3:30 || 1-9.30)
` E.N.A have long shifts (7hrs) & short shifts(4hrs), depending on the facility.
Dang, I just made AKTRAPiD look better than E.N.A! ......
So this is what it feels like to be a REAL nurse, in a HOSPiTAL?!
I just got home from an afternoon shift at Western Hospital Footscray.
Damn, I'm so UBER TIRED.
The ward I was in was 2C (neuro medical) and despite the fact that there was already TWO agency nurses there,
we were still DOWN one nurse!
Therefore, instead of the normal ratio of nurses&patients (1:4), it became 1:5. YAY!
Just what I needed on my FIRST DAY.
But, BEFORE I get into details-- let's start from the start.
5:25AM- I get a phone call asking me to work at Western from 7-3:30pm,
I of course said yes, went downstairs, told my 'rents, they were excited LOL.
I got ready, and just as I finished putting my brand spanking new uniform on...
6AM- "Sorry Kristine, your shift has been cancelled.. Would you like me to call you if there is another one available?"
ME: "YES."
Told my 'rents, my dad was abit more annoyed than I was ! lol
Went back to sleep.
7:15AM- They called again saying that they had a shift at SUNSHINE hospital but I had to get there pretty fast because obviously AM shift is 7-3:30.
I said no because I couldn't get there any time soon. DUHH... If I went, I wouldn't have gotten paid the full 8hrs!
So I went back to sleep AGAIN.
7:55AM- "Kristine, I have a shift for this afternoon, 1-9.30pm at Williamstown Hospital- Lower West Ward" ME: "YES."
Then I couldn't get back to sleep because I was excited-- It's my mom's ward and she was working this morning =).
8:30AM- "Kristine, your shift has now been moved to Western Hospital, 2C but it's still 1-9.30pm"
ME: " uhh.. okay, yep sure that's fine"
* This is the part where as soon as I put the phone down, I yell and tell myself that if they call again I'm going to shoot them! *
They didn't call back, thank God.
So in the span of 3hours, I was offred a shift at all THREE Western Health Hospitals and landed back at the same hospital that cancelled (though, it was a different ward).
But it wasn't all that bad. . . I guess.
I was pretty proud of myself =)
Did everything I could to help . . .
I transferred one of my patients to ward 3B (ortho),
I helped one of the nurses with their Neuro Obs for Admission x3,
I helped with a bladder scan,
I helped with an EchoCardioGraph...
Oh, and I helped insert an In Dwelling Catheter! (That was probably my highlight ;p)
It was all going smoothly and quiet until around 9pm when 3 admissions came in with only 30mins left of the bloody shift-- so all that paperwork had to be done,
PLUS the normal paperwork like the progress notes and obs had to be written down etc.
But I-- being SUPER ME! Am good at organising my time and finished at 9.30pm woot. =)
__________________
So I guess my verdict would have to be;
It's UBER different from a Nursing Home (where I am SOOOO in routine)
so it makes me UBER nervous..
But it's so much more FUN than a Nursing Home..
Call me crazy, but I like it BETTER when I'm BUSY- than when it's QUIET...
hahaha.. probably because time goes by faster!
Anyhooz..
I really should sleep, after my interrupted sleep last night/this morn-- I'm fckd.
I hope they call me for an AM shift at Williamstown tomz! LOL, I really want to work with my mom! hahahaha
You may now call me SUPERNURSE_CAMIE! =)
I guess I just needed to let it out.
So, the day after I wrote the last lj- I got my act together and applied at AKTRAPiD.
And yesterday, I had my interview... All the way in Taylors Lakes. With my UBER supportive parents =)
Now... I'm not just that AZN CHICK in that NURSING HOME,
I'm one of MANY AZN CHICKS in HOSPITALS !!! wooooooooo!
Can I hear you say YEAAAAAH.. *yeaaaah*
I'm really annoyed though, because I didn't do this sooner!
There are heaps of differences between my 2 Agencies.
` AKTRAPiD pays better hahaha.
` E.N.A only ever send me as a PCA instead of a RN2.
` AKTRAPiD sends us to HOSPITALS & NURSING HOMES.
` E.N.A only sends to nursing homes.
` AKTRAPiD have NORMAL hours expected of a nurse (7-3:30 || 1-9.30)
` E.N.A have long shifts (7hrs) & short shifts(4hrs), depending on the facility.
Dang, I just made AKTRAPiD look better than E.N.A! ......
So this is what it feels like to be a REAL nurse, in a HOSPiTAL?!
I just got home from an afternoon shift at Western Hospital Footscray.
Damn, I'm so UBER TIRED.
The ward I was in was 2C (neuro medical) and despite the fact that there was already TWO agency nurses there,
we were still DOWN one nurse!
Therefore, instead of the normal ratio of nurses&patients (1:4), it became 1:5. YAY!
Just what I needed on my FIRST DAY.
But, BEFORE I get into details-- let's start from the start.
5:25AM- I get a phone call asking me to work at Western from 7-3:30pm,
I of course said yes, went downstairs, told my 'rents, they were excited LOL.
I got ready, and just as I finished putting my brand spanking new uniform on...
6AM- "Sorry Kristine, your shift has been cancelled.. Would you like me to call you if there is another one available?"
ME: "YES."
Told my 'rents, my dad was abit more annoyed than I was ! lol
Went back to sleep.
7:15AM- They called again saying that they had a shift at SUNSHINE hospital but I had to get there pretty fast because obviously AM shift is 7-3:30.
I said no because I couldn't get there any time soon. DUHH... If I went, I wouldn't have gotten paid the full 8hrs!
So I went back to sleep AGAIN.
7:55AM- "Kristine, I have a shift for this afternoon, 1-9.30pm at Williamstown Hospital- Lower West Ward" ME: "YES."
Then I couldn't get back to sleep because I was excited-- It's my mom's ward and she was working this morning =).
8:30AM- "Kristine, your shift has now been moved to Western Hospital, 2C but it's still 1-9.30pm"
ME: " uhh.. okay, yep sure that's fine"
* This is the part where as soon as I put the phone down, I yell and tell myself that if they call again I'm going to shoot them! *
They didn't call back, thank God.
So in the span of 3hours, I was offred a shift at all THREE Western Health Hospitals and landed back at the same hospital that cancelled (though, it was a different ward).
But it wasn't all that bad. . . I guess.
I was pretty proud of myself =)
Did everything I could to help . . .
I transferred one of my patients to ward 3B (ortho),
I helped one of the nurses with their Neuro Obs for Admission x3,
I helped with a bladder scan,
I helped with an EchoCardioGraph...
Oh, and I helped insert an In Dwelling Catheter! (That was probably my highlight ;p)
It was all going smoothly and quiet until around 9pm when 3 admissions came in with only 30mins left of the bloody shift-- so all that paperwork had to be done,
PLUS the normal paperwork like the progress notes and obs had to be written down etc.
But I-- being SUPER ME! Am good at organising my time and finished at 9.30pm woot. =)
__________________
So I guess my verdict would have to be;
It's UBER different from a Nursing Home (where I am SOOOO in routine)
so it makes me UBER nervous..
But it's so much more FUN than a Nursing Home..
Call me crazy, but I like it BETTER when I'm BUSY- than when it's QUIET...
hahaha.. probably because time goes by faster!
Anyhooz..
I really should sleep, after my interrupted sleep last night/this morn-- I'm fckd.
I hope they call me for an AM shift at Williamstown tomz! LOL, I really want to work with my mom! hahahaha
You may now call me SUPERNURSE_CAMIE! =)