Unbelievable

Whew!!! It has been a long and busy past few nights. Have worked several nights and all I can say is I am so glad they are over. Off tonight and I so need it. I feel like my body has been run over by a Mack truck, a Semi trailer, a Tank, or something similar. Or maybe someone came in while I was sleeping and used my body as a punching bag. All I know is I am stiff, sore, aching, and really had a lot of problems getting out of bed and getting my bones/joints to moving. Think I need some WD40. ha ha.

Sometimes work can be either Feast or Famine. Census can be booming or so low that a unit might be closed. I don't really know about last night. I don't know if census was booming, but I do know that it was busy. There were still beds available so I know our unit was not full. However, busy, busy, busy, busy little beavers we were and we weren't getting the job done. We were plugging along and doing the best we could but... We needed reinforcements. We needed help. We needed someone to send in the calvary.

Have you ever worked for someone who would let you drown? If you called and told them you needed help, they just didn't have any solutions? would not offer to even come in to help for a short time? would not try to find you any help?
Now I can see it if you are constantly calling for help. If you can never seem to get through a shift without "drowning" yourself. If you are always behind. Hey, if this is happening then you may need some time management classes. However, I am talking about those rare occasions when what needs done and what you are managing to do just are not balancing out on the scale - things are definitely not in your favor. Then what happens?

Last night was one of those cases. One of the solutions my manager/boss came up with was to come in and assist for a few hours. Wow!!! that is unheard of most of the time. In all my years of working (started working in nursing homes soon after graduating high school, then moved on to the hospital setting), anyway, I only remember two other times when a manager came in to assist. My manager came in, pitched in to get the work done and get us caught up, did not pick and choose her jobs but just did whatever needed done. I was very impressed. Just knowing that she would come in to help, well, those are the type of managers that I will tend to go the extra mile for if needed. What is the saying...something about....Don't ask me to do something that you would not do yourself. Well, she definitely was not that type of person. In my book, that makes her stand out above the rest.

I feel so blessed to have her as a leader, manager, boss! and I hope she continues in the position for quite some time to come. I feel that with her at the lead, caring about the staff and the unit, then maybe, just maybe we could make our unit the best again. We could really make it Rock!!!