This week, I am thankful:
that I didn’t catch Covid from my patient
I took care of a patient one day, and all was well. But the next day, the patient developed a cough and a low-grade fever.
I messaged the doctor to ask for a respiratory panel order, and I sent the swab down. In a half hour, the lab called me and I was like…uh-oh. It’s not usually good news when the lab calls!
Sure enough, the patient had Covid.
Obviously, we put droplet precautions in place immediately, but they were not in place the day before.
But, it’s been over a week and a half since I said goodbye to that patient, and I didn’t get sick. Yay immune system!
that the oak flowers are falling
I’m not particularly allergic to oak pollen, but I do dislike the yellow dust that covers everything this time of year.
But, they’re starting to fall this week, which means after a good rainstorm, the world will stop being a dusty yellow.
And I can wash my car!
that I successfully killed the yellow jacket in my laundry room
You may remember that I have pretty bad reactions to yellow jacket stings…like, I have to go get on steroids (which means I can’t sleep), my limb swells up, and I want to itch my skin off for a good week.
Zoe found one crawling on the laundry room wall, and I couldn’t get it with the swatter. I’d heard hairspray freezes their wings, though, so I did that, and he fell to the floor. I assumed he’d crawl under the washing machine and die, but nope, Zoe and I turned around, and there he was, crawling out from underneath.
We both screamed. Ha.
And then I did get him with the fly swatter. Whew.
It would have been funny to have a video of us both screaming, though. 😉
I HATE yellow jackets. Hate, hate, hate. Every time I get stung, I know I have at least a week of suffering in front of me, so I will cheerfully kill any that come into my house.
that my current class is halfway done
Week four actually ends on Sunday, but I submitted my work for this week, so I’m officially at the halfway mark.
Once this one is done, I’ll have knocked out four classes. Yay me! I’m getting through it.
(With lots of complaining, but still, I’m getting it done.)
that using the AIDET method is easy for me
My hospital, like many healthcare institutions, is implementing some AIDET training, which I attended this week.
AIDET stands for acknowledge, introduce, duration, explanation, and thanks.
Basically, you say hi, you introduce yourself, you say what you’re going to do, how long it will take, why you’re doing it, and you say thank you at the end.
This seems extremely common sense to me, and as a friendly, chatty person, I already do all of this without thinking.
So, this expectation is gonna be super easy to meet!
that my shoulder mobility is getting so much better
I’m now able to do some things at the gym that I could not do before, which is cheerful news.
I think I’m probably getting close to being able to graduate from PT, which will be great; that will be one less thing on my weekly schedule.
But of course, as a good PT patient, I will do my home exercises as directed.
that I haven’t had to do a night shift in a while
Every month when the work schedule is published, I hold my breath as I open it, hoping desperately that I will not be on nights.
And then I breathe a huge sigh of relief if it’s all day shifts. Ha.
My unit knows I prefer not to work nights, but I also know I will get put there if it’s necessary for staffing.
Which means every month is a nail-biting experience for me.
The schedule for May just came out, though, and I have zero night shifts. YAY!!!
What are you thankful for this week?
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