And, we’re off!

Well, we’re off to a roaring start, aren’t we? The truth is, I just haven’t worked much since I decided to start this, and even when I’ve been their, our census and acuity have been in the toilet. No work = no interesting patients. However, here’s some irony for you.

I usually work every other Tuesday. It’s a schedule that’s been in place for a couple of years now, and has been steady through different scheduling protocols and programs and so forth. This month, though, I got switched from one of my Tuesdays to a Monday for no apparent or admissible reason. This, of course, had the net effect of making one Tuesday short and one Monday overstaffed. As soon as I saw the schedule, I talked to the manager about it, who promptly sent an email to the scheduler, who promptly ignored/forgot about it. I followed up again a couple of weeks ago, with more concern, because the Mondays are spreading on my next schedule. Again, prompt email and prompt failure to communicate. So Monday rolls around and I call in. Childish? Maybe. But it was only partially in protest. Swear to God.

Then Tuesday comes and lo and behold, I get the midafternoon phone message, “Can you work tonight? We’re short.”

Short, huh? Check your email. I bet someone wants to work.

I promise, this should get more interesting as soon as our census pick up.