Day 2 of My Boring Life

This blogging is kind of fun. Have been thinking all day of what I would write. But being that my life is boring, there is not much to write.

I spent today teaching our non-licensed staff to pass medications in our group homes. I work with Adults who are DD (developmentally disabled) and most of which are physically disabled as well. This is truly the best job I have ever had! I had just shy of 14 years in a large hospital in St. Paul. Out of nursing school and into the hospital in a new grad program. Worked Med-Surg, Oncology, was a Nurse Clinician working with physicians who saw the patients admitted to the hospital from their large clinic and even did a stint as a nurse recruiter in HR.

My current job is great, the variety of working with the residents, training staff and also teaching is right up my alley. For the past 6 years I have learned to really know my residents. That is something not every nurse can say, especially when working in the hospital setting. I have learned who is prone to what problems and work to prevent hospitalizations and illness by training staff on what to look for and to report to me, as the consulting nurse. Sometimes the symptoms are as vague as refusing to eat a favorite food. What is really interesting is that it often comes down to a "gut" feeling that this resident is just not right. I love a good mystery novel and my residents often are a mystery to be puzzeled out, because they are not able to communicate in conventional ways. The patient interview is out the door with this group and a physical exam is not always helpful to determine pain. I am fortunate to work with a fantastic physician, and his support staff, who is the primary for 99% of our residents. We have built a relationship of trust and that makes things so much easier.

Well, on a more relaxed note, I just finished a book late last night...okay, early this morning. I love to read and really require fiction, mindless, don't have to think about it recreational reading, at the end of my day to relax and go to sleep. Sometimes I just can't put a book down. Anyway, just finished "Fearless Fourteen" a Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich. Yes, there are 13 previous books and I have read them all. Stephanie is a bounty hunter who has a crazy guntoting granny and gets into all sorts of situations that cause her policeman boyfriend to have a virtual heart attack. The writting is easy to read, and full of understated but wonderful humor that had me snorting with laughter. Hope you check it out.

My Boring Life Day 1

I often state that I live a very boring life. So now, as an assignment for my Masters Degree in Nursing, I am creating a blog. I will tell you all you want to know, more than you ever asked to know about my life. You can be the judge as to if it is boring or not!

I have spent the weekend sleeping, recovering from a sinus infection and catching up on the volumes of reading for my current class on "Instructional Technology". Interesting subject and I am learning much...mostly that I don't know as much as I thought about computers and technology.

I also spent time digging thru my papers for debts, paystubs, medical bills, etc. as I am filing for bankruptcy related to forclosure and loss of my house a year ago. Difficult and emotional, frustrating also in that I am not organized like I would like to be. I spend more time trying to find things than it would take me to just file right from the beginning. I would think that after moving in here 2 years ago on 10/1 that things would be ship shape. Not so! I am still downsizing 2 years later. I downsized considerably on moving from my house to an apartment but not enough apparrently. It is an ongoing battle to get rid of things that are not needed. Isn't there a saying that "She who dies with the most stuff wins". I just might win.