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What a day this has been. I was assigned half of the patients in my unit. That meant that I had to take care of two whole patients, with only the help of an aide, secretary and charge nurse. On top of that, because it's a holiday, I got paid two and a half times my regular pay. Actually, that was the good part.
The bad part was that the charge nurse was bored out of her mind and kept trying to strike up a conversation with me. Couldn't she see that I was sitting in my favorite corner by myself trying to write? (I was blogging. What could possibly be more important than that?)
Why is it that people seem to think that if you're writing (or reading) that you are not doing anything important and therefore, it is okay to interrupt you?
Written by Melissa on 12:17 AM
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You write at work? Do you use a computer, or (gasp) pen and paper?
I had been wondering if you sat down at home and thought, "What should I blog about?" or if you kept notes during the day. :)
At work, I use pen and paper. I don't want to risk leaving my site on the screen for long.
As the shift progresses, I keep notes. When there's time, I start composing, on paper. By the time, I get home, it's just a matter of deciding which stories I'll use and typing them. I usually have several left-overs that I can save for another time.
dk seems to spend a lot of time wondering what you are doing...hmm:)
Melissa I worked in the hospital for long enough and I can count on one hand the nights I had time to sit down and write at work, and I would have some fingers left over. Your floor really sounds like it's feast or famine around there!
It's normally feast or famine. If we're short-staffed one day, they'll usually make us over-staffed the next day. It's back and forth. I wish that I could work only on the over-staffed days. :)
If the night is really bad, all of the composing is done in my head on the drive home.
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