Well all you loyal readers I know you have probably been dying to know what I've been up to...
I've been work work workin and let me just tell you that I do love this travel nursing deal and I have no regrets doing what I'm doing...buuuut sometimes I feel like this hospital is just bananas!
Let me first say that the people at the hospital are freakin awesome. Super nice and extremely helpful. They have really welcomed us and showed us the rope and let us ask tons of questions. It's also nice that California has these staffing laws in place. There are never any crazy unsafe assignments and people are almost always available to help when you need it. They have these things called a buffer nurse who's sole job is to help with admissions, get people out on breaks, help you with patient care, etc, etc. Children's in Columbus was also starting to implement this but sometimes we just didn't have the staff available to make it happen! Let me tell you it makes a huge difference!
With all that being said I still don't know that I could see myself ever staying at this hospital. I just don't understand how they get by doing some of the things they do and not having some of the standards of practice that Columbus has...even just for simple things like trach and g-tube care. It just baffles me. I can't be that girl that goes around comparing LPCH to Columbus Chilren's so I just bite my tongue and do things the way they want me to, but a big part of me cannot wait to get back to Columbus to my unit and they way I like things.
We are however looking into jobs for January and right now are hoping for something in Ft. Myers Florida! We will see what happens!
Enough rambling though...I got some teevee to catch up on after my weekend in Vegas!
An update on that will come tomorrow!
For now..peace out kids!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Fill In The Blank Friday...again already?!?!
Holy crap I haven't posted on this thing in a week!?! It feels like just yesterday I answered some Friday questions! Here we go again!
1. Blogging is a fun way to keep track of people and see a peek into other people's worlds...my mama likes to read mine to see what I'm up to on my adventures...
2. A current fashion trend I wish I was brave enough to wear is maybe sweater dresses with leggings and boots?? Or is that so last fall??? Regardless it seems so comfy and fall like and my body just doesn't agree with it...
3. My greatest accomplishment in life thus far is thus far I think it would be going back to school for nursing and jumping out of my comfort zone into the world of travel nursing...nothing super fantastic but it's an accomplishment for me nonetheless!
4. If I had to choose between a mountain or a beach vacation I'd choose right now I'd say mountain...I still think about going back to Salt Lake City after driving through it and not getting to stop...it looks amazing!
5. A talent I wish I had is running...I want so badly to be good at it and like it and wake up on crisp fall mornings and go out for a long run before my day starts...ok maybe just do that last part like once but I really would like to be a good runner...or more athletic in general
6. A talent I do have is man I dunno...it's almost 3am and I can't think of a single talent I have...wow...well I can sing really well when I'm in the car or shower! Does that count?!?!
7. This week is is almost over and will end with a trip to San Fran to visit the OSU bar...and thanks goodness it's almost over cuz I'm Vegas bound next weekend!! WOOOO!!!
1. Blogging is a fun way to keep track of people and see a peek into other people's worlds...my mama likes to read mine to see what I'm up to on my adventures...
2. A current fashion trend I wish I was brave enough to wear is maybe sweater dresses with leggings and boots?? Or is that so last fall??? Regardless it seems so comfy and fall like and my body just doesn't agree with it...
3. My greatest accomplishment in life thus far is thus far I think it would be going back to school for nursing and jumping out of my comfort zone into the world of travel nursing...nothing super fantastic but it's an accomplishment for me nonetheless!
4. If I had to choose between a mountain or a beach vacation I'd choose right now I'd say mountain...I still think about going back to Salt Lake City after driving through it and not getting to stop...it looks amazing!
5. A talent I wish I had is running...I want so badly to be good at it and like it and wake up on crisp fall mornings and go out for a long run before my day starts...ok maybe just do that last part like once but I really would like to be a good runner...or more athletic in general
6. A talent I do have is man I dunno...it's almost 3am and I can't think of a single talent I have...wow...well I can sing really well when I'm in the car or shower! Does that count?!?!
7. This week is is almost over and will end with a trip to San Fran to visit the OSU bar...and thanks goodness it's almost over cuz I'm Vegas bound next weekend!! WOOOO!!!
Friday, October 8, 2010
Fill In The Blank Friday!!
1. The first thing I do in the morning to start my day is welll I'm a night shifter so my days don't normally start in the morning...I usually get up and sit around and eat and stuff before I actually get ready for work...
2. Today I wish I was going on another Cali adventure but it's my first weekend to work here :(
3. If I had an extra $100 in my bank account today I'd transfer it to my savings account...I need to build that back up after my road trip!
4. Tomorrow I get to sleep all day and go back to work tomorrow night!
5. Two things that don't go together are warm weather and the Fall...This California Fall is weirding me out!
6. Something I can never pass up at the grocery store is the frozen food aisles...I'm a sucker for frozen pizza...hence the reason I weigh what I do!
7. The last time I tried something new was almost a month ago when I decided to drive across the country and become a travel nurse! Craziest thing I've done!
2. Today I wish I was going on another Cali adventure but it's my first weekend to work here :(
3. If I had an extra $100 in my bank account today I'd transfer it to my savings account...I need to build that back up after my road trip!
4. Tomorrow I get to sleep all day and go back to work tomorrow night!
5. Two things that don't go together are warm weather and the Fall...This California Fall is weirding me out!
6. Something I can never pass up at the grocery store is the frozen food aisles...I'm a sucker for frozen pizza...hence the reason I weigh what I do!
7. The last time I tried something new was almost a month ago when I decided to drive across the country and become a travel nurse! Craziest thing I've done!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Big Basin Redwood National Park
Another adventure on our 6 nights off was heading up to the Big Basin Redwood National Park. It was a crazy winding road up to the top of the park complete with random mailboxes hanging out for who knows who to use...
We got to the park headquarters and picked a trail that was supposed to be an "easy" 4 mile round trip to a waterfall...And so the adventure begins...
We stopped quickly for a couple photo ops of just how ginormous these tress were!
Then it was off to more hiking and huge tree seeing...
When we made it to the waterfall it definitely was not as cool as we thought it would be...
We headed back the way we came to park headquarters and decided to go ahead and checked out the half mile redwood trail and check out some landmarks of the park...
Like this circle of trees...it was made by a huge "mama" tree that ended up dying and leaving behind these "younger" trees that sprouted up from the roots of the old tree....they remain in a circle around the spot where the big tree used to be...
Another cool tree was the Chimney tree...it was completely hollowed out by fire and only the outer rings remain. You can stand under it and see right up to the sky!
The last really interesting tree was the "Father of the Forest"...Super tall tree...with quite a phallic growth coming out of the front of it...do you agree???
Exhausted and driving out of the park we were still able to stop and take one last pic of the amazing scenery in Northern Cali...
So far I am just loving living here!!
You can also check out more pics of this adventure on facebook...
Nite kids!
We got to the park headquarters and picked a trail that was supposed to be an "easy" 4 mile round trip to a waterfall...And so the adventure begins...
We stopped quickly for a couple photo ops of just how ginormous these tress were!
Then it was off to more hiking and huge tree seeing...
When we made it to the waterfall it definitely was not as cool as we thought it would be...
We headed back the way we came to park headquarters and decided to go ahead and checked out the half mile redwood trail and check out some landmarks of the park...
Like this circle of trees...it was made by a huge "mama" tree that ended up dying and leaving behind these "younger" trees that sprouted up from the roots of the old tree....they remain in a circle around the spot where the big tree used to be...
Another cool tree was the Chimney tree...it was completely hollowed out by fire and only the outer rings remain. You can stand under it and see right up to the sky!
The last really interesting tree was the "Father of the Forest"...Super tall tree...with quite a phallic growth coming out of the front of it...do you agree???
Exhausted and driving out of the park we were still able to stop and take one last pic of the amazing scenery in Northern Cali...
So far I am just loving living here!!
You can also check out more pics of this adventure on facebook...
Nite kids!
Monterey Bay Aquarium and Carmel
So let's face it...for the next couple months this blog will pretty much be about my adventures in Cali...
Erin and I are in the middle of a 6 night stretch off work and have planned a couple short adventures...the first of which was to visit the Monterey Bay aquarium and take a peek at the city of Carmel...
Monterey is an adorable city...
The aquarium was pretty cool...not as completely awesome as it was cracked up to be but awesome nonetheless...here are some of my faves...
The octopus that hung out in the corner the whole time we watched it...
The adorable sea otter lounging in the water
The awesome jellyfish!!
Dori!!
Penguins and Sea Turtles!
And a beautiful sunset in Carmel!
We saw lots of other animals at the aquarium too and can't wait to go back to Carmel during the day to see the adorable town!
Of course you can all (and by all I mean the 3 of you that read this) check out the rest of my pics on facebook!
Peace out kids!
Erin and I are in the middle of a 6 night stretch off work and have planned a couple short adventures...the first of which was to visit the Monterey Bay aquarium and take a peek at the city of Carmel...
Monterey is an adorable city...
The aquarium was pretty cool...not as completely awesome as it was cracked up to be but awesome nonetheless...here are some of my faves...
The octopus that hung out in the corner the whole time we watched it...
The adorable sea otter lounging in the water
The awesome jellyfish!!
Dori!!
Penguins and Sea Turtles!
And a beautiful sunset in Carmel!
We saw lots of other animals at the aquarium too and can't wait to go back to Carmel during the day to see the adorable town!
Of course you can all (and by all I mean the 3 of you that read this) check out the rest of my pics on facebook!
Peace out kids!
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