When God closes a door he opens a window.
We've all heard it, and it is for sure easier to say than it is to hear. I'm sure we've all said it to someone in one way or another. Why does it seem to change meaning when we are the one hearing it? Right now in my life I am having issues at work with my job and there are other emotional burdens I am having to carry.
I have really begun to like my job. I didn't know how I would feel about the clinical part of the medical field, but once I learned more about my expectations and had support at work to learn, I've really begun to enjoy it. I've always been one that loved school. I loved learning and I loved being able to prove myself wrong when I did good on a test or exam that was impossible. Everyday at work I learn more. If anyone wants to know the path the blood takes through the heart or the electrical path that our heart shoots to cause an EKG and the problems that might happen, I'd be happy to share :) This is not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but it is in the right direction. For now I am trying to take in the opportunity that I probably would not have been able to get had I not known the right people.
On Thursday I found out that the guy who does my job at Baptist East has filed an formal complaint through the Union regarding my job. Baptist East has had a Union for a long time, and Mercy Health Partners has agreed to honor it and it's members till August 1. He feels now that his job is in jeopardy, he is obligated to mine. Sadly, upper level management agrees. At this time I do not have a Manager or a Director to fight for me, and my Team Leader is doing all she can. I have some doctors on my "side" that are talking to anyone who will listen, but I don't know what good it is going to do. When I was offered and even when I started my job this guys job was NOT in jeopardy at all, but the new administration doesn't want to start a fight with the Union, so it sounds like they are going to give in. I haven't given up completely, but I am trying to see the reality in the situation.
There will be other jobs, there will be other opportunities, but I expected Baptist to have more loyalty to me. I've worked for them for 5 years and have given them no reason to question my work ethic or my loyalty to the company.
With this and other problems I am going through, I am getting VERY stuffy in the room I am in. I've seen the door shutting, and I am dying for a window...
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Advice Worth Sharing
I know I have been absent for a little bit....but I am now a working woman again. Working with the public again helps me to see how much chatting with strangers can be fun and you get the best stories. You also have to take the good with the bad, so I'm sure I'll have more horror stories than good ones, but thankfully this one is good.
I am working in the same department I was working in before we moved for a little bit, but a very different job. I am now considered clinical and I am working with the patients hands-on. This gives them plenty of more time to chit chat when they are nervous. I've found that sweet, little ladies are the chatters, and they ALL chat because they are nervous.
A few days ago an 87 year old came in for an Adenosine Stress Test and that allows for a good 30 minutes of set-up, test, and take down chatting time. She was very nervous and thankfully the Cardiologist that day was nice and chatted with her. He knew that keeping her talking would distract her on how yucky she was probably feeling. She talked about her 90 year old husband and how he was WW II vet. She also talked of her children and grandchildren and it was amazing how "with it" she was. She said her and her husband had recently celebrated there 70th wedding anniversary. SEVENTY YEARS!! While talking about her husband she had a sweet grin on her face the whole time. She told us how proud she was of him that he could still drive, go to the store, and take care of them. Couples like this give me hope for the future. In a world filled with divorce, separation, and families without marriage, it is reassuring to see that people can still make it work.
We asked her what the secret was. How did she stay married and happy for so long? She smiled really big and gave a little giggle. She then told us that we need to "Always stay in control and keep control in the marriage, but always let him THINK he is in control."
How true...how true...
I am working in the same department I was working in before we moved for a little bit, but a very different job. I am now considered clinical and I am working with the patients hands-on. This gives them plenty of more time to chit chat when they are nervous. I've found that sweet, little ladies are the chatters, and they ALL chat because they are nervous.
A few days ago an 87 year old came in for an Adenosine Stress Test and that allows for a good 30 minutes of set-up, test, and take down chatting time. She was very nervous and thankfully the Cardiologist that day was nice and chatted with her. He knew that keeping her talking would distract her on how yucky she was probably feeling. She talked about her 90 year old husband and how he was WW II vet. She also talked of her children and grandchildren and it was amazing how "with it" she was. She said her and her husband had recently celebrated there 70th wedding anniversary. SEVENTY YEARS!! While talking about her husband she had a sweet grin on her face the whole time. She told us how proud she was of him that he could still drive, go to the store, and take care of them. Couples like this give me hope for the future. In a world filled with divorce, separation, and families without marriage, it is reassuring to see that people can still make it work.
We asked her what the secret was. How did she stay married and happy for so long? She smiled really big and gave a little giggle. She then told us that we need to "Always stay in control and keep control in the marriage, but always let him THINK he is in control."
How true...how true...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
