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Shocker!

Yesterday, layed the old bike down. Was raining, and Mike and I were rushing to make the ERC ride on time. Slipped on the paint and damn I knew better. So now I am minus a bunch of skin, pair of new bike shorts and now with a banged up knee just after the foot finally started feeling better. Jeff accused me of being sullen. Well, the impact is huge. I NEED to get running again, and knee swelling is not a great sign that the running program is getting back on track. If I were a recreational rider, I could set it aside as no big deal. Take a week off and get back out there. But there are about 55 training days left, then taper time. I really slept like crap. Look like I have a huge saddle bag on my thigh. So that has me not so happy.

The shocker came via the mail today. I passed the Nephrology Nursing Certification. Phoey, never knew you could get so many wrong and pass. They explain after the fact that they design it to get more than half wrong and still pass. The median score is 100, and mine (by some miracle) was 120. I was so sure I bombed that test. Never took a test I felt so poorly about. Just didn't know I was supposed to get so many wrong. So after reading the letter several times and then making my daughter read it to me, I'm pretty sure the opps we screwed up letter is on it's way!

So now I'm a CNN and actively looking for work other than what I am doing. It is one of those things where you are looking for changes so your license is better protected but that never seems to happen. I had an experience that made me examine this idea, and now I am looking to protect myself. I am irritated with management that nothing changes. I am not a slacker. 5 years of employment, have gotten the BSN, PALS, ACLS and now the CNN. I do a lot of committee work as well, and constantly precept when I work.

The crux here is they are looking for Magnet status. What a washed out, overrated, commercialized label this has become. Hire a consultant and they will show you the way. They want the status but they don't hear the nurses when they are telling them it isn't safe to work 36 hours. Why on-call is something different, I will never understand. I just know I don't want it to be me that kills someone when the hours have gotten to be too much. Our current contract negotiations are suggesting a ten-cent raise to compensate for this. What a joke. Really stears clear of the heart of that issue. Just look at what happened to the nurse at St. Mary's. They are magnet status, yet she was over 12 hrs when she killed that teen. Nice how they sent her packing right away, even before all the details were out about what happened. Exactly what would happen to any one of us in the same shoes. It could happen much easier than any of us would like to think.

Comments

Unknown said…
Congrats on the new creds.

and sorry to hear about the wipeout - OUCH! Did you hurt your new bike??
NursAdrn said…
My new bike is fine, since I was on the old one! That one, btw is fine also. Just trashed the brand new bar tape I put on it and scraped up the rear break lever!

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