That title is probably too long. Accurate, but long.
So I had my second weekend staffing the satellite pharmacy and I can honestly say that I think it went much better. The census is a little different because some areas got switched around so I think I was a little less busy. I also was very careful with the kinetics book and hopefully I did everything up to the level of a true pharmacy superhero :-) Because let's be honest, what fun is it to be anything less than superheroic.
The only really bad thing about this weekend is that today my allergies decided to try their best to destroy me physically, mentally, and emotionally. Now, you might think that allergies are 1. not sentient beings and not capable of such malice and/or 2. not of themselves capable of destroying a person mentally or emotionally but that my friends is where we have been mislead. Now, I cannot be certain that allergies are capable of thought and consciousness as I have never spoken to an allergy and received a response however, I do know that when one spends >75% of her day either sneezing or blowing her nose into terrible tissue paper hospital kleenex she will leave feeling utterly defeated on all aforementioned levels. She will be driven to nearly run from her workplace promptly at 2:30 and drive directly home where she will eat a bowl of chocolate frosted mini wheats and watch a Grey's Anatomy re-run for her emotional well being, take 50mg of diphenhydramine, 30mg of pseudoephedrine, and 800mg of ibuprofen for her physical well being, and take a nap for her mental well being. Such activities will cease when her boyfriend returns from his job several hours later and she will wake up feeling groggy and still congested but ready to fight through the evening re-dosing her meds frequently and supplementing her frosted mini wheats with a stuffed crust pizza. If you don't believe me I understand but please store this information away somewhere just in case you ever find yourself on the wrong side of an allergy.
In other news:
Tomorrow I am going to a city wide patient safety meeting so that should be interesting. Then I am going to start helping my hospital in their transition from one type of med cabinet to another... The ICUs are supposed to go live with the new cabinets soon and I am available so I am going to do whatever I can to help with the set up etc... That is basically what I'll be doing through Wednesday along with finishing my IRB submission for my year long project. Then on Thursday and Friday I am going to a teaching certificate program so that should be interesting.
And that is the last week of my first residency rotation. So far I have completed a monograph, written preliminary criteria for use for duloxetine, helped precept students, looked up about 30 ADRs, did the background research, come up with methods, and formulated my objectives for my year long project (MRSA in Burn Patients), researched and began creating a presentation for my grand rounds topic (malignant hyperthermia), registered for midyear, done a journal club, and generally exuded awesomeness :-) I still feel like I have a lot to do on my longitudinal projects but I also feel like I got a lot done with the time I had.
Next I go on to my Burn rotation and I have to say I am pretty excited about it. I'm hoping that I can remember some things from when I was a student on rotation... granted I only spent a week there but still, you'd hope I could remember something. Anyway, I am excited to get into a patient care rotation. I know it will mean longer hours at the hospital but B will be away this month during the week anyway so I won't be quite as motivated to get home early. That is about the only positive that comes from him being gone on rotations a lot this year.
Well, I think that is all for tonight. Hopefully I can finish off my battle with the evil allergy monster while I sleep tonight so I don't have to be the sneezy resident tomorrow. Wish me luck on days 8-12 of 12... looking forward to the weekend!
goodnight
solid attempt! i lol'd
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