Well, my days of being “in-between” jobs are over. I am now an official employee of The Urgency Room…got my badge and everything! Today was spent at the corporate office doing all the fun HR stuff and getting logged in to a million different software programs. The only one that is familiar to me is Outlook….so…yeah…checking my email…I can do that!
Other than getting logged into programs we talked a little bit about the different tiers of patients…emergent, urgent, appointments. Part of my job will be triaging…determining which patients need to be seen immediately because they may be having a heart attack or stroke…which need to be seen soon, but are not emergent…broken bones, lacerations, that sort of thing…and which need to make appointments for more illness-ish things…sore throat, cough, etc. The manager I was working with today asked me after we had been talking about that if I was worried or nervous about that part of the job. I honestly said, “Well, yeah. It’s kind of a big deal”. I’m glad that I am “in training” until mid January!
Tomorrow I have my first day at The Urgency Room. I am excited to meet some of my coworkers and actually see how everything works so I can wrap my head around all the information!
And look! My thanksgiving cactus is blossoming!
Love, Tennis, and Cancer 