Was It Becuase of the Full Moon?

This entry is dedicated to work. I will not mention names of the residents and fellow co-workers do privacy issues. The Nurse will be called "Nurse", Residents will be called "So and So" (more then one residents are "So's and So's" and the other RCA is "Partner."

Last night started as any shift would. The difference is that this is not the shift that I normally work. This shift was the evening shift. 2:30 - 10:30. I walked to the nurses station, meet up with the day staff and received report. So and So did this, So and So did that and So's and So's are to be showered. So and so had received Adavan do to more then normal combative behavior. But what was really interesting about report that there were a lot of So's and So's that were unusually aggressive. So and So had hit So and So. So and So and another So and So had argued and needed to separated during lunch. A combination for a very interesting shift - and it was.

I found my partner. We agreed on the our sections. She got down stares and I got upstairs. I asked for tips and advice on who I should start first and who should I end with. And off we went. As the hours came and went nothing out of the norm happened. It was all straight for word work. It was after supper that things started to go nuts.

I had my 1/2 hour break and went back to my section. As soon as my foot entered my section I heard the nurse calling. "JM, JM I need your help. You will not believe what So and So just did. She flooded her room!" I run to the room and sure enough there was 3" of water on the floor. the room was flooded. So and So sat on her bed with a smile and said "I was wet." 'No kidding' I thought to my self. 50 towels later the room was dry. The Nurse and I just looked at each other and smiled. Our work was not done with So and So. So and So was wet and needed to be changed. This particular So and So does not liked to be touched. I have a formidable bruise on my arm after the ordeal

After the great flood things went to hell in a hand bag. One So and so refused to do anything. One So and So was in a very playful mood (and this was very strange for this So and So). We played catch with her pillow and danced in the hallway. As I went about my rounds and I found some of my So's and So's in various stages of undress (yes I did get them dressed for the night) And the call bell for my section went off not in ones, but in two's and threes.

It was not long before I had realized that the shift was almost over and I needed my last break. I went out side for fresh air and then I looked up in the night sky. It was a full moon! I smiled to my self and remembered what one of my teachers had said about the full Moon. "If a Full Moon can move our oceans and seas - just think about what the Moon can do to us as were are made of up mostly of water. Think about it, and if you were mentally declining....?" Point taken!!!

After my 15 minutes of quietness - I went back to work. I met my partner and she looked at me and smiled. When you were gone 3 calls went off at the same time in your section. We both smiled. What could we do.

My Interview went very well!!

Yesterday I had an interview with VIHA. (Vancouver Island Health Authority) and it went well. All have to do is hand in my last reference and I can start my orientation. YUPPIE!!!!!!

There is short story about how I got this interview and it only took six short weeks to get it. Two months ago I handed out 5 resumes. That's right, only 5. 3 resumes I e-mailed out and the other 2 I faxed. I got 3 invites for interviews. My very first interview as a Health care Assistant (We are no longer referred to as Resident Care Aide's) I was hired. My 2nd interview invite I turned down for personal reasons, but my 3rd interview invite I really, really, wanted. It was VIHA.

The Hiring Director and my self played phone tag for a week. And then she just stopped calling and so did I. I did not get my hopes up for working with VIHA, O.K, maybe just a little bit. O.K, maybe a lot. after all it is VIHA.

To make a short story even shorter, I eventually forgot about VIHA. And then out of the blue 2 weeks ago I got a message from the Hiring Director with VIHA. I was so excited. I dropped everything that I was doing. I Gave my kids chocolate to keep them quite so I could sit on the phone and go through one phone directory after another trying to locate this very, very important lady. After 10 minutes I found her. Oh she was so apologetic about not being able to meet with me and that it took so long for her to return my message. And then she said that she had to go and would call me back next week. Oh, my heart fell on the floor. I was stunned. I really didn't think that she would call me back. After all it had happened before. But she did call me back this time and we did sit up the interview and the interview did happen. And it went very well.

I am a little nervous about having two jobs. I will not be able to start work with VIHA until the end of October. My first job has booked me solid for the next 3 weeks. I don't mind, it is good for my wallet and I am getting the hours. But VIHA would be sooooooo much better for the my wallet. I would be making 6 dollars more then what I am getting now.