do.”
“Let me get my things put away and I’ll meet you in there.”
I walked past the nurse’s station and said hello to Candace. She tried to act like she didn’t hear me but the way she crinkled her nose told me she was just choosing to ignore me. That was fine. I didn’t really want to talk to her fake ass anyway.
The assistants that were working that morning were all smiling and friendly. For the first time in a while, I had a pretty good staff who seemed like they wanted to be there. At least half of them were going to school to become an RN so the experience was valuable to them. I put my lunch in the fridge, poured myself a cup of coffee and made my way back to Maggie’s office.
“So you really don’t know what happened?” I asked as I took a seat.
“Yeah. It seems like I’m out of the loop about something.”
“You weren’t here Thursday, which is probably why things went down the way they did. You remember when I had to have a meeting with Angie on Wednesday?”
“Of course.”
“Well, when I got here on Thursday, she pulled me into her office and laid into me. She told me that she didn’t think I took our initial meeting seriously so she suspended me for two days without pay.”
“What? Why would she do that? You’re the best RN we have. Why would she trust Candace to handle all of the duties when she won’t even do the duties that she has when you’re here?”
“I have no clue. At first, I was really upset about it. I ran to my boyfriend’s place and bawled my eyes out until he told me not to let them bother me. After that, I treated my days off like a mini vacation.”
“Good for you. This boyfriend you’re talking about wouldn’t happen to be the brother that started all this stuff would it?”
“Of course not,” I said with a wink.
“Oh boy,” she said . smiling as she shook her head. “I’m almost done with this paperwork. Do you need any help making your rounds?”
“Sure. I’ll never say no to an extra hand. Lord knows I won’t get it from anyone else around here.”
“Okay, I’ll meet you out there in a few.”
I went back to the nurse’s station and Candace wasn’t anywhere to be found. It was a rare occurrence to find her anywhere but in front of her computer, especially when I was on duty.
I couldn’t worry about her. It was time to do the med rounds. Much to my surprise, Candace was coming out of the medicine room as I approached the door. She had no reason to be in there, especially since I had all the charts.
“Are you doing med rounds today?” I asked, already knowing the answer.
“No, I left something in there when I was doing meds yesterday.”
Her explanation was plausible enough so I left it at that. Still determined to have a good day, I got all the medicine together and made my way to give them to those who needed it. I expected to be joined by Maggie but she never came out of her office. I didn’t think anything of it. It wasn’t uncommon for her to get busy out of nowhere.
By the time I was done passing out the medication, it was almost time for lunch. I decided to go around and help the nurse’s assistants get the residents ready to go to lunch. That’s always one of the hardest jobs of the day and it seems like they’re always on a race against time to get everyone ready. I scrambled right along with them to get the residents that needed wheelchairs all set up and ready to be pushed out to the cafeteria when lunch was ready.
Another thing that many of the assistant’s struggle to have time for is feeding the residents that can’t feed themselves. It’s another one of those things that I don’t mind helping with. Why should the residents have to wait to eat because we don’t have the manpower?
While I was feeding one of the last residents, Maggie came out and found me.
“Sorry if you thought I was ditching you. Got
“Let me get my things put away and I’ll meet you in there.”
I walked past the nurse’s station and said hello to Candace. She tried to act like she didn’t hear me but the way she crinkled her nose told me she was just choosing to ignore me. That was fine. I didn’t really want to talk to her fake ass anyway.
The assistants that were working that morning were all smiling and friendly. For the first time in a while, I had a pretty good staff who seemed like they wanted to be there. At least half of them were going to school to become an RN so the experience was valuable to them. I put my lunch in the fridge, poured myself a cup of coffee and made my way back to Maggie’s office.
“So you really don’t know what happened?” I asked as I took a seat.
“Yeah. It seems like I’m out of the loop about something.”
“You weren’t here Thursday, which is probably why things went down the way they did. You remember when I had to have a meeting with Angie on Wednesday?”
“Of course.”
“Well, when I got here on Thursday, she pulled me into her office and laid into me. She told me that she didn’t think I took our initial meeting seriously so she suspended me for two days without pay.”
“What? Why would she do that? You’re the best RN we have. Why would she trust Candace to handle all of the duties when she won’t even do the duties that she has when you’re here?”
“I have no clue. At first, I was really upset about it. I ran to my boyfriend’s place and bawled my eyes out until he told me not to let them bother me. After that, I treated my days off like a mini vacation.”
“Good for you. This boyfriend you’re talking about wouldn’t happen to be the brother that started all this stuff would it?”
“Of course not,” I said with a wink.
“Oh boy,” she said . smiling as she shook her head. “I’m almost done with this paperwork. Do you need any help making your rounds?”
“Sure. I’ll never say no to an extra hand. Lord knows I won’t get it from anyone else around here.”
“Okay, I’ll meet you out there in a few.”
I went back to the nurse’s station and Candace wasn’t anywhere to be found. It was a rare occurrence to find her anywhere but in front of her computer, especially when I was on duty.
I couldn’t worry about her. It was time to do the med rounds. Much to my surprise, Candace was coming out of the medicine room as I approached the door. She had no reason to be in there, especially since I had all the charts.
“Are you doing med rounds today?” I asked, already knowing the answer.
“No, I left something in there when I was doing meds yesterday.”
Her explanation was plausible enough so I left it at that. Still determined to have a good day, I got all the medicine together and made my way to give them to those who needed it. I expected to be joined by Maggie but she never came out of her office. I didn’t think anything of it. It wasn’t uncommon for her to get busy out of nowhere.
By the time I was done passing out the medication, it was almost time for lunch. I decided to go around and help the nurse’s assistants get the residents ready to go to lunch. That’s always one of the hardest jobs of the day and it seems like they’re always on a race against time to get everyone ready. I scrambled right along with them to get the residents that needed wheelchairs all set up and ready to be pushed out to the cafeteria when lunch was ready.
Another thing that many of the assistant’s struggle to have time for is feeding the residents that can’t feed themselves. It’s another one of those things that I don’t mind helping with. Why should the residents have to wait to eat because we don’t have the manpower?
While I was feeding one of the last residents, Maggie came out and found me.
“Sorry if you thought I was ditching you. Got
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