Train in vain. Miserable five &!/2 hours sitting (gods I hate sitting) in front of a screen while being walked through the new charting. Add in that I can't see their screen without my glasses, cannot see mine with, despite progressive lenses. A constant trial. Lots of gaps in the program, or not applicable in the OR.
This is a constant, OR charting came late and is not given any attention. It's very, very different from floor charting. No real overlap, actually. We do a lot of implants, for instance, and that part of the chart was still rudimentary. I just realized there is no place to chart x-ray, which is kinda important that we at least mention that the patient was exposed to some radiation. So, much of what we actually do, is given short shrift, if any shrift at all. Misapplication.
I wore a skirt, since I've been in trainings where jeans were an issue. Sadly, because it's lined, I kept sliding, although more comfortable generally. Leaving my lower back in a small agony. Icing it as I write. The other nurses were all going to go to lunch after, but all I wanted was to be home, asap if not sooner.
Another month before implementation, and I want to weep. Thing is, using it, I would figure it out in a day. The exceptional things, I'd forget no matter how much time I "practiced" it. Not to mention, most of those events were not completed. I believe most of this was not for us, but to probe the gaps.
Why are we changing this? Partly because of the health care rule changes. More data collection, research, which I can get behind. I just wish that side of it was more upfront. It's really less about teaching us a new charting software than about dealing with different regulations, and making sure everything works as needed.
Such is the way, though. Hide the real reasons under sugar coating and other blaming, to hide a real purpose that we could actually get behind. Like asking people to be cheerful about an annoyance, rather than admitting, yes, it's awful, but we'll get through it. Which most people understand, and will gird their loins and do the job.
Don't fucking ask me to be happy about this, and I'll do it with good cheer. Demand happiness amid misery, and I'm going to snarl.
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It is a parenting lesson, this. Give reasoning to the children and things go over significantly more easily.
Phil,
Reasoning with children, what are you, nuts? (ha)
Actually, I'm more convinced now that what we are doing is not training for staff, but beta testing for the software.
enforced cheerfulness is a real bastard.
Had to do Mandatory Partying in the army, which was about as much fun as it sounds.
Retirement is wonderful!
Mandatory partying? Jesus!!!!!!!!
RR,
Oh, sure, rub it in
My cheeks are still sore from all of my fake smiling happiness at being forced to spend a Saturday... I could have been gardening or dreaming about gardening!
I iced my back for a good hour after I got home. And one Sunday does not a weekend make. My utter sympathies, shared.
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