Don't forget the LMS goes to the DON if you're a PRN OS...
Medical professionals love their acronyms and my head is swimming with them because while many are consistently used in medical facilities, many are job-site specific, and made up on the whim of whatever department in which you find yourself.
The week has been moving a bit slowly and for the last two days I have been stuck in an auditorium for hours next to a nail biter...no, make that a nail binger. Now, I know this is one of those things some people really struggle with, but this fact makes it no less appealing. The one thing this gal has going for her is being able to completely comply with the no finger nails longer than a 1/4" policy. No problem, done.
Today was computer training and gone are the days of paper charts only. No, no, now we have paper charts AND convoluted electronic medical record programs. They are so incredibly detailed and layered they can put some of the Robot's Photoshop applications to shame. My brain is fried and I haven't even really begun to learn my job yet.
I get to go to the Cancer Center tomorrow for the first time since being hired and I am so excited about finally getting to meet my co-workers and see my work space. So far everyone I've encountered loves working for KU and the campus grows annually and improves regularly, all great things for an organization to do. Not to mention, they provide excellent health care. University hospitals tend to have negative reputations and KU certainly had its' time in the Crappy Hospital spotlight. However, in the last 10 years huge strides have been made and in the last year KU has earned a number of national awards in excellence. Many former employees have returned to find themselves pleasantly surprised with the changes and growth. Of course, as with any organization, there are complaints and with KU it's the massive size of the campus and the lack of parking available to employees.
That four minute commute I was so excited to have is now at least 20 minutes because I have to park a mile beyond the cancer center in a designated lot and catch a shuttle which will take me the direction from which I came back to the cancer center. I actually pass my job on my way to my job! I am hoping to ride my bike and walk on our gorgeous Spring and Summer days and am determined to make the most out of the whole experience. I figure not getting to park within 2 feet of my desired entrance only means a patient will have the opportunity to instead.
A few people I have met along the way have found my seemingly ill-related interests amusing. So you work at the cancer center, have a background in death and dying, teach art part time and you're working on an Art History degree? After three days of trying to explain myself I have decided it's best to discontinue my futile attempts at rationalizing my choices, other than I needed a job to work with my school schedule. But deep down I really feel like my plan is coming to fruition.
The week has been moving a bit slowly and for the last two days I have been stuck in an auditorium for hours next to a nail biter...no, make that a nail binger. Now, I know this is one of those things some people really struggle with, but this fact makes it no less appealing. The one thing this gal has going for her is being able to completely comply with the no finger nails longer than a 1/4" policy. No problem, done.
Today was computer training and gone are the days of paper charts only. No, no, now we have paper charts AND convoluted electronic medical record programs. They are so incredibly detailed and layered they can put some of the Robot's Photoshop applications to shame. My brain is fried and I haven't even really begun to learn my job yet.
I get to go to the Cancer Center tomorrow for the first time since being hired and I am so excited about finally getting to meet my co-workers and see my work space. So far everyone I've encountered loves working for KU and the campus grows annually and improves regularly, all great things for an organization to do. Not to mention, they provide excellent health care. University hospitals tend to have negative reputations and KU certainly had its' time in the Crappy Hospital spotlight. However, in the last 10 years huge strides have been made and in the last year KU has earned a number of national awards in excellence. Many former employees have returned to find themselves pleasantly surprised with the changes and growth. Of course, as with any organization, there are complaints and with KU it's the massive size of the campus and the lack of parking available to employees.
That four minute commute I was so excited to have is now at least 20 minutes because I have to park a mile beyond the cancer center in a designated lot and catch a shuttle which will take me the direction from which I came back to the cancer center. I actually pass my job on my way to my job! I am hoping to ride my bike and walk on our gorgeous Spring and Summer days and am determined to make the most out of the whole experience. I figure not getting to park within 2 feet of my desired entrance only means a patient will have the opportunity to instead.
A few people I have met along the way have found my seemingly ill-related interests amusing. So you work at the cancer center, have a background in death and dying, teach art part time and you're working on an Art History degree? After three days of trying to explain myself I have decided it's best to discontinue my futile attempts at rationalizing my choices, other than I needed a job to work with my school schedule. But deep down I really feel like my plan is coming to fruition.
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