sweet...

i went back to work today after having 6 days off. it was, oddly, good to
be back. i loved having time off, but at the same time i like to fill my
days with something. when i am not working i am often overwhelmingly
tempted by "drama in the daytime" on tnt, and the gilmore girls on abc
family. i love that stuff.
anyhow, one of the aspects of working in my emergency department is that we
are often crazy busy. the smart, older doctors have mostly figured out that
if they hand us orders, call us their "favorite nurse" and tell us a little
about the patient it is far more likely that the medications will be given
sooner, the iv will be placed stat, and the labs sent right away. one of
our attendings has been there for more than 30 years, and i can never turn
him down. i don't know how anyone can--he just cares that much. anyhow, he
pretty much has me in the palm of his hand, and as long as i stay aware of
that i'm comfortable with it. tonight, i was going to call up to one of the
units and give report on the patient he had been working with all day. i
stopped him to ask him if it was ok to transport her without oxygen. before
i could ask, he stopped me with "i have been off since 8:00 pm and i'm still
here." basically, don't talk to me. then (i think he felt bad) he asked
what my question was. realizing it was something simple, he fell over
himself for the next 10 minutes apologizing, telling me that i help him a
lot, and i can always ask him things like that, and making sure that i knew
that he didn't mean i shouldn't ask him things. it was actually really
sweet. i've known for a while that some doctors have me wrapped around
their little fingers, but it's nice to get a little recognition back and an
effort on their part to make my life a easier.
on that note i am sufficiently wound down, and i am going to go to sleep so
i can get up and go to work tomorrow.