Charge Nurse

I'm convinced that no one reads my blog, since no one leaves me comments... except Erin, that is. Anyway, I am blogging about my night last night and my opportunity to be charge nurse at work. So, Monday I was off work. Spent the day with the girls doing laundry, etc. Work called in the afternoon and left a message that they were short a charge nurse on nights and could I come in and work a night shift and be charge nurse. I was excited at the chance to be in charge because I recently applied for one of the day shift charge positions and I was wondering to myself if that is really what I want to do, or if I could even do it. So, the night was really nice. In fact, it was DEAD in the ER. I think in 8 hours we only had 3 or 4 ambulances. I handled a little staffing issue, and helped the nurses as much as I could. I was relieved because after I agreed to work the shift and be in charge I was asking myself... what's the worst that could happen?... and then when I thought about it, there was a lot of really awful scenarios running through my head. Plus, I wasn't sure if I could stay awake till I got home at 8! All went well, I think (know) I can do a good job as charge, even if more challenging situations come up. I hope I get the opportunity to at least interview with the managers for the day shift charge postion. I didn't get to sleep much today with the girls being home, but it is almost their bed time and I will crash out, too!