I enjoyed
almost everything about my job. I liked looking after the patients, doing the
medication and conducting staff meetings. In fact I liked my entire job apart
from one thing and that was paper work, unfortunately it was inevitable.
Patient’s actions needed recording, observations and assessment’s where
constant and let’s face it… I was hopelessly behind. So reluctantly I had set
aside nearly my entire shift to do the backlog of my paperwork.
“You really
should take a break pumpkin, doing that to long with turn your brain to peanut
butter,” Jean smiled as I tapped my pen to the side of my temple trying to take
in reams and reams of information on the patients. It wasn’t that the patients
where boring, I enjoyed conversations and support times with them and their
stories where nearly all remarkable if not heart breaking but paper wasn’t something
to get into. It was all just lists of medication and diagnosis and possible
diagnosis. There was nothing passionate about a sheet of plain white A4.
“Arughhh!” I growled
to myself and jean as I came across another page about the pros and cons of
SSRI’S compared to SNRI’S and Trycyclic anti-depressants. “It wouldn’t be so
boring if I didn’t already know it all anyway. It also wouldn’t be so frustrating
if I didn’t know full well why Rebecca shouldn’t be on SSRI’s which is the
exact thing the doctor has prescribed again.”
“Rebecca and
SSRI’S, I’ll get the vomit bowls ready,” Jean smiled before rolling her eyes
and going back to typing alarmingly fast on one of the unit’s old wheezing laptops
that couldn’t keep up with her. “Seriously though Emmet, go and mingle with
people. I think Rebecca was looking for you a while ago anyway. You’re not
meant for all of this admin crap. Once I’m done here I will run for your pile
see if there is anything that I can do.”
“You know that
you are a complete star right Jean. I would marry you instantly if I wasn’t already
spoken for. I got to my feet and stretched out my bones to their full height before
wondering over to jean and placing my hands on her shoulders.” I am sure that
that this unit would pretty much just fall apart without you.”
“Stop
creeping Emmet. I already said I would do your paper work, now go before I change
my mind”
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