A Day in my life - June edition

It's June!  Here's my monthly post on how I spent my day.
On Thursday's I don't have to start until 8am, so I get to sleep in until 6!  I started my day with my usual walk on the treadmill.  I walked for 30 minutes, then got ready for work and had breakfast.
At 7:40 I was on my way to work.

It was a beautiful morning, the sun was shining and it was cool, in the 50's.

Thursday is the day that our Doctor comes.  I spend the morning getting the charts ready for the people he is going to see.  On this day we had 3 new admissions, one person who was not feeling well and 7 routine visits.  I gather the latest vital signs, weights, blood sugars, any relevant labs... so he can review them.  I also talk to the therapy team to hear the latest on how those residents are doing.
This is also a day that I work on any other paperwork that needs to be done (upcoming doctor appointments outside of the facility, insurance paperwork, get labs ordered for the next week...)  We are still in the middle of our renovation so things are crazy as far as where we are working.  For the past few weeks the Dr and I have been working in a patient room in the new wing.  We have a table set up in it, I take my laptop to use and it works for now.

The reason we are working out of a resident room is because the office we were using is in this area - what a mess!  Everyone is crammed into little corners of the finished area to work.  They say we have at least a month before this area is done.

This is another section down that hall.  It used to be four rooms, now they have knocked down walls to make it a therapy area.  They will be putting in a bathroom with a tub, and also a kitchen area so people can work on rehabbing with those skills before returning home.

However, in the new section, people are really enjoying the new patio, now that it is getting warmer.


The Doctor came around 11:30 and we finished seeing people at about 4:30.  After he leaves, I need to print all the new medication and treatment orders and put them in the med and treatment books.  I call the family members to update them on their loved ones conditions and any new orders, update the nurses that are working on any new orders and send out a message to all the department heads and nurses, letting them know who was seen and any updates.

I left work about 6pm.

I took the back roads home and enjoyed the views of early summer.  I love seeing the fields with the plants growing in straight lines!

And maybe because I grew up on a farm, I always enjoy seeing cows!


I stopped at the store to get groceries, then at Subway to get a salad for supper.  (Bob almost always has a late day on Thursday, so I don't need to worry about supper for him)

I got home about 7:15 and put away the groceries. I also started a load of wash and then sat down and enjoyed my salad.
Bob got home about 8:30; we had a quiet evening and went to bed a little after 11.  It was a good day!