A Day in my Life - August

I feel like I say this every month, but I can't believe another month has gone by!  I hate seeing summer go by so quickly, but that's what seems to be happening.
I had a very busy first day of the month.  It fell on Thursday which is my busiest day of the week.  So, here's how the day went.

 I left the house a little after 7.

 It was a beautiful morning!

This is the hall my office is in.  When I arrived, the only person there was the head of our PT department.
I went through the things left in my door mailbox, got my list of residents to see ready and went out on the floor.

 Here's our skilled nursing unit.  Most of the residents were still in bed, a nurse was passing meds and I came to gather charts for the residents our doctor would be seeing.

 Back in my office - the cart is filled with charts to which I had attached recent vitals, labs and notes on anything going on with them.
When I finished this, it was time to go to the morning meeting.  All managers come to it and we review all the notes and orders from the last 24 hours, plans for discharges and admissions, any issues.
After the meeting I worked on my infection control paperwork to close out the month on July.
At noon our Dr arrived.  He had 2 people to admit so started to go through those records.  He also had paperwork to sign, and 10 other people to see.

 It's his birthday next week, so the director of nursing and myself had a little gift for him - some cookies and a fun t-shirt.  He's a bird watcher and the t-shirt said "bird nerd".  He loved it.


He finished and left around 4:30.  I then had to write orders, print med sheets, chart on everyone he say and call family members to update them on the Dr visit.  Then I put all the charts away, told the nurses about any changes, and it was time for me to leave.

I left about 6:00.  My hall was dark as everyone else had left for the day.


I had several stops to make before going home.

 The first stop was a funeral home about 20 minutes from me.  One of our long term residents had passed away.  She was with us for about 5 years and I got to know her kids well.

After I left the funeral home, I went to my Dad's house to set his pills up for the next few weeks.  He knew I was coming and had left everything out, but was at a ball game.

 Here's the pills - all set for a little while.

 Then it was time for a stop at the store.  Our son and daughter-in-law were driving up from Kentucky and I wanted to pick up some fresh fruit and a few others things for their visit.

It was about 7:15 when I got out of the store, so I stopped at Wendy's for a burger for the drive home.

 It was still a beautiful day and I enjoyed my drive home.  I love living in the country - seeing these fields of corn and farms are just a blessing!

Home sweet home!  I got home about 7:50.  I put my groceries away, started a load of laundry and hopped in the shower.
Bob works late on Thursday too and he got home from work about 8:30, so we relaxed the rest of the night.
Welcome August!