Is this week over yet?
I walked into complete chaos this afternoon when I got to work. We ended up being short handed because one of the techs had a family emergency so she couldn't come in... so I walk in and they're just about to start an orthopedic surgery with the surgeon that came in, we have a cat we need to anesthetize so we can flush the wax balls out of her ears, there's a dog hooked up to IV fluids who by the way has chewed her catheter out twice already today so needs to be watched closely, and appointments start in an hour. It is just me, another tech, and the doctor. One of us has to be receptionist so it is essentially like having only one tech. It was a whirlwind of an afternoon, because our day wasn't even scheduled accordingly because we were supposed to be fully staffed.
The sucky thing is that it's the same situation tomorrow. Just me and another tech all day and for the last hour of the day it's actually just me and the doctor. On Friday it'll be the same situation in the afternoon. Which could go really bad - Fridays are always busy and it's the day after a holiday. AND on Saturday it's just 2 of us, again.
I'm tired just thinking of it. It's soooo stressful when we're shorthanded and I always end up feeling like I'm doing things half-assed or that I'm forgetting to do something.... blah. Crap week.
I walked into complete chaos this afternoon when I got to work. We ended up being short handed because one of the techs had a family emergency so she couldn't come in... so I walk in and they're just about to start an orthopedic surgery with the surgeon that came in, we have a cat we need to anesthetize so we can flush the wax balls out of her ears, there's a dog hooked up to IV fluids who by the way has chewed her catheter out twice already today so needs to be watched closely, and appointments start in an hour. It is just me, another tech, and the doctor. One of us has to be receptionist so it is essentially like having only one tech. It was a whirlwind of an afternoon, because our day wasn't even scheduled accordingly because we were supposed to be fully staffed.
The sucky thing is that it's the same situation tomorrow. Just me and another tech all day and for the last hour of the day it's actually just me and the doctor. On Friday it'll be the same situation in the afternoon. Which could go really bad - Fridays are always busy and it's the day after a holiday. AND on Saturday it's just 2 of us, again.
I'm tired just thinking of it. It's soooo stressful when we're shorthanded and I always end up feeling like I'm doing things half-assed or that I'm forgetting to do something.... blah. Crap week.