Clinicals Week 5

This week I spent 5 hours with my preceptor. I attended many meetings with O.C. I attended a leadership meeting for the rehab and transitional care units that he directs (RCU & TCU). The patients on these units are often in the hospital for a very long time while patients go through rehab and families learn to care for them. In this meeting, it came to light that the managers for these units are having a hard time getting patients discharged in an organized manner. The charge nurses are often having to chase down doctors and nurse practitioners for orders and have a really hard time scheduling rooming in and discharge conference. Also, the case managers were having trouble getting the info that they need to get the days paid for by insurance. This was very interesting. O.C. used a formula that he learned in grad school for identifying and beginning to solve the problem. He went over this method with me after the meeting. I think this helped me with my goal of learning to deal with conflict in the workplace.

On a side note, these last couple of weeks have been so hard for me. My kids have been sick and work has been crazy. I can't seem to keep up. I am just trying to tackle small chunks at a time. If anyone else is having any of these same obstacles, please know you are not alone! We can do this together!