New Job

I have been offered a new job.  It will still be on the same unit at University of Kentucky Healthcare and with the same people.  However, I will no longer primarily be taking a patient load.  I am now the Resource Nurse.  So what exactly does that mean?  That is a very good question and I’ll try to explain it to the best of my limited understanding.

It is a new position so there is going to be a transition period.  This transition period is going to be me trying to figure out what in the world I am supposed to be doing.  I know that I am supposed to help out the nurses of the unit whenever they may need it (IVs, blood draws, admits/discharges, talking with doctors/rapid if something arises, passing meds).  I will also be doing chart audits on the 4 major units, making sure everything important is being charted.  I will also be handling any customer satisfaction problems/issues that may arise.  At some point in the near future I will be calling patients who have recently been discharged to follow up with them and make sure everything is going well and to answer any questions.  As of right now that’s what we have, I am sure there will be more added as we go on and that’s fine. 

With the new position, there are also some criteria that I have to meet.  I have to get cortrak certified so I can help place dobhoff tubes.  I also have to take the med-surg certification exam within a year of accepting the job (totally dreading this one and am going to put it off as long as I possibly can).  I also have to take ACLS (which is cool because I have always wanted to learn that fun stuff). 

I guess we will see how it works out.  I may like it, I may not.  Only time will tell.