Baby daze...phase 2!!

...it appears that there are many people in the PEDS Dept. itself and the floor who are being very kind & friendly to me...from the people who staff the 3-E & GPU nursing stations to the ladies in the PEDS office...6/24/02: 2 nurses helped look for the chart of Room 379...it was found later that morning...even Dr. Anaya, who indicated how busy she was this past weekend...right now the best thing to do is be quiet & do my job...silent but civil...Ann & I remain quiet; Rosanne & Geri feel progress is being made...twice requested print-out of INGENIX edits; printer on the fritz; output not produced for an hour...so many chances to do something wrong; so very few to get it done right!...6/26/02: Dr. Anaya brought Census Sheets to me in GPU...without Ann, I will gain, lose or maintain my reputation on my own...Brad calls me up each day; that helps a lot...he helps me maintain my sanity...and Ann had been going to counseling for several months...

...Ann will return to the PEDS area on 7/1/02, in order to train someone to code PEDS billing charges...as of 7/12/02, no one had arrived...byt, our TVI student, John, should return during thw third week of July...his training should include the Rounds...this will take place after actually completing the job, and provide an overview...so, I will be with a person who attempted suicide both at home & work, then disobeyed her boss by finding an MD who would approve of her returning to work...I will be quiet until asked my opinion...then (hopefully), beware, woman!...

...7/1/02: silent yet civil, and somewhat uneasy...Ann was late due to husband, who later called her saying that his eye was sore...this condition started the night before...now he wanted to go to the doctor, but did not have his insurance card...so Ann called her father to look for it in the last place she recalled seeing it in her home...success...Ann spoke in the PM, and was very quiet when she left...7/2/02: Guess who wanted to talk?...still, for all that Ann did wrong, I felt I was reprimanded more for the little things I did wrong...one has to remember that this woman attempted suicide!...7/3/02: Ann slightly late...during the morning she vomited outside during a smoking break...but, Guess who wants to talk again!...Ann finds the Women (not the movie) loud & noisy; that's because she is directly in their line of talk...I am protected by walls & a cabinet...I am awake, but still sleeping inside...I still feel I am being goaded or pressured to crack or break...7/5/02: Ann wanted to leave early since there was little work to do...I told her to go ahead...she said that Rosanne lets people leave if they have nothing to do...I agreed, but did not want to take the chance to decide on an action that she may not approve...and I am still in my probation period...in the end, we found enough work to stay until the end of our shift...

They pick apart the small problems because they can't handle the big ones!!

...7/8/02: Ann took a prescribed pain killer, apoligized for her future actions, and went into a talking jag about anything & to anybody...one of her more favorite phrases: I don't know why they're mean to me!...

They're here, and nothing on earth can stop them! We're talking about...the New Interns!!

...at least in front of me, Ann never speaks to me or anyone the reasons she was absent during June...but she behaves exactly as she did in the days prior to that illness...in the PEDS clinic, the air was filled with soap bubbles...the clinic's manager, Doris, is out; her staff does not know what to do with the billings; none have been shipped to Coding for a week, some have gone to Hope, who then ships them to Coding if they cannot be entered on the system...

...7/11/02: Ann calls in, overslept...she arrives at 7:20, then leaves at 9:15 for an early lunch, but actually to take her mother to chemotherapy...then Ann's aunt arrives to get assistance in applying for jobs at UNM...Ann writes the application forms...then Ann leaves at 2:30 to take her cat to the vet...it may have kidney problems...nothing more about her pet when Ann she came back to work the next day...7/12/02: Rosanne let us leave 30 minutes early...Ann could not go because she did not have her car...so she stayed and worked on the small amount of remaining billing sheets...7/12/02: her husband, Skimmer, actually spoke to me using my first name!...
The level of problems (or stress) a person can handle should indicate the higest level (if any) they can achieve in management.

...Ann is the skier in the SHED commercial (those of who know what I mean will know what I mean!)...

..7/16/02: meeting with Rosanne re my goals for the rest of the year...prime focus will be cross training in other areas...I expressed my discontent of being with a person who attempted suicide, and being reprimanded at a time I did not need any more stress in my life...somehow (?), Rosanne moved Ann because Ann said she could not handle the stress in PEDS...but Ann E-mailed me saying that I forced her to work in another area, because I was upset at her being absent so often; that was too much for her to handle after her recent illness...there seem to be gaps in conversations between the three of us...when my probation is over, I will not have to be concerned with Ann reporting my activities...Rosanne is upset with Ann's recent desire to argue about everything....