Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Sometimes it's the Little Things

So one of the most shocking things about my job is the level of respect it seems to entail. It's kind of fun to be so new and yet still so....listened to.
Jonmark was shocked that I have my own Medical Assistant. It kind of shocks me, too, but, then again, I don't know what I would do without her.
But my favorite important moment happened about 2 weeks ago. I wanted to use Gentian violet on some patients for chronic yeast and bacterial vaginosis. We had studied it in school, and I had seen a specialist use it, but apparently no one at our office uses it.
I thought to myself how annoying it was going to be to try to sort through the red tape, justify why I needed it, get a protocol, blah blah blah....and was kind of upset that I wouldn't get to use it.
I mentioned that I wanted it to one of the Medical Assitants. She told me to write it on a post-it and she would give it to the girl who does ordering and see what she said. I thought I would never hear another word about it. Instead, less than 24 hours later, sitting directly on my desk, was this:


Guess who loves that.

p.s. I work with super sweet people who not only answer all my million questions and obligingly check my microscope slides, they also ask me questions about the things I know, and that is so cool to me.
p.s.2. At my office you can go online to rate your visit. I've had some so sweet reviews. And one person said, "I loved my NP. It felt like she was my friend...." And that was the best review ever.

3 comments:

RC said...

Just remember those reviews and try to never let them give you a negative one. People are sometimes a little annoying and always seem to be sensitive but if you give them a listening ear and try to assist where you can it should all work out well for you. After all, WHO could not like one of my children??

Sweet Em said...

You ARE awesome!!

Bridget "Fun" Lynott said...

Man, I am sitting here going, "She is soooo cool."