OH YEA Sunrise YEA

As some of you might know, I'm not contracted with one specific hospital out here.  I'm contracted through my agency, and so basically I get a call at 5am (only on the days I've told them I could work that week) telling me that I'm booked at Hospital A today.  Hospital A could be around the corner, or it could be 30 minutes away.  And odds are that Hospital A has different ways of doing things than Hospital B.  Welp, that all changes starting tomorrow. Yep, as I was sitting through day 2 of my exhilarating computer charting training class I got a call from my recruiter telling me that I was offered a contract at Sunrise Hospital. Side note: they just have the most beautiful names for hospitals out here...Sunrise, Mountainview, Southern Hills, Spring Valley. Sounds like Paradise- hey! that's the street we live on...no, really...it is. Anywho, from now on I just get to go to Sunrise, which is definitely a relief. I mean as much as I love getting to know all new names and faces and codes to supply rooms and little things that each unit does differently EVERY SINGLE DAY, I am pretty pumped about Sunrise.  Here's a pic...

I haven't actually worked there yet, but tomorrow is the big day.  A huge plus is that it's around the corner from our place.  Also, they're a trauma center (not sure what level, I'll find that out), so I feel like this place means business. And they actually have a neuro ICU, but i'll be in the MICU, SICU and CCU. I guess they don't take agency nurses into the NICU, and hey I know how neuro nurses can be with outsiders (just kidding just kidding!), but I'm okay with those other ICUs.  And the biggest plus of all...no paper charting! Every hospital I've been to so far out here has these giant charts with every assessment and set of vital signs written somewhere inside that endless stack of wasteful paper.  Ahh to go back to computer charting will be a relief. And staying in one place will provide me with a little sense of normalcy again. The downside is that I may have to work some weekends. We shall see tomorrow.

For those of you worried at the sight of that little word "contract" (mom), it's 13 weeks. So that takes me and Joseph into early June here in sin city. After that is still up in the air, but don't worry, this contract doesn't mean that we're staying here for good or anything.

On another note, it's restaurant week here in Vegas! Woo hoo! So I'll be picking Joe up from work in about a half an hour (and I must say, he does look rather handsome in his shirt and tie work attire) and we'll be heading a to fancy mexican joint in The Venetian called Canonita. The menu looks awesome.