Quiet reflection....

A new thought process for me. My reflections are not usually quiet, tho often introspective, I share my thought and opinions freely. My favorite saying is "if I were Queen of everything, this is how I would do this or that".... but alas, I am only queen of myself.

I am trying to give other space... space to think on their own, to discover new ways of trying things.... that my tried and true ways, while they work well for me are not the only ways to accomplish things.

to discover what I already know.... why do so many things seem simple and logical to me, a simple, mindful employee.... yet to others seem so difficult to comprehend. This is not specific to management, but my peers as well. Funding, resources and space are not unlimited. We need to learn to do with what we have, what was the buzz phrase of the 90's, "work smarter not harder". That may in fact work with somethings, but not all things.

For time too, is a limited resource. Space, distance, time....all factors that prevent us from doing more ...with less, and doing it safely.... but beyond safety.... what about caring... really caring for those who trust us with their lives, the lives of their children or their parents...... taking time to locate what part of the hospital they are in on a moon-lit Friday night. really... the hospital leaves it's front doors wide open, yet no one to man the front admitting desk, and simple instructions to call the operator....which if you did not know, cannot be reached by dialing "0" ...go figure.... no volunteers in pink coats helping the waiting faces in the surgical waiting room three floors ( and in one case a building away) from the Operating room. So I stop.... answer what I can.... ( dial 4-9000 for the Operator) ...call the random ICU's trying to locate a family friend, and page an MD who rushed off mid sentence and never returned ..... yet my assigned patients wait for their evening treatments.... so I too rush off, feeling like I have not accomplished what I have been asked to do. On the return trip from the VA hospital.... the family waiting room is empty, no one lingers at the admitting desk.... and the front doors are locked securely.

Another night at OHSU