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Apr. 12th, 2015 01:42 pmI've got another kickboxing lesson on Monday, and I think I'm going to get my period soon. I just realised I don't really know how to manage that on a regular basis. All the websites suggest that 'moderate' exercise is fine or even helpful during a period, but not to push yourself on really bad days - which is going to be unfortunate if my regular bad days line up with classes too often. I've still got plenty of days that aren't too bad though. I'm a little more concerned about leaking - those same websites suggest tampons rather than pads while you're exercising. I've used a tampon once in my life and it was fine, but not exactly something I look forward to doing again. Hmph. I'll just have to bear it I guess. There must be ways women handle doing kickboxing regularly, there were plenty of women at the class I was at. Plenty of female instructors too. I just hope the gear they're going to give me is dark rather than light - I think it's black actually. And I'll have to see if this month's bad day happens on Monday, and I have to reschedule.
Volunteering's going well, I put my name down to do bank shifts. I'm not sure if that means I'll get a call if they need anyone to cover a spare shift or if I should be checking the book myself though. I'll probably give it a look next week. I did one on Thursday and it is kind of mental how different things are during the week than during the weekend. More people are around to give you a hand though, so eh. The only problem I'm having at the moment is a bit of confusion about what to do with new visitors to the Hospice. The ward's a little way down from reception and I can't leave the desk to take people, so I was told to them to go down the corridor (which they can see from the desk), ignore a desk on the left and keep going till they see the nurses' station on the right, and ask there for someone to help them. Then the first Saturday I was there on my own, one of the nurses - I think she was senior, but I don't know everyone well enough to say for sure - she came up to my desk and said a few new visitors had been wandering round looking lost, so I should probably tell people to take a seat, and call a nurse to come get them. I had actually called the ward to tell them new visitors were coming down and to keep an eye out for them every time new people had come, but I thought whatever, I'll do as I'm asked. The same day I asked people to take a seat and called the ward, and the nurse I spoke to said "Oh, send them down, I'll meet them at the doors".
So I asked the head receptionist about it on Thursday. Apparently telling people to take a seat and calling the nurses was how they used to do things, but then they decided not to, it was too much hassle for the nurses or something. So she told me I shouldn't, I should just send people down. And she said she'd speak to one of the head nurses, and find out why I was told differently. On Saturday I got in, and looked in the Handover Book (where people put notes for new receptionists to see in case there's new information they need to worry about), and there was a note saying that on the weekend, 'until further notice', ask new visitors to take a seat and get a nurse to come down and fetch them. I did that, and whenever I called the nurses were like 'okay, send them down' and I had to explain I had a note telling me to get a nurse to fetch them. Some of the nurses had a little consternation about the whole thing, so I called the Head Receptionist, asked her if the note was right, and she told me it was, because the senior nurses were off work so I should do that until she could sort things out with them. She told me to put her through to the ward and she'd sort it out with the nurses - I did, and she called me back and said everything was fine, they just hadn't been told, and to go ahead with what the note said. Then a nurse came up to my desk, asked me if it had been her who came up to my desk and changed things the first time - it wasn't - and said that from now on, when new visitors came, I should call the ward and see what they say, whether I should send them down or if a nurse is willing to come get them.
So. Great. I have no idea what I'm doing, chopping and changing every five minutes, and I'm left wondering if it's my fault, if I give bad directions so they're having to make exceptions for me. Everyone keeps assuring me it's not, that it's probably just because I'm new and they're trying to make things easier for me until I've settled in. It would make things easier for me if I had a set thing to do and could just do it, and wasn't having to argue with the nurses every five minutes. Hopefully it will get sorted out this week or something. I literally cannot understand why they're suddenly changing things just when I'm on.
But other than that it's great. Super. I spend most of my time on Saturdays looking at game reviews on the computer, and then having to stop that because too many reviews gets a little overwhelming.
Volunteering's going well, I put my name down to do bank shifts. I'm not sure if that means I'll get a call if they need anyone to cover a spare shift or if I should be checking the book myself though. I'll probably give it a look next week. I did one on Thursday and it is kind of mental how different things are during the week than during the weekend. More people are around to give you a hand though, so eh. The only problem I'm having at the moment is a bit of confusion about what to do with new visitors to the Hospice. The ward's a little way down from reception and I can't leave the desk to take people, so I was told to them to go down the corridor (which they can see from the desk), ignore a desk on the left and keep going till they see the nurses' station on the right, and ask there for someone to help them. Then the first Saturday I was there on my own, one of the nurses - I think she was senior, but I don't know everyone well enough to say for sure - she came up to my desk and said a few new visitors had been wandering round looking lost, so I should probably tell people to take a seat, and call a nurse to come get them. I had actually called the ward to tell them new visitors were coming down and to keep an eye out for them every time new people had come, but I thought whatever, I'll do as I'm asked. The same day I asked people to take a seat and called the ward, and the nurse I spoke to said "Oh, send them down, I'll meet them at the doors".
So I asked the head receptionist about it on Thursday. Apparently telling people to take a seat and calling the nurses was how they used to do things, but then they decided not to, it was too much hassle for the nurses or something. So she told me I shouldn't, I should just send people down. And she said she'd speak to one of the head nurses, and find out why I was told differently. On Saturday I got in, and looked in the Handover Book (where people put notes for new receptionists to see in case there's new information they need to worry about), and there was a note saying that on the weekend, 'until further notice', ask new visitors to take a seat and get a nurse to come down and fetch them. I did that, and whenever I called the nurses were like 'okay, send them down' and I had to explain I had a note telling me to get a nurse to fetch them. Some of the nurses had a little consternation about the whole thing, so I called the Head Receptionist, asked her if the note was right, and she told me it was, because the senior nurses were off work so I should do that until she could sort things out with them. She told me to put her through to the ward and she'd sort it out with the nurses - I did, and she called me back and said everything was fine, they just hadn't been told, and to go ahead with what the note said. Then a nurse came up to my desk, asked me if it had been her who came up to my desk and changed things the first time - it wasn't - and said that from now on, when new visitors came, I should call the ward and see what they say, whether I should send them down or if a nurse is willing to come get them.
So. Great. I have no idea what I'm doing, chopping and changing every five minutes, and I'm left wondering if it's my fault, if I give bad directions so they're having to make exceptions for me. Everyone keeps assuring me it's not, that it's probably just because I'm new and they're trying to make things easier for me until I've settled in. It would make things easier for me if I had a set thing to do and could just do it, and wasn't having to argue with the nurses every five minutes. Hopefully it will get sorted out this week or something. I literally cannot understand why they're suddenly changing things just when I'm on.
But other than that it's great. Super. I spend most of my time on Saturdays looking at game reviews on the computer, and then having to stop that because too many reviews gets a little overwhelming.
