Day 1

What a day! and its pouring outside!!!
I started half an hour early today, knowing that it would probably be a long day seeing as how I would have to get my head around the ward all by myself (well, there would be the SHO, but I would be expected to do PRHO stuff myself). In the attempt to appear all organised and professional by typing up a detailed list of all the patients in my team's care, I completely forgot about handover*. Luckily my SHO went, but I dont think he was too happy about it.
Talking about my SHO, he's more involved than I was given to believe, but I'll need way more time to suss him out.
The rest of my day was in a state of semi-confusion, and I feel like I know absolutely nothing - and that even the medical student on the ward knows more!....not a nice feeling.
I managed to just about grab 10 minutes for lunch, and then it was back to work etc - and finishing at 6.45pm, rather than 5pm, like I should have.
Tomorrow is my first big ward round with the consultant.....fingers and toes crossed I wont make too much of a hash of it, and make a fool of myself, especially as I just found out that my consultant is a very big cheese in the hospital.
Think I'm going to go home* now, and forget about everything, cos I dont think thinking will do my self esteem too much good now.


*handover - where the night team tells the day team about any of their patients whom they were called to see, or vice versa.
*home - we were supposed to have been able to move into our accomodation at least by yesterday, but the rooms for most of us will not be ready until tomorrow afternoon, or so they say. So right now I am stewing in awful temporary accomodation and having to eat out - not good for the purse.