!Rose award --- agk's phlog 27 Apr 2021 @ 1706 --- written on OnePlus Two with maybe a touch of sunstroke while Evy naps --- My parents, brother, and nephew are here! I had much- needed brother time last night after reading my nephew a bedtime story. Made breakfast and went swimming in the reservoir today with everyone and the dog, then had barbecue sandwiches and milkshakes in Jackson County at the Frostyette. Yesterday coworkers gave me a Rose Award. It means a LOT to me. I hold them in high regard. When I clocked in, I got these notes. > To Anna, from [recreation therapist] (4/11/2021) > "You deserve a ROSE because after Bill got attacked > on Unit 5 this morning and had to go to the hospital > you stepped up and volunteered to go over to the boys' > unit and do groups. You volunteered to step up and help > out when others would have said 'don't put me on that > unit.' Thanks for being a team player!" > To Anna, from [program coordinator] (4/21/2021) > "You deserve a ROSE because on Monday, 4/19, Anna > responded to a code on Unit 4. It was a pretty intense > situation, with the kids pretty wound up, acting out > and violent. Within a few minutes of arriving, the kids > were calmly sitting, talking therapeutically with Anna. > She just performed exceptionally in this situation, and > deserves recognition for it." With the award I got an impossible assignment. The child unit is staffed with two nurses (charge nurse, med nurse) and three techs (one per group and one for the child with an extra staff order). Any less is a serious safety issue. So, instead of five staff we had one nurse and me. The nurse made sure house supervisor knew our dire straits. She sent a strongly worded email to everyone in senior management. Then we handled it. The kids got their groups, meals, meds, snacks, and even time outside on the playground. I got another tech partway through the 12-hour shift. Documentation got done and filed. Admissions and discharges were completed. Even with a kid stripping naked and running, we were a well-oiled machine. We protected everyone, and kept other kids from seeing his nakedness. Despite instigating kids and reactive kids, we had no fisticuffs, no code yellows, no property damage, no abuse reports, no head banging. What could have been a disaster was a very labor intensive day at the factory. I heard this about Rose Awards. When management learns you're a shock-worker (ударник) they hand down dangerous and impossible tasks. Foot-dragging sometimes produces better staffing, labor conditions, and patient safety than excellence. None of this dulls my pride: My peers admire my work! At the end of the shift I whispered an out-of-control admisson out of his hallway corner and into the exam room for a skin assessment. Staff behind the nursing station glass briefly stood and applauded. We do hard things. We see each other. Feels good.