Quiet days

Re: Quiet days

Freckle — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:23:24 GMT

we have been quiet for ages too, and then had a mad few days - KNACKERED!!! lol!

unfortunately i don't have a lie in tomorrow either back at work at 8.30am

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les punton — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:06:50 GMT

me 2, looking forward to my long lie t/m but I know its gona be one of them mornings when im awake at 6pm.

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loobylou — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:51:06 GMT

We have been really really quiet the last 3 weeks then today and yesterday have been completely mental. Not complaining but Im not used to it anymore, am shattered

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les punton — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:47:39 GMT

scrap the whole quiet day thing, we have been EXTREMELY busy this week. Although im looking forward to weekend off, this week has been great - running out of kennels etc!

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Kathryn Welsh — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:58:02 GMT

We're so up and down at themoment its crazy, monday had 4 procedures and 3 emergencies (one vet/one nurse practice), tuesday had couple of op's which is normal for us, but yesterday and today nothing - and i mean nothing!! 2 appointments all day!! But does mean i get to catch up everything that didn't get done mon/tues... just want things to level out a bit!!

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Lucy-lu — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:44:54 GMT

We are also having up and down periods at the mo! One day we are bursting at the seams, the next we have only 4 ops for 2 vets!!!! Its great time for training/assessor work when its quiet though, so I am not complaining xxx

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Freckle — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:12:19 GMT

we also tend to go from one extreme to the other... either manically busy with no staff, or no ops/inpatients and loads of staff!

i like both tho - love being busy with ops & inpatients, but also enjoy the opportunity to clean & reorganise stuff!

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Royalsuper_fairy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:17:21 GMT

We've had yet another quiet day, I've come in at 2pm and have only got to wrap the kits from surgery this morning and then I can chat on here and do some caselog work!

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Vicky Murphy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:51:01 GMT

I dont mind occassional quiet days cause it gives you chance to catch up with things (and chill out and drink tea!!) But if its quiet more often than not, then you could use the time to come up with things to make things busier. Rather than cleaning things which are already clean etc etc - you could plan puppy parties if you like that sort of thing like Vicky C sugested above, or promotions etc?? there is usually things like pet smile month, microchip month etc just around the corner which you could plan for - depends on what you boss thinks though i guess.

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Vicky RVN — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:06:19 GMT

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We seem to be going through a period of having NO ops or inpatients, But fully booked morning and afternoon appointments!

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We've been getting a lot of days like that! Only op today was a guinea pig spay with cystic ovaries (they we're huge, one almost as big as my fist!!) & one inpatient which didn't need much nursing care so not much to do with it. I has suited me fine though, has given me time to work on setting up puppy parties!

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chris beasley — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:58:04 GMT

We seem to be going through a period of having NO ops or inpatients, But fully booked morning and afternoon appointments!

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Kay Eminson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:35:36 GMT

Quiet days, god we had one today

All we had in was loads of in patients from the weekend and one small lump removal in. Which is weird as usually have around 10 procedures in the book and seem to collect a few more during morning consults. But not today!!

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Royalsuper_fairy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:01:25 GMT

We keep going from one extreme to the other. One day we will be rushed off our feet and the following day we will be dead quiet. Thou when it is great gives me a chance to type up some of my portfolio work or do the insurance paperwork. We keep having staff shortages because we've got one nurse who feels like she is off with one problem or another and now going into holiday season as short staffed for the next month or so.

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hissycat — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:12:35 GMT

quiet days? vaguely remember these from last job.. i used to get really bored, just ended up endlessly cleaning and endlessly drinking tea . Suppose we should be grateful but in new job place is always hectic! we do have a staff shortage (IMO) so sometimes things are too hectic, but I would rather be busy. Feels like you've done something productive with the day.