Sadly, my time in Chicago is coming to an end. Saying bye to my patients has been tough. We honestly treat each other like family. Some of them I have seen monthly or even weekly over the past 9 months of me working here.
My sister laughs whenever I talk about how sad I am to leave my patients. I think it’s difficult for an outsider to understand the bond I have with the patients. We clearly have a strong bond because I somehow made it to 80+ days without any patients in the hospital which is unheard of at our company.
My supervisors are trying to figure out a way to reward me for this but I feel like they don’t need to. It’s my job and something I enjoy doing. I ended up getting 90% of my patients flu vaccinated so my team gets an extra PTO day and $200/person. That’s a nice benefit J
Fortunately, the new physician started and we have slowly begun transferring my patients to her. She is very sweet and pretty quick, which is something my patients will appreciate. I told my patients I may come back in the spring so that has made saying goodbye a little bit easier.
I am looking forward to going home for the holidays so I can be in the sunshine state. Cold, windy, overcast weather gets old after a while. Stay tuned for what’s next.
I am unsure how I started getting your e-mails but they are great. I am an FNP-C in Az. May I ask who you work for?
Thanks! Do you mean agency or the site? Send me your email and will let you know if it’s the site.