What more can I say other than an interesting experience. There is a need to rapidly change expectations and adjust to limitations in resources. I still have not been given a roster and have consequently no information about when I get my first day of not working. This is a 24 hour on-call position, my first night on is happening has I type this in preparation for going to bed.
The hospital is a defacto nursing home with the majority of inpatients being long-stay waiting for placement. A few "walk-in" patients and a couple of ambulance arrivals to assess and manage as my acute care work-load for the day.
Today has been overcast and oppressively humid, light rain on and off all day. Sleeping is not a problem though, I have the luxury of airconditioning.
A few photos to share from today ... the first was taken the night of my arrival, the welcoming party of one, peering at me from the lounge room wall. The others are views of the hospital from the outside and one of the main street in town.
Good night - will keep in touch.
( these entries will be made as emails ready to send when I get access to network connections ... even in the house some rooms have mobile signals and some don't - the signal is clearly not local but has to travel along the valley either up from Innisfail or down from Cairns. )
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