Meconium
I'm starting to get used to the new job. Today I even got to do some actual coding. And I also eventually got my ID. I'm still fighting to get things done. I was supposed to have a workstation assessment because of the previous problems with my arms. It hasn't happened. I need a new chair, but that won't happen until occupation health does the assessment and demand it.
Aside from all the beurocratic crap, it's going well. My co-workers are very nice. Some have worked in health records for as much as 20 years. I'm the young one in the office, which is nice in light of the fact that I will be 30 by the end of the year. There's one girl who works in patient intake who looks like she can't be more than 12. I'm getting old.
The worst thing about my job right now is that I have a tendency to get words stuck in my head, the way other people get songs stuck in their heads. Yesterday, the word stuck in my head was "meconium" which is the medical term for a baby's first crap. (I deal with maternity charts, so it comes up a lot. More than I really care to think about...) Today I have the word "protenuria" stuck in my head. And I'm pretty sure that even in my head it's spelled wrong.
It's not good to do the maternity charts when I haven't had any kids. I didn't really need to know the extent of things that can split, lacerate, rupture and explode in my pelvic region if I choose to have any children. I also didn't need to know that "aspiration of meconium" was a very common delivery complication. In fact, I never really wanted to know anything about meconium.
Alana
