Here We Go

Posted on 06 May 2024 @ 11:43am by Ensign Samantha (Sam) Emerson

906 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: M-18 The Past is Future
Location: Primary Sick Bay
Timeline: After DS3 Departure

When the lift doors swooshed open the Ensign realized she had deposited right across from the primary sick bay. Walking in Sam saw an asian Nurse over by one of the medical cabinets and made her way over "Excuse me Nurse, I'm Ensign Samantha Emerson I just transferred in yesterday" she stated with a smile.

Turning "Ensign so nice to meet you, I'm Nurse Sulin Fong, welcome to the medical department" she replied with a smile "I understand you'll be filling a duel role here."

"Yes Ms. Fong. I usually work as a nurse two of my shifts and work as the medical yeoman the rest of my shifts" she answered "Of course however you would like to work it."

"I would imagine that would be adequate but our Head Nurse Anita Valentine is off today. We have a good sized nursing staff but what we are sorely lacking in is someone to act as the department's administrator; especially considering we've been without a CMO for quite some time now" Sulin commented.

The last part of her statement was the last thing Sam wanted to hear as she forced some interest "So when is that supposed to happen.....getting a new chief I mean."

"Who knows the only things we've heard have been rumors and you know how they get started on a ship" she commented with a slight chuckle "Although that hopefully would be a good thing and make things go a little more smoothly. Anita and the EMH, named Nina, have done a remarkable job running the place but still a CMO would take a load off everyone around here."

"I suppose it would" then Sam paused hoping she hadn't just put her foot in her mouth and decided to change the conversation "So if you wouldn't mind I would like to find my office and get started on getting this department sorted out before my nursing shifts get started."

"Yes of course, forgive me for rattling on" Fong replied "On your way to your new office please allow me to give you the grand tour of this sick bay; we can tour the rest in the next few days. That way you'll at least have a pretty good idea where things are located."

"Sounds good Nurse Fong, lead the way" Sam answered with a smile,

"Obviously this is the primary area with medical cabinets all around the walls, with both supplies and medicines" she stated then proceeded with Sam in tow. This round corridor has different doors each leading to a different area" as she pointed "That one goes to the surgery ward, that one to a confinement area, then the next an antigravity area, a dental area, and there are a few other areas which can be turned into what ever is needed at the time. So what do you think."

"Very impressive I must say. This certainly is more of a medical complex than just a sick bay" Sam replied quite overwhelmed at the moment.

Fong grinned "You'll get used to it in no time. Now through this last door is a medical transporter, the morgue, and lastly your office" then she paused "I assume you don't have a problem being in close proximity to dead people?"

"No not at all.....it's the ones with a pulse that I have more concern over" Sam answered with a big grin of her own.

Sulin couldn't help but chuckle "Now that's a good one......I'll have to remember that. So get settled in and do what ever a yeoman does. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask any one of the nurses; I think you'll find we're all a pretty good bunch here."

"Thank you I'll remember that and thanks for the tour" Sam replied with a smile as Sulin smiled back then returned to work.

Sam entered her new office and fired up the terminal. While that came online she grabbed a second cup of coffee then sat behind her desk thinking this could turn out to be a very long day.

First thing Sam created new folders to sort all the data. One for financials, another for drug orders for each sick bay, one for equipment orders for the same, and lastly one for inventories of all three sick bays. Categorizing the data was essential for keeping track of everything plus it would make things so much easier to go back to when the need arose. Sam spent the next few hours getting everything sorted so that it made sense.

After a quick lunch Sam went back to it. The next item on the agenda was to pull up the entire medical staff and check to see who the six most senior Doctors and Nurses were. She was in the habit of checking with each person to see if they preferred any particular days off then the rest of the schedules would be filled in with everyone else; unless of course the Head Nurse says otherwise but Sam would cross that bridge when or if she came to it.

When Sam was finally finished reorganizing the staff roster she soon realized her shift had come to an end. Satisfied with what she had accomplished for the day, she secured her terminal as well as her office then headed out of sick bay. Tomorrow would be another day.

::OFF::

Ensign Samantha (Sam) Emerson (NPC by Rhineholt)
Nurse/Medical Yeoman

 

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