I guess it all starts somewhere

I haven't written on Nurse Practice Council (NPC) for awhile, but not because we haven't been doing actual stuff.

Last week's meeting, we continued hammering out bylaws. It's not the Constitution or anything, but we made some actual progress in getting a charter done. Our fearless leader, a small, lovely man with a sprightly giggle, has reported that he's attending other "leadership" councils around the hospital. He says that they're impressed that we have an actual draft of a charter with a purpose and everything.

So okay, maybe we're doing better than a sticker club.

It's kind of fun to be a part of the process. I'm now sort of the lead rep from ICU, because the previous lead stepped down and I am a bit more assertive than the woman she got to replace her.

Are we "Magnet material"? Because of how deeply-ingrained it is that certain physicians run things to their liking, I think not. We are not nurse-driven. (We are not even patient-driven.) We are physician-driven.

But.

On the upside, we might be able to make things a little better here and there, and I'm thinkin that's worth the effort, right?