Chapter 36 : HNA

Esmee

Dinner dissolved. Surprisingly enough no one was left with any apatite after what had happened and after a few half hearted attempts to get people to eat, I let them go, supervised as plates were scraped and put into the dishwasher then escaped to the office. Suddenly the promise of paperwork seemed like a welcome break.

“I bet you were hoping for a break?” Jean smiled as I let my self into the office with the key card that was on my belt loop and took a deep breath in; filling my lungs. The air was cool and clean from the fully opening window and electric fan which was beyond nice after being squashed into the sealed walls of the main unit. It was ridiculously hot for early May with no sign of relief according to the weather forecast. Which made the hospital and it’s hardly opening windows a nightmare. We had applied for air conditioning to ease the problem but of course, like always, there was never enough money in the budget.

“I have a huge amount of paperwork waiting for me on my desk.” I said pointing over to the overcrowded desk were I had stacked all the paper precariously on the edges however now the paperwork had gone.

“No you don’t,” Jean said banging my files against the desk and smiling. “All done and up to date.”

“What do you want?” I asked, my eyes narrowing in at her in playful suspicion. I actually liked Jean a lot which made the banter between us so much more fun.

“A HNA, (Head nurse assessment)” Jean sighed and my eyes popped open again. HNA’s were rarely good. In fact it just meant I don’t want the crap from this one to come down on my head so I will get a higher up to come up with the plan of action.

“Who for?” I asked trying not to sound irritated. After all it was Jean that had asked for one and she never abused the system. HNA’s were a part of my job description after all.

“I will give you a guess.”
 
“Bella. Ok, where is she?” I groaned, turning back towards the door.

“ECA 1”

“Fantastic.”