Hello All

Happy Clinicals! My name is Susan Brumley for those who may not know me. I am the department manager for Deaconess Hospital, Gateway Hospital, and Deaconess Clinic. I have been a CT technologist for about 13 years now. I passed my boards finally last April...just decided I needed to do it! I can't expect my CT staff to take a board exam if I don't.

I am running a bit late this semester! We've had a busy past few weeks at Deaconess in managment and staffing. We had a routine unnannounced inspection from the Indiana State Board of Health. I am happy to say that the Radiology department passed with flying colors! The surveyors complimented our staff on how helpful and knowledgeable they were. Then, as that was drawing to a close, the NRC walked in! Boy, was I nervous. I had not gone through this type of rigorous inspection before and our previous RSO had taken a new job not two months previous. So, needless to say I was nervous about how things would play out. But, again, our staff did a tremendous job. The surveyor was extremely detailed and interviewed every technologist and team leader including myself. But, we did a wonderful job and there were no citations or recommendations. This was a real test in leadership for me, and I feel like if I can go through an NRC and State inpection on the same day...I can probably handle anything!