Originally Posted by crazystudent
Does anyone else get all mixed up at the end of shift-misspelling words, stuttering, thinking one word and another comes out, and even increased forgetfulness?? I think everything just starts to run together or something. Is it just me???
Yep, at the end of a tough shift, I'm constantly searching for words and substituting, "you know, that.... thing" when I can't recall them. I've noticed that other nurses do the same thing and we'll just laugh and say, "Sorry, I have FBS" -- fried brain syndrome -- and we continue along. It helps if you're giving report to someone who is not making you more anxious, so I always try to be patient and let the nurse reporting off give me her whole spiel before asking questions and if she can't recall something, I tell her not to worry, I'll get the info from the chart/patient/computer, whatever.
No problemmo.
About the only way I've found to combat the problem is to write everything down. Time-consuming, but it helps to keep me organized.
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