very true about seeing alot, and you get to be a part of getting them better -or the best they can be. I want to say you have more time to teach but with a higher pt ratio than other floors and many confused pts that need alot of time, so you still have a lot of time management to conquer. I just remember, I can always chart later, when i need to be in pts rooms now. You will see Gtubes, trachs, piccs, wounds, TBIs, amps, CVAs, SCIs,. I remember trying to take sutures out of a kid who was confused and with a little bit of help you get through it without poking them with a suture remover (after going thru 3 of them cuz they are so dull) you will learn how not to agitate an already upset pt (240 lbs and mad as heck) and how to calmly take a little old lady to the BR 3 xs an hour because the stroke affected her left side (i have seen that it tends to affect their bladder-makes it irritable). You patience may wear thin but at the end of the day you get to go home, they don't. You will find it very rewarding. MOST IMPORTANT be good to your aides help them out-most of your pts are 2:1 transfers. When you tell them to get another aide to help them, remember that other aide also has 7-9 pts who are 2:1 pts. It behooves you to help them out in the end. DONT pi** them off
. When you respect them they respect you and it wont be like pulling teeth to get them to do anything
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