[muffie]

i excitedly opened it up and it's about adenocard and mg levels

can we talk about bf ?

i am in my early forties and suffer these more and more every day

40's, ... the new 80's !!!!!!!!!

-i will go to make a cup of tea for a pt and the kettle boils dry
-offer postop analgesic and deliver it 4 hours later
-go into the clean utility room and do a 360 and wonder what in the cheezanrice am i in here for ?????

i will soon need to be admitted to a locked down dementia unit

HELP

anyone else out there suffer from acute brain pharts ?

[Grace Oz]

ALL the time!
It's called MENOPAUSE! lol
Or, in your case, given your age, peri-menopausal! lol
At least you KNOW you're forgetting, so it's not dementia! lol
I carry a cassette recorder with me everywhere thesedays! AND am constantly writing myself notes and stick them up everywhere. lol
Ah, the joys of mid-life!

[Angie O'Plasty, RN]

Yes. I can sorta cope as long as I write everything down, and I do mean everything. It does drive me nuts when I start to write and someone will tell me I don't need to write it down.

Little do they know....

Plus

I tend to forget "extra" things, too.

But I think it's a wonder we remember anything at all when it gets busy and complete chaos is going on, and two docs on the line, and somehow the "get a pillow for 4B" or "ice water for 5A" falls out the side of the memory.

[TazziRN]

I took a 6-month leave once and when I went back to work I had a pt with a full Foley bag that needed emptying. I ran around like crazy trying to find just a replacement bag. Someone asked me what I was looking for and just stared at me in shock.......that's when I realized what I had said..........

[walkingrock]

yes, have it all the time! Seems all my 40-60 something yr old co-workers do too, been dealing with it myself for years, and I'm 51...you're in great company!!!

[MLF]

Stress will definitely do that to one. It sometimes scares me when I start forgetting but there are so many causes-lack of exercise; poor diet; stress; having a number of people surrounding you who want this, that or the other. Migraines don't help!! We ALL need to slow down a bit and learn to prioritize. Donna

[compassion1]

I know I wanted to say something...but I forgot what it was. What thread is this anyhow? Do I know you? Must not of been important, I guess. See you later, if I remember to come back.

[clemmm78]

try explaining this to a patient. Just about every pt I've had has been subjected to the same routine.

I'm doing first rounds at midnight, I need to check the level of the syringe driver (pump). I grope around the bed for it because I'm trying not to wake the patient. Unfortunately, the patient often has the tubing tucked under the pillow and I need to reach under the pillow to get the syringe. Patient wakes. I reassure, telling what I'm doing. I make mental note of the number of ccs left in the syringe.
I resettle pt if needed. Walk to the door. Go to write down the number of ccs left. Oops. Can't. I forgot already.