Totally Had One of Those Days :(

Specialties Geriatric

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My pleasently confused little old man pulled his peg-tube completely out this morning! The CNA, who I thought was familiar with the resident, was apparently not familiar with the resident's abdominal binder!!!

CNA: "Uh, Mr. So-and-so, just pulled out his tube..."

Me: "What?"

Nurse 2: "Probably just pulled the feeding out of the port."

Me: "Ima go see."

Me as I look at Mr. So-and-so: "Aww S**t"

When somthing like that happens within the first 30 min of your 12 hour shift, most people might think that it can't get any worse. Well it can :) and it usually will. What is the weirdest thing that has happened in the first few hours (or Mins) of starting your shift at your NH? I know the above is not a strange occurance but It set my tone for the rest of the day and it happened right after report so I hadnt even started to do anything!!

Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.

You know...I have been off since friday, so I decided to call work and see how things are going today (and talk to one of my favorite nurses!) They ended up sending 3 residents out to ER yesterday. All from our wing, All from one hall, All admitted! gee whiz...

...a happy yellow sign taped to the employee entrance door..."Survey In Progress"...:uhoh3:

Blahhhh

- being 2 weeks new nurse

- a 1 hour meeting in the beginning of shift.

- a new admit (my 1st one that I actually did a part of... assessment and documentation)

- start medpass 2.5 hours into the shift

- wandering/missing pts, half of them... have to run around the whole facility to find them

- everyone suddenly all needy and in pain or just losing their marbles for no reason at all

- A&I just when I started catching up (never done these before)

- understaffed NACs... 2 for 27 pts... one of them is slow, lazy and annoying

- one of the NACs walking away 1.5 hours before the end of shift with only 1 left

- another res screaming for help 24/7 and falling down the bed every two hours (we have mats under her bed, so it doesn't count)

- a brand new (inexperienced) nurse as a partner on the other side of the hall

It wasn't fun.

cant believe ...same things used to happen to me every day ...every single thing .... cant believe more facilities exist like mine...:crying2:

Specializes in Professional Development Specialist.

I walked in a few minutes early last week to find 3 people on the floor! One needed to be transported, the other two were okay. But I was awake and alert and ready for my shift after all that adrenaline! :lol2:

Specializes in PACU, CARDIAC ICU, TRAUMA, SICU, LTC.
how about 4 falls in one shift!!

I cringe whenever I hear: " _______ is on the floor!" When there is a fall on the unit to which I am assigned, it usually occurs right before shift change....grrrrr!!!

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