Challenge: 25 Words or Less

Nurses General Nursing

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I like a challenge as much as the rest of you. Here's the challenge:

Describe your last workday in 25 words or less. We'll guess the rest. ;)

Narc count, latest gossip, report. Assess, try and chart, get interrupted. Call Doc, sign off orders, grab a bite, uh oh admit, chart, give report.

Worked night shift, went to CURVES, home, slept fast, On call, in for c-section, went home,ate quick, back in for SANE call :uhoh3:

Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho.

Unbelievable. Not to darn bad!!!! Whats the friggin forcast? H*** froze over? Probly never again.

Specializes in all things maternity.

pt fell, broken bones, family mad, no lunch, no potty breaks, call supervisors, call doctors, little support, probably lawsuit, diabetic reaction (mine), ready to quit!!!!

SPIT :angryfire

Specializes in Critical Care/ICU.

Start of shift. Known patient, intubated, looking bad! PO2 51, call doc. FI02 to 70%. Suctioned HUGE PLUG! PO2 129. Weaned, extubated. End of shift.

This thread is HILLARIOUS!!!!!

:cheers:

Specializes in Critical Care/ICU.

(My other patient)

Confused elderly, restraint escape artist. Naked, feeding tube gone, cvc in jeporady. Conintuous conversations with "Pat" interesting, except "Pat" nowhere around. New gown. Haldol sux.

(My other patient)

Confused elderly, restraint escape artist. Naked, feeding tube gone, cvc in jeporady. Conintuous conversations with "Pat" interesting, except "Pat" nowhere around. New gown. Haldol sux.

LOL!:chuckle

Dark. report. run. discharge. admit. discharge. admit. lunch.

b/p 72/48. bolus. bolus again. bolus & transfer/run to ICU. admit. admit. chart. Dark.Home.

Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

Clock in, run, admit, watch teams for nurses on lunch, new post-op, run, admit--oops, forgot lunch, take team @ 3, discharge, feed, report, HOME!!

reintubation, blown ett cuff, reintubation again!, anxiety, xanax, ativan, dilaudid, a long overdue death, mini code x 2..... stressful sums it up!

Admit. Life flight. Intubate. Aortic duodenal fistula. OR. Open abdomen. No lower extremity pulses. TAAA. No BM. Milk of Molasses. Renal failure.

Paged while driving.

Walk in - "catheter's plugged."

"not taking fluids."

Note on desk - appt. cancelled.

"Think its a bedsore"

"pain despite Duragesic."

No returned calls............

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