Describe your last day at work in 50 words or less !?

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Patient had chest pain at beginning shift, 2 hours behind all day, got a heart cath, tech lazy,dinemapp problems, I was sweaty, transfused blood, families OMG!, too many accuchecks, now they're locking the refrigerator where insulin is, where's key? IV's infiltrated, pager not working, 6 patients, I love my job!

Specializes in Inpatient Acute Rehab.

Pulmonary emboli as soon as the lady is transferred to our unit at 1630 because the other unit she was on had left her sitting in a w/c since 0830!!!

Doctor in; wrote ten gazillion orders-- unit clerk out sick!!

Man receiving blood pulled apart tubing; blood everywhere!

Finally 2330 and time to go home; night nurse fails to show!!!!

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only one tech for 28 pts. doing own vs. pt goes into st 140 c/o cp and transferred to pcu. total care trauma head injury pt with trach. sx all day. pt going for craniotomy family dilema there. new p.o. amp. p.o vs. every one else behind at 730 pm so stayed to help them. finally done at 830. glad it was over.

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1:1 with a 320lb 50 something yr old male

vent

fentanyl gtt @ 300 Mcg

scheduled ativan IV q 6h

lasix gtt

restart tube feed

insulin gtt with q 1 hour bs

changed arterial line

nice bath with help and a shave to boot!:chuckle

was a nice nite actually!

Missy

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2 nurses short, supervisor doing charge, i'm only other RN trying to give 3 units blood to one, 2 to another, all the pushes, plus six pts, one DNR/death for another nurse, 4 admits, I refused to take one. supervisor upset, used her as a reference for new job, hope she's not mad at me, acuity high, dialysis calling for pt, resp in room, lab in room, pt late, dialysis mad, charted on another nurses pt so we could leave at a reasonable time (i did help take care of the pt, just not primary care), two with diarrhea, no aide, charting till 9AM :uhoh3:

and you want me to come in tonight?? haha :rotfl:

more than 50 words, sorry

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Specializes in Community Health Nurse.

Last day at work: April 27, 2005 -- worked a regular school day as a substitute nurse at a developmentally challenged school for children ages 3 through 18. Administered medications and tube feeds as scheduled, took a few temperatures, laughed with the kids, hugged the kids, documentation completed, enjoyed the staff, the school principal, and went home a happy camper. Absolutely loved the staff and the kids! I wanted their permanent nurse's job...that's how nice "she" has it. :) :balloons:

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:imbar sitting here typing this hee hee...

:heartbeat xoxo

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One lol on floor laughing hysterically at herself, no injury. 9 call-ins just for morning staff (fave:"I was on my way to work and suddenly realized I had Pinkeye"). 18 rounds of facility total, 2 IVs started, EXHAUSTED!

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.
:imbar sitting here typing this hee hee...

:heartbeat xoxo

loved this one.

:rotfl:

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6 patients- TIA vs. CVA, discharged her eventually

sweet lady with hyponatremia

AMS with low H/H, gave 2 units PRBCs

CP R/O, discharged at the end of the shift

Older male adm for weight loss/anemia, working him up for Ca

and a ER admission, 91/F with AMS and failure to thrive, permanently fixed in a sitting fetal position and has been for the last three years. I still have no idea what she looked like. . .very sad, made her a hospice patient.

AND. . .as always, not enough techs from 7-3p, and from 3-7p, one older tech with a venous stasis ulcer who can barely walk, covering the whole floor.

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Specializes in Internal Medicine Unit.

PCA'd 8 hrs on rehab floor. Most max assist with 2-4 persons. Half confused/dysphasic/aphasic (sp?). Exhausted.

4 hrs on my unit, had 5 pts and charged. Gastritis pt, NPO wants food. FNS didn't bring tray for pt., staff arguing about it. Incident report. ESRD pt, DNR, to Hospice in am, spent time with spouse at bedside.

Out on time. Good day. Slept well.

(almost made it under 50 words)

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pt finishing 2units PRBC....DIC? ITP? DRs keep saying "medical mystery"...4 units FFP....petechiae/ascites....more&more tests, poor guy

pt just dx with lung ca mets to liver; wants no aggressive tx....sweetest pt ever....pt & family want to go home....DRs want MRI

pt just pulled out IV & bleeding everywhere; upset DR won't give stronger pain med, but I can admin tyl supp....YIKES

pt being d/c'd, but wife doesn't want him home....chronic hx of ETOH; polypharm use....

Oops, didn't make it in

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Specializes in Inpatient Acute Rehab.

1 c-diff, 1 bipolar w/med not working, 1 MI, 2 getting PRBCs, not enough staff, nutso doctor, not enough staff

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