So I finished night shift on Monday morning. Strangest night ever............had to give a delierous man a bucket of water to clean his windows! (window cleaner by trade) once he cleaned it he settled. And 2 patients decided at 4 AM that they wanted to self discharge. Admitted a 200kg (440 lbs) man on spinal precautions and waiting on a hemi arthroplasty (called him as ASA 4 correctly).
Went home having not eaten and craving eggs from my local cafe. Went there, people on either side of me complaining about nurses - me in scrubs with my hospital fleece on. Both tables noticed about the same time that I was a nurse and went silent............... I don't care I have my eggs! And the hospital that they were talking about is a hellhole.
went to bed got 3 hours sleep thanks to the neighbors new yappy little dog that is so stressed at being home alone.
Went back for an arvo shift today. eyeballs hanging out of my head with exhaustion. Had to ring the surgical registrar about a crazy patient that needed to be discharged and he refused to go without speaking to the surgeons - who had spoken to him an hour earlier. Rang him up spoke to him, he said he would be up. for some reason finished the conversation with the words, "OK, great, see you soon, LOVE YOU". WHAT??????????? In front of my NUM, 4 security guards and 2 consumer liaison officers, one who was dealing with the aforementioned pt and various staff members
I do love my registrars but not that I tell them that! he arrived to the ward and came up to me and said "K+MgSO4, I like you too, but I am happily married! please don't make me uncomfortable" Then he burst out laughing!
I then got a call from the bed manager stating what I thought that I would never hear "we can move you medical boarders off your ward to their home wards." confirmed that I did hear that. Yes. I then called 3 different wards and handed over the wrong pt to each of them until they all corrected me. I then sent 2 of them to the wrong wards again!
I then got an admission from ED. Pulled up the ED enotes, and read the statement "bathtub vs big toe". At this point I thought that I had lost the plot! But no, true. But try explaining that to the nurse that you just sent on 2 wild goose chases with patients. My poor nurse, he was my grad a few years back and thinks I am a bit nutty anyway! He took me into the tea room sat me on the couch and said "there, there you are sleep deprived. Have a little break and a nap."
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Only other nurses or healthcare workers would find this humorous! I do for sure! It's amazing what we deal with in the course of a shift, right? Hang in there baby!
I work on night shift and when I have some down time, I read posts on allnurses. I hadn't expected the original post to be so funny, but I laughed right out loud in the middle of the quiet hall when I got to the part, "OK, great, see you soon, LOVE YOU". WHAT???????????
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Thanks for the great laugh. As Brian said; I love you too, I mean I like your post a lot. And the thing with the tub was hilarious too. Good thing you got some much needed rest.
and i bet money, GOOD money, that the toe .vs. tub got narcs! lmao.. had to say it! sorry
Well he had lost his toenail on both big toes. So yeah he did get some. Handing that pt over to night shift had them all shuddering. I have lost my big toenail tramatically so I feel his pain.
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to block out unwanted noises while trying to sleep, I get some good noise isolating earbuds, that are comfortable to have in while your head is on a pillow. Then you can have some soft relaxing music drown out external noises?
Not a chance! Can't stand the idea of ear buds in my ears. I don't do ear plugs for that reason either. Usually I just snuggle down and nod off and never hear a thing. Much to the annoyance of my 2 flatmates who hear every little thing. I share with another nurse and a firefighter.
As Brian said; I love you too, I mean I like your post a lot. And the thing with the tub was hilarious too. Good thing you got some much needed rest. 
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"Bathtub vs. big toe"...HAHAHA love it!!!
(btw, if they were being admitted, I take it the tub won??)
Ahhh, gotta love those sleep-deprived end of the night shift times...makes for some much needed silly times=P