ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

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I have learned that I seem to be the "Go To" when my AN friends are butt tired and need a post posted...and I like that.

I've learned that I miss the girls (and guy) on the School Nurse Forum.

I've learned that tomatoes are hardy.

I've learned that tears help sometimes.

I've learned that my mom is one of the strongest people I know.

Hmmm, I haven't learned much, but the week is still young.

I'm sure ixchel will check in. No worries. In the meantime...What have you learned this week?

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This week I learnt that even though you may have been the one to quickly alert the doctor to a complication from a surgery, the patient may not necessarily remember that, and may remember how "nervous" you are. Whatever. Although I'm disappointed that my nervousness did show through. I thought I was better than that. I wasn't nervous, thankfully she wasn't that unstable. I just wanted her to go back to the OR sooner.

This week I was reminded about why I am itching to get out of nursing, see above.

This week I learnt that I do look forward to ixchel's weekly wrap ups and was wondering what happened when she didn't post it yesterday.

This week I learnt that maybe the doctor I don't like so much has some likeable qualities. I sometimes sit with him at lunchtime and he talks, a lot. He wasn't there all weekend, and for some reason I missed it.

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I learned that the first five chapters of my nursing fundamentals book is insanely boring. (But I at least did learn things that I did not know.)

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Specializes in critical care.

Thank you for starting the thread, Farawyn!

I'll be back with a good list maybe tomorrow or Tuesday, but I'll get it started with this amazing lesson I learned today.

Simply knowing a patient has TB (because you were their PCT yesterday) means you are not only exempt from keeping both doors to the negative pressure room closed, you don't even have to wear a mask!

It also gives you free reign to be rude to the nurse who asks you to close the doors. You would have heard the nurse say you need a mask if you hadn't snapped at her before slamming the door in her face.

But obviously, you had the patient yesterday. You KNOW. Go ahead and roll your eyes at the idiot nurse.

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Ixchel is so hot when she's mad, ain't she?

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Specializes in Hospice.

This doesn't have anything to do with Nursing, but it has everything to do with taking care of myself, which is something a lot of us need to learn to do:

I learned that one of my most favorite things in the world is to sit in that reclining chair at the beauty shop and have someone else wash my hair.

And that when someone walks by and says "That must feel really good, you look sooo relaxed," I should probably cross "professional poker player" off my list of alternate job skills lol.

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Specializes in critical care.
Ixchel is so hot when she's mad, ain't she?

If by "hot", you mean face red hot from anger, then you totally nailed it! lol

I left out the part where I mention that the PCT is a new hire. She been there maybe a month. She got nasty with me the other day, too. I was getting vitals on a guy getting SL nitro. The machine was sitting in sight of the door, hooked up to the patient, while I was scanning the med.

She came in asking if I was using it. I told her yes, I was using it. She began unhooking the patient. I repeated that I was using it, and emphasized, "literally right now." I asked where she would be and offered to bring it to her when I finished.

She ignored me and just walked away.

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If by "hot", you mean face red hot from anger, then you totally nailed it! lol

I left out the part where I mention that the PCT is a new hire. She been there maybe a month. She got nasty with me the other day, too. I was getting vitals on a guy getting SL nitro. The machine was sitting in sight of the door, hooked up to the patient, while I was scanning the med.

She came in asking if I was using it. I told her yes, I was using it. She began unhooking the patient. I repeated that I was using it, and emphasized, "literally right now." I asked where she would be and offered to bring it to her when I finished.

She ignored me and just walked away.

You might have to get rid of your ooey-gooey niceness for this one.

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Specializes in Hospice.
If by "hot", you mean face red hot from anger, then you totally nailed it! lol

I left out the part where I mention that the PCT is a new hire. She been there maybe a month. She got nasty with me the other day, too. I was getting vitals on a guy getting SL nitro. The machine was sitting in sight of the door, hooked up to the patient, while I was scanning the med.

She came in asking if I was using it. I told her yes, I was using it. She began unhooking the patient. I repeated that I was using it, and emphasized, "literally right now." I asked where she would be and offered to bring it to her when I finished.

She ignored me and just walked away.

You ever just want to walk up to someone and do the Three Stooges eye poke?

Yeah, me too.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

I have learned that I depend on my husband way more than I thought (I realized this after he was sent to west Texas for a week).

I also didn't miss school, it starts tomorrow but I started all the introductory stuff today. I didn't realize how difficult it would be to take classes with a toddler. Oy vey!

It's bitter sweet my son is starting daycare Tuesday. I can't believe he has grown up so fast. :(

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
If by "hot", you mean face red hot from anger, then you totally nailed it! lol

I left out the part where I mention that the PCT is a new hire. She been there maybe a month. She got nasty with me the other day, too. I was getting vitals on a guy getting SL nitro. The machine was sitting in sight of the door, hooked up to the patient, while I was scanning the med.

She came in asking if I was using it. I told her yes, I was using it. She began unhooking the patient. I repeated that I was using it, and emphasized, "literally right now." I asked where she would be and offered to bring it to her when I finished.

She ignored me and just walked away.

That made me mad just reading it. If she was that rude & unhooking everything there would be no way I would be nice enough to bring it to her when I was done. But we would have a nice little conversation afterwards.

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You ever just want to walk up to someone and do the Three Stooges eye poke?

Yeah, me too.

Lol! Totally warranted in ixchel's situation!

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