I'm a little frustrated. I regular case I have...well it's best described as trying. Tonight mom tells me "I hope your ok sitting in the dark" I enquirer to find out that the only light the nurse is allowed to se at night is a plug in night light. I explain how this is unsafe how can I see to suction? Do an emergency trach change? Or even assess skin color? " you have a flashlight don't you?" Yea I didn't but I don't think it's safe to work with your moderately stable trach kid with only a flashlight. It's escalated to me saying that if they insisted on the super low lighting...I was only going to do it once. This is a deal breaker. Not only is it unsafe but how the heck am I supposed to stay awake. I'm all for low lighting low impact on night shift but I have limits.
So am I the crazy one here? I feel like the part time clown in the three ring circus because of course this was all punctuated with the line "well mrs x is ok with it". Me replying "well I'm not going to comment on mrs x's practice, but I feel it's not safe"
so only a minor question. I guess this falls into the category of vent. I'll work by flashlight on super stable g tube kids. Not on airway kids...who are sick... and are in the hospital every month.