Jan.mc

Pretty accurate. Unfortunately we don't always find out the cause of a code as fast as these people did. Excellently writing.

I was a part of a drywall team, my fathers' company. I had to wear jeans, long sleeve shirts and a scarf over my hair and a pair of gloves. Spent my summer cleaning up drywall leftovers into a pick up, took it all to the dump. Or insulated houses with the bat type stuff...yuck. 7am to 6 PM. I never was allowed to work with the guys on the crew, so I worked alone.

I have always tried to include the patients' caregiver of the family , and have told them that that they have insights that the medical team is unaware of. I tried to be inclusive with my patients' permission of course.

I am still annoyed by this. I went to a nursing school where I practiced what we learned. I have seen many new BSN's come to work who didn't have enough skills to be near patients. After 2 years on the floor yes, but do you really need statistics? I loved being a floor nurse, but most of the BSN's leave acute care by 5 years, not all. Lots of education expenses to not have the heart. I am so glad I am not working now.