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When you aren't even clocked in but you arrive with your patient being coded for 3rd time in that evening because family is en route 2 hrs away and just want to get there before he "dies". Lose patient as family arrives in parking lot. Blood/stool/equipment everywhere. Rapidly trying to do some touch spot postmortem care before family walks into that scene and pregnant nurse uneasy stomach pukes all over pt bed and floor. Has to leave me by myself. Always have to give her hard time about it every time I see her-have to laugh about it because was just so bad.. The timing so lame

I have mad respect for most of the med-surg nurses where I work. I know when I get pulled up there from time to time it bugs me that I cant endulge myself as much in the patients hx and can't always have a grasp of their status in view like I'm use to. Plus I have to ask where some of the most simplest supplies are located which always sets me back and makes me feel time management incompetent a lot of the time. Of course I feel that way often times as of recent in my unit on weekends we have no unit secretary so if the census is 4 pts 1-2 it's just 2 of us down there- phone feels like it's constantly ringing in unison with the monitors- along with our door buzzers to let family in. If I need to transport a patient I have to call for assistance (wait for a tech on the floor to be available and come down) and wait for supervisor to come sit down there so there are at least 2 nurses present. This is usually as the floor is showing up with my new pt that has deteriorated upstairs with my patient I need to transfer up still there waiting on help for transfer. Always having nonimportant interruptions interfering in middle of care. Makes my head want to explode sometimes- got to talk with my manager with changing something but we know that'll do a lot - okay. Venting complete. Thank you