I work for a vet so some of mine are going to be alittle bit different.
"The Smith dog was dead in the cage this morning and Mrs. Smith is on the phone right now".
"The doctor is going to be late".
"The kennel kid, receptionist, (Insert some other job title here) is sick so you have to do her job and yours too.
"The big hairy spay just finger painted her kennel (code brown). She will need a bath and brushout before she goes home in your spare time".
"The mean black cat in three took her hood off and her catheter out. The doctor wants her to have 300CC of LRS over the course of the day. You'll have to put another catheter in".
"There's a rabies suspect dog in the back that no one can touch. You need to care for it since your rabies titer came back good".
My response is "I'm going on vacation today. I'm just here to put my pets in to boarding. See Ya"
I work for a vet so some of mine are going to be alittle bit different.
"The Smith dog was dead in the cage this morning and Mrs. Smith is on the phone right now".
"The doctor is going to be late".
"The kennel kid, receptionist, (Insert some other job title here) is sick so you have to do her job and yours too.
"The big hairy spay just finger painted her kennel (code brown). She will need a bath and brushout before she goes home in your spare time".
"The mean black cat in three took her hood off and her catheter out. The doctor wants her to have 300CC of LRS over the course of the day. You'll have to put another catheter in".
"There's a rabies suspect dog in the back that no one can touch. You need to care for it since your rabies titer came back good".
My response is "I'm going on vacation today. I'm just here to put my pets in to boarding. See Ya"
Fuzzy
Fuzzy,
My daughter is second year VetMed at Univ of Fl...she cracked up when she heard these...thanx!
Specializes in MCH,NICU,NNsy,Educ,Village Nursing.
When I worked nursery--"There are 8 women in labor and 2 scheduled c/sections." When there was already a full house.
Night shift--one RN, one LVN---full moon----"There's a lady who will probably have to have a c/section because the baby's had a few decels" (Nsy RN's had to go to L&D for c/section deliveries)
Pt in room x has really bad sundowners apparently she goes nuts every night and doesn't sleep but she has been great for me today. Oh but around four she was tired and wanted to take a nap so the qday prn agitation ativan, I gave that to her and she was able t:mad:o get some rest
"Bed 1 is an incontinent confused combative finger-painter, Bed 2 is a diva, and Bed 3 is scheduled for 5-FU and a possible blood transfusion (we are NOT chemo certified)"
"No PCA tonight - May the force be with you"
"Where are all the vital signs machines?" (3 are broken the other two are being monopolized by the newbies)
"Power failure test scheduled for tonight - And loss of telephone and computer data"
"Mrs. Jones husband is a total jerk - he already made an army vet nurse cry"
"Who was the genius that put 3 female sickle cell crisis patients together in one room?"
"Not that we had time for coffee to begin with but just so you know - where OUT and we have no filters"
"The hospital is on code capacity and the ED is on saturation alert - expect admissions!"
"The agency nurse was fantastic up until 5am - with only two hours left to go she THEN decided to inform us that she had not charted at all on any of her patients (5 list) and didnt know how to use the charting software....Guess who is staying over to fix this?"
"Mamagement is going unit to unit - intimidation tactics or some JCAHO/HIPAA crap - BRING IT ON!!!"
"The tube system is down and the couriers are spred thin - pick up the slack and take your specimens to the lab (10 floors down)"
"Family is furious that there lol mommy is in restraints - they are raising hell."
at the start of the morning shift.................the hot water is out again!
The ward clerk has called in sick .............we will have on at midday for you (i know which bank clerk that is going to be I'd rather work without her!)
"bed manger is on the phone" there are 2 ex lap that have been in recovery all night and need to get to the ward. get your discharges out by 8 please. Ummm breakie doesn't come till 8.15! and the intern hasn't done any paperwork.
8.00 Intern on the ward "o the consultant is in a meeting till 9.30 and he said I cannot discharge anyone till he sees them"
Fuzzy
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I work for a vet so some of mine are going to be alittle bit different.
"The Smith dog was dead in the cage this morning and Mrs. Smith is on the phone right now".
"The doctor is going to be late".
"The kennel kid, receptionist, (Insert some other job title here) is sick so you have to do her job and yours too.
"The big hairy spay just finger painted her kennel (code brown). She will need a bath and brushout before she goes home in your spare time".
"The mean black cat in three took her hood off and her catheter out. The doctor wants her to have 300CC of LRS over the course of the day. You'll have to put another catheter in".
"There's a rabies suspect dog in the back that no one can touch. You need to care for it since your rabies titer came back good".
My response is "I'm going on vacation today. I'm just here to put my pets in to boarding. See Ya"
Fuzzy