1. All work and no play for seven straight days makes ixchel a mean girl. I think I may owe some apologies when I go back to work.
2. A young person is capable of being hypoxic to anoxic for so long their brain swells before their heart stops. (Particularly when they've had a lifetime of ignored asthma exacerbation so to get used to chronic hypoxia.)
3. Regarding said person, I have many cuss words for the people who could have done more for her.
6. I love the pet therapy thread! (If you haven't seen it, go to my profile and see threads I've started. I think it's the one I started before this one.)
7. I'm attempting to go off caffeine. I'm an idiot.
8. I want to be an FBI agent. Mulder and Scully just make it look so damn cool.
9. Apparently, a wonderful perk of working for a hospital is a fast-acting employee health department. It's good to know my potential HIV and Hep status quickly after a needle stick.
10. Press Ganey did not ask questions I hoped they would ask on our survey.
11. I'm not okay with the waxing and waning of adequate staffing, especially when they have yet to actually "officially" change the staffing requirements for my unit to what they "officially changed it to" two years ago. NOT COOL. This is actually what led to number 1.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I've never wanted to get a tattoo on my foot. The lack of fat cushioning the constant stabbing needles towards my bones scares me. Mind you I have 6 tattoos.
It hurts like you wouldn't believe. I love my work & the tattoo artist I used but holy donkey poo! That was painful! But I want to do it again on the other side for balance. Lol.
I learned that I'm just going to have to deal with a sucky nursing school schedule as a tradeoff for having clinicals 10 minutes from my house. I have lab /lecture or clinical every day, and 2 of those days I'm going to school only for 2 hours. Will make working anything more than 10 hrs extremely difficult , but gotta deal.
I am *actually* taking advice from AN and trying to enjoy the summer with my kids and partner before nursing school. I've already been to Dorney Park twice with plans to go back (season pass), been to the beach 3 times already, and will be spending a weekend in NYC and long Island visiting family.
I second the self care comment Rose Queen. I find myself picking up more shifts, while cutting out exercising and eating more junk food because it's convenient. I have never been more tired or more crabby! I intend to start juicing again. I feel so good when I have green juice in the morning!
I learned that my school's technology package is $495 😫😫😫 What in the world is in that package?!
I learned that elderly people will use their blankets as hankies when you're not looking.
I learned that having a cup of tea in the morning while snuggled up in a cozy blanket makes a world of difference in my mentality for a large chunk of the day. Go rosehip/hibiscus tea!
Whoa. We have a nest of the little ******* under our deck. They do come up and sniff around the door. The cats go wild. Woe to the one for whom the door does not close in a timely fashion. Zuzu is poised to kill.
I love how much you've been swearing lately. It's seriously cracking me up.
Why do people spend $50 on a planner? I can get a really nice one at Walmart for $15...
Thank you! I saw something about that Lauren Condra or whatever planner, looked it up and saw it was $50?!?! What if you spill tea on it? Or vodka? It has all the same things my $10 planner has. This is madness.
Two reasons.... If I'm answering as a good girl should, it's to ensure I minimize seizure activity. If it's to be honest, though, I want less of it to do more. If you need 6 shots of espresso just to stay alive, you need to rethink things.
chicookie, BSN, RN
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I didn't learn this but it was reinforced this week:
all parents are crazy. Some more than others, but never underestimate the things parents will do for their sick kiddos.