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.
I learned that a week at work does not equal a week of vacation. The clock slows down and 40 hours becomes 400 while you are working. During vacation, 40 hours is equivalent to 4 minutes.
Vacation last week went way too quickly. The first day back at work was painful.
Specializes in Peds Urology,primary care, hem/onc.
I learned that chipmunks think the screen door is always latched and it's safe to tease the cat. Well it wasn't. 12 lb bengal gunslinger went medieval on that chipmunk. Still finding pieces.
OMG ROTFLMAO! I have 3 kitties and they would totally go medieval on a chipmunk! They go nuts with bugs!!
I've learned that assuming anything, especially that every registered nurse knows that Golytely is a clear liquid and is therefore subject to that pesky 2 hour NPO time, really can make an ass out of you and me
I learned that although July 1 is an overall tough time of year that many nurses dread, there is always that glimmer of hope that helps to remind the non believers that well-trained, competent newbie docs still exist and could one day be phenomenal independent physicians. And just then my faith is test during an elevator ride to grab lunch when a surgical resident indiscriminately discusses with another resident for all passengers to hear about a patient during medical school whose member became necrotic and required amputation....
studentnurse47
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How awesome!! My experience with the special ed system has been wonderful. I hope he thrives there. Oh goodness, I am smiling from ear to ear.