2. When meth is combined with cocaine and booze, it can destroy a 28 year old heart.
3. When you have one random patient across the unit from your other patients, and that patient is the only patient without psych issues, that poor patient is unfortunately going to be a bit neglected.
4. A discharge with EMS transport, ICU transfer and admission happening simultaneously (literally all less than 5 minutes apart from one another) 2 hours before you're supposed to be giving report means you'll be giving report before your last round of (very late) meds will be given.
5. Never been happier for vacation time. (Today is day 4/15.)
6. All play and no work makes ixchel a very happy girl. :)
That's all I got this week! Not much to learn when all I've been doing is playing! :)
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Specializes in Geriatrics, Mental Health, Community.
I learned that in the days before your scheduled vacation, your shifts mysteriously become longer and more grueling, with that last day being a complete nightmare. And when you're finally ready to leave (LATE) on that last day, you can't jump up and down for joy and dance your way out of the building like you had anticipated, because your mind is going crazy... Did you forget something/screw something up? ...Is that one patient going to die? ...Will that patient from hell still be there when you come back? ...etc.
(With my luck of course, a new, WORSE patient from hell will probably be there waiting for me, perhaps even the devil himself, right next door to current patient from hell who is still there, will never leave, and is learning new tricks from the devil patient).
icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN
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First of all, I am not looking for any responses. This week I learned that it is pointless to try to keep a professional topic civil and on track in anonymous forum. The lack of accountability in social media attracts people who are rude, mean and dumb and have an axe to grind.