1. I have never in my adult life slept through an alarm clock. I only learned (realized?) that because last night was the first time ever that I DID sleep through and alarm clock.
2. I have learned the one thing that as a nurse, I hate to do most: convince patients with dementia to take their medications.
3. A bad day at work feels even worse when it's your first day back after vacation.
4. It still upsets me a bit deeply when Alzheimer's patients get shipped to us from a nursing home and they are absolutely terrified of us doing pretty much anything, regardless of how gentle we are. I know that a lot of dementia is irrational, but what if some kind of abuse really is happening regularly? It's sad.
5. My kid stole my telemetry/dysrhythmias book and notebook. He's been reading it at bedtime.
7. The coworker I dislike the most professionally (lazy, rude), turns out to be an amazing charge nurse. Pleasantly surprised!
8. I genuinely want to find a way to practice IV skills. I'm just so tired of being bad at them.
That your patient can still be alive with a pH of 7.083, co2 of 11.2, and hco3 of.....wait for it, wait for it..... 3.8! ***! Do you hear the Rapid Response alert?
Curious to know if your patient is alive today. Those are some really bad stats!
I learned that after an especially brutal shift, getting pulled into your supervisors office when she sees you clocking out, only to be told, "I know today was rough, thank you, you did a good job today," can make everything better.
1. Just how awesome it is to have a friend/coworker who also enjoys a cocktail after working the night shift. Long islands at 0800!!
One of the things about working nights is you can basically drink whenever you want. If it's 8am you just say, "I just got off work, this is my 5 o'clock." If it's 6pm and you've only been up for an hour, though, no one says anything if you drink a beer. That and the relaxed culture and increased teamwork were the only good things about nights.
Hell hath no fury like Ood being called to school because I'm the emergency contact for a rude misbehaving child.
That's why I told my daughter when she was very young, " I will always be here for you, but if I EVER get called to school because you misbehaved or mouthed off to a teacher, just remember...you still have to come home with me."
That's why I told my daughter when she was very young, " I will always be here for you, but if I EVER get called to school because you misbehaved or mouthed off to a teacher, just remember...you still have to come home with me."
Mine too. I never heard a peep.
I told them it was their job to go to school, learn, and be respectful. Too bad if they didn't like the teacher, that's life, boyo.
I still love birthday cake. Happy Birthday to me (yesterday) :) .
Happy belated birthday! I love coworkers' birthdays. There's nothing that beats eating cake I don't have to make and I (usually) don't have to pay for.
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Curious to know if your patient is alive today. Those are some really bad stats!
I learned that after an especially brutal shift, getting pulled into your supervisors office when she sees you clocking out, only to be told, "I know today was rough, thank you, you did a good job today," can make everything better.