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.
