This is not for a PHI, but more about understanding other people's reasoning. Why do you think the way you do? Do you have a background reason or you're just the random thinker.
Say for instance, you get to work today. What's your genuine thought?Is it, "oh I'm going to do the best I can today" or "I'm going to sit around and gossip".. or just plain zilch.."I'll go where the wind blows me".?
Mine is I'll go in to work and do better today, what I did yesterday. Not to be judgmental, (its going to be anyways) but my co-worker's is today I'm going to smoke more packs of cigarette than I did yesterday. No lie.
I psych myself up the day before going into work. Yes, it is that bad there but I am stubborn like that and need the experience *sigh*
I tell myself that I will make my residents day by being pleasant to each one of them. I am determined to bring some joy into their lives by being kind or by my smile. I always get a good reaction out of them...even the "grumpy" ones.
I tell myself that I am lucky that I only spend 8 hours of my day there. When my shift is up, I get to go home. I am free to leave (usually). Work and my coworkers do not define who I am.
I try to be positive and not let my coworkers bad attitudes get to me by reminding myself that how a person acts is because that person has issues that have nothing to do with me.
Sheesh, I hope this made sense. I suck lately at articulating my feelings.
I walk in praying I don't have to talk an un-realsitic family into a DNR, not have to prep a 101 year old for a trach and peg. ... pray that I get through to the 30 year old crack addict that his 6th MI is his last and we can help, the frequent flyer non compliant diabetic in DKA that is 20... that I can make him see, he'll die a horrible death if he doesn't change..... the trauma that comes in... I pray I can stabalize you. The shooting victim or GI bleed, that I can transfurse quickly enough.....
and the multi-system failure, I hope I can talk you're family into a death with dignity instead of a full code.
I start each shift praying I can either give my patient a comfortable death with dignity, or pray I can make it through to the next RN can take up the fight, and make a difference. It's all I can do.
RNperdiem, RN
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I hope I get a good assignment.
The biggest variable in what kind of day you have is the patients you are assigned. We all have our favorite types of patients.