Worked 10 years as ER tech and now RN....so..whats the deal with mondays? Why is it universally insane? I have entertained many theories and and interested in hearing yours! Here are some of mine:
1. Daddy goes back to work and now mommy gets bored and figures, "lets go get a check up"
2. Having too much fun partying on the weekend, now that monday is here, I can address my long standing foot pain.
3. Kid doesn't wanna go to school so he will fake sick and go to ER
2 .Drunk and drugged up all weekend, need a prescription to cover what was taken.
OMG ... I don't know why that never occurred to me (probably because I don't do drugs?! LOL), but I'm sure that I've seen THAT PATIENT a million times!! Haha. "Hey, can I get a prescription for medical marijuana?" No, I've never heard that, but it probably wouldn't surprise me in this context.
Sometimes people are not sick enough to warrant going to the doctor's office, but work requires that they have a doctor's note if they miss work. Some schools are now requiring a doctor's note for missing school. Seems ridiculous to me.
Monday nights are just as bad; no beds because all the scheduled surgeries have filled up what was available, and if the rest were sick enough to stay for the weekend they're still too sick to go home on Monday.
They thought they could tough it out over the weekend, to find they couldn't get into their doctor's office on Monday after all.
The hair of the dog to cure the weekend hangover bit back.
Yesterday was brutal. Our fast track is 16 beds. Worked 11-11. Had 2 nurses, 1 doc, 1 PA, no tech until 1500. No let up, kept getting boluses of pts. Treat & street, next..... "Hey, I have an empty room, what's up with that?"
Lunah, MSN, RN
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OMG ... I don't know why that never occurred to me (probably because I don't do drugs?! LOL), but I'm sure that I've seen THAT PATIENT a million times!! Haha. "Hey, can I get a prescription for medical marijuana?" No, I've never heard that, but it probably wouldn't surprise me in this context.