This week has been very interesting-I actually had four days off this week. I took this week to refresh and relax-despite the many changes and challenges in front of us as a nation-and even at my facility.
We nurses, as a collective bargaining unit have had to make a conscious decision to increase efforts of making an example of how we need change in order to adequately serve our community. The energy behind the decision has been positive; the action will be next week, so to be continued...
What I have learned this week:
1. That coworkers can be dumbfounded on otherwise intelligent coworkers beliefs, making them more discerning and skeptical;
2. That there is support in unexpected places, and that support can be enough that it can be enough to make progress worth it;
3. The side effects of epinephrine can helped be remedied by placing the patient in Trendelenberg, as well as not change the vital signs despite the side effects.
4. That pts with underlying psychosocial issues use this time of the year to get warm and seek solace, even when they are aging out and make it challenging to give them the resources they really need.
I sure the upcoming week will be filled with more learning...I also learned that I needed those 4 days off.
