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WHEN I'M CALLING PHARMACY, TRYING TO GET MY MEDS THAT WERE ORDERED STAT 4 HOURS AGO
Yes! My favorite is when I call pharmacy to ask wtf my levophed is and they calmly reply, "oh we didn't know you needed this emergently". Ummmm, I'm sorry - do you need me to explain to you what levophed is? Maybe that or the fact that my patient is maxed out on three pressors with a GSW to the head....don't really have time to hold your hand today pharmacy lady.
When they change assignments last minute and a different RN shows up for report. I was prepared for updates, now I need to walk a new person through 6 surgeries and 3 codes.
When dayshift strolls in with their starbucks, perfectly curled hair, and flawless makeup....20 minutes late for report
When my sweet little patient interrupts bedside shift report (to the dayshift nurse taking the patient), "Why you look so mean??? This going to be a loooong day for me - I can tell."
Watching actors do limp CPR on TV
So true!
Last night, every time I went into a patient’s room, they or their family decided that I should be their verbal punching bag.
Trying not to cry at the bedside:
What I really wanted to say:
I'm so sorry. :( People can be jerks, especially when they feel completely out of control. Lucky us that we are there to support them during these times.
The charting system is down again tonight...
This time for 5 hours. That’s the second time in less than a week. Get it together IT and do it right the first time! You’re killing me, Smalls.
This happened at my hospital tonight as well......just as I was putting in orders for a STAT CT on my patient that was crashing. Not that I was doing anything important or anything.....take your time IT people
FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO SHIFT CHANGE.....
At first I was all....
And then when my OCD "I can't be a bad nurse and just let this go" kicks in.....
Followed shortly by...."Damn! Whey can't I just slack off like most of the nurses I follow"
Looking for an EKG
When the Doctor FINALLY calls me back and yells at me for waking him up for something "insignificant".....
Chest Pain? No Big Deal? What alternate universe do you practice in?
So, like any professional....I first teamed the patient and paged the resident who will get all the credit for saving the patient's life. Likaboss
Me: I wonder who's getting that patient they are wheeling down the hall?
Float Charge Nurse: Oh! I guess I forgot to tell you, that's a direct admit for you from [insert country hospital here]
Me: What?!?!?!?
I had a really busy week at work last week. I worked five 12s in a row - I know I'm crazy, but the money is good. I had one patient with failure to thrive/acute renal failure s/t complications from a routine surgical procedure. One patient who came back from surgery nonresponsive and required the whole medical shebang (CT scans, a rainbow of labs, narcan q10min, UA, etc). One little alcoholic lady who was in detox, screaming, pulling my hair, and generally attempting to murder me. One completely normal sweet little old lady who had a hip replacement. And two advanced dementia patients post orthopedic surgery. Simultaneously, three of my patients began screaming and bed alarms were thick in the air. I made the decision to push pain medication on my three AMS patients so I could focus on my 3 pages of orders for my nonresponsive post surgical patient. I guess I gave one of my patients too much. She was completely snowed. (0_o)
I feel terrible about this situation. Overmedicating patients is not what I am all about. Even worse is the fact that a hospital thinks this is an appropriate patient load.
It is 3AM and they are asleep.....I don't even want you to breathe on them.....srsly.
Patients pick up on the emotional stability of their care givers. I hate it when I follow hyperactive, high strung day nurses. It takes me at least an hour to calm all the patients down. This would be a great evidence based practice study.....just saying.
One of these things is not like the others
