#stroke nurse

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Big news guys!

As some of y’all know, for the past 9 months I have been working at two hospitals. One was part time and one was “PRN”. Meaning, technically, that would be four days a week. However because the “work weeks” were different, one being Sunday - Saturday and the other Wednesday to Tuesday, it never worked out to just four days a week.

I found myself working anywhere from 4, 5, or even 6 nights in a row. Only to have 1 or 2 nights off then have another stretch of 3 or 4. I know it doesn’t sound like a lot, but when you’re doing 12+ hour shifts over night, it is both physically and mentally exhausting.

Lately I’ve been asking myself, why stress myself out, working both of these jobs? Yes, the money is nice, but I can still pay all of my bills and live my life comfortably with just one job. Working that much left me with little time to spend with my family, friends out of work, my growing puppies. Soon I want to start a family, but I need to focus on me first too.

I finally decided to quit the job that stressed me out most. The one that views their employees as just bodies and not people. It had horrible staffing ratios, constantly adding more and more things to do, but not increasing the staff on the unit or the pay for current staff.

Two days ago I put my 2 weeks notice in. It filled with me such joy and sadness at the same time it was unreal. The one I quit was the first nursing job I had. I am so grateful for the opportunity it provided me, I learned so much there and made so many amazing friends who are more like family now. I will truly miss the people I worked with, but not the conditions or the type of patients I had to deal with.

I am so happy that I will have more free time to enjoy spending time with my family and friends.

Going from two colors of scrubs to just one!

[usuallymysticinternet-blog]

New Post has been published on Gabvine

New Post has been published on http://www.gabvine.com/husband-sees-exhausted-wife-sitting-alone-next-absolutely-romantic/160703

Husband Sees Exhausted Wife Sitting Alone. What He Does Next Is Absolutely Romantic!

Husbands and wives are supposed to be each other’s support systems. And what this husband did to show his ultimate support is absolutely romantic! There is nothing more attractive than a man expressing his love publicly.

Philip Urtz is a husband to a Stroke Nurse in Rome, New York. Each day he observes his wife’s exhausting routine and he appreciates how hardworking and dedicated she is. One day, after another 14-hour shift at the hospital, he secretly takes a picture of her eating on their kitchen counter. He then submits a wonderful story about his wife to Love Matters that soon became viral. It now has over 67,000 likes on Love Matter’s Facebook page and over 6,000 shares with thousands of people all around the globe commenting and expressing their lovely opinions about Philip and his story.

This is my wife Jessica having dinner after a 14 hour day. She comes home from work, has enough time to eat and get ready for bed and it’s back to work the next day for another shift. She is up early to get ready for her day. She doesn’t like to be bothered in the morning and I respect that. She showers, throws her hair up, grabs her lunch gives the dog and me a kiss and heads out the door. At work, she takes care of people who are having the worst days of their lives. Strokes, Car accidents, motorcycle accidents, falls, breaks, brain damage and more. She takes care of mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends, and families. It doesn’t matter who you are or what happened. She will take care of you. She works through lunch and rarely has time to sit. She comes home after 14 hours, takes off her shoes that have walked through blood and tears, and just wants to sit down. I don’t ask her about her day because She doesn’t like to talk about work when she is home and that’s fine.

If she does want to talk, I will listen. Sometimes she comes home happy and sometimes she comes home sad. But no matter how she feels, she is always on time for her next shift.

I love her with all my heart. My wife is my hero. My wife is a Stroke Nurse.

Now, that’s #RelationshipGoals right there! This story was inspired by Bobby Wesson’s “My wife is a nurse. My wife is a hero.” 

Image source: Facebook – Love Matters | Philip Urtz

[cherrotic]

I do like the medical stuff more than other nurses. I thing some are not paying enough attention to it. I definitely don't think you should overlook small things like when a grandmother gets to see her grandson. But beeing all overwhelmed with it and almost crying because of it, that's not me. But I can empathize. Sorry it's so interesting with surgery and bloodtests and exams.