January 2011
8 posts
FYI
As a healthcare provider, when I watch television or movies that involve hospitals or anything medical I am very critical. Here’s one thing that a majority of shows/movies get wrong… they ‘shock’ (defibrillate) everyone! There are actually only two ‘shockable’ heart rhythms… v-fib (ventricular fibrillation) and v-tach (ventricular tachycardia).
V-fib
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Come on...
Last night at work I ended up with 6 patients. Not that big a deal, I’ve had that many before, but something one of my coworkers said kind of burned me. I began the night with four patients and right off the bat I got an admission. So within the first hour I had five patients. That’s fine, I was a little behind but was caught up by about 10-11pm. I got my second admission right around...
Oh joy
Tonight I have a patient with a really awesome and enviable history… schizoaffective disorder (schizophrenia plus a mood disorder, ie. depression), bipolar disorder, mild mental retardation, and psychogenic polydipsia. That last one is the reason for his hospitalization ultimately. My patient is compelled, by his own body/mind (I think his meds factor in a bit too), to drink excessive...
Hey, I want to go home too...
I’ve noticed something since I started working nights. Whenever I come into work at 7pm the nurses I get report from couldn’t be in more of a rush to give me a report so that they can leave. That’s fine, I get it, they were here for 12 hours and they are tired. The trouble I have is that when they arrive in the morning to get report from me, they take their sweet-ass time to come...
Bad Mood
So I moved to a new town almost six months ago. It’s only 2.5 hours from where I used to live and when I first moved here I went back to visit very regularly. After a couple months I was off orientation and started working nights (I’m a nurse). All my friends have promised to visit me at one point or another, but not one has done so yet.
I have one friend that is down this way...