Code status

I know I haven't been a nurse for long, and there is alot of things I don't know. But one thing I do know, when a patient is a full code, and they are at the back of the hall having respiratory distress, you don't leave them to tell your co-workers that the patient may code soon.

This seriously happened the other night at shift change.

Luckily the MD was in the hallway, and the family members present said it was ok to let him go in peace. So the MD wrote the order, and the patient went quietly about a minute later.

This has been a very trying week at work. And now, it's time to buy a boat and ride out the hurricane!

Poor life choices

It's never fun to have a patient that is admitted for alcohol addiction and withdraw. It's worse when that patient is someone whom you used to be very good friends with in high school.

I haven't seen my friend or her family in years. It was a sad reunion when she was lying in bed very sick and delusional. She always had such high dreams for her life, and I thought she was out trying to accomplish them. It was hard to know that she was working only to buy alcohol and get drunk every night. Luckily her family decided it was time to put an end to the problem before things got too out of control. 22 is much too young to lose someone to poison.

I appologise

It has been a crazy time, and i haven't posted in a while. But I haven't forgot about it. I promise new things coming up soon!