Hopefully you all had a wonderful Christmas, or whatever you celebrate. Since this is the first holiday I haven't had to work in forever, it was a great chance to spend with family and loved ones. Even though not working is killing me, I enjoy all the things I never had time to di while in school- like setting around hanging out with friends, and cleaning.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Merry Christmas to me
How can Shitty Hospital get any worse? They fire me. And they do it over nothing. Seriously. I was fired over a situation that was out of my hands, and when I asked for help, I couldn't get it, so I handled things to the best of my ability until I could get help from another floor. And the nurse that came to help me didn't tell me what to do correctly. So they fired me.
They also said there was a list of other things I have done wrong in my few short months of being a nurse, but nobody would tell me what there were so I could improve from my mistakes.
They tell me they are letting me go after telling me that I had patients write wonderful things about me on our Press-Ganey reviews. And for once in the history of the hospital, our Med/Surg scores didn't suck.
I'm still in shock from all this. I mean seriously, have fun replacing me. I worked every shift, and I was trained in 3 departments. I worked about 60 hours a week. Have fun suckahs! I know I'm not the greatest nurse that ever walked those halls- hell I learn alot every day I go into work. But I would care to say I was the most compassionate nurse, and one of the best patient advocators. I was also the only one who would bother to help the aides when they were busy.
So now it's off to the unemployment office first thing tomorrow. Ugh.
But at least now I can spend Christmas with my family. And that is a huge blessing. Because between the different departments, I was going to work Christmas Eve and Day both. And I have some elderly family member that I wanted to see before it is too late.
Now I'm off to bigger and brighter places! There isn't much to chose from where I live, but I'm thinking no matter what my next adventure involves, it can't be worse than where I was.
They also said there was a list of other things I have done wrong in my few short months of being a nurse, but nobody would tell me what there were so I could improve from my mistakes.
They tell me they are letting me go after telling me that I had patients write wonderful things about me on our Press-Ganey reviews. And for once in the history of the hospital, our Med/Surg scores didn't suck.
I'm still in shock from all this. I mean seriously, have fun replacing me. I worked every shift, and I was trained in 3 departments. I worked about 60 hours a week. Have fun suckahs! I know I'm not the greatest nurse that ever walked those halls- hell I learn alot every day I go into work. But I would care to say I was the most compassionate nurse, and one of the best patient advocators. I was also the only one who would bother to help the aides when they were busy.
So now it's off to the unemployment office first thing tomorrow. Ugh.
But at least now I can spend Christmas with my family. And that is a huge blessing. Because between the different departments, I was going to work Christmas Eve and Day both. And I have some elderly family member that I wanted to see before it is too late.
Now I'm off to bigger and brighter places! There isn't much to chose from where I live, but I'm thinking no matter what my next adventure involves, it can't be worse than where I was.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Favorite things
This kinda stems from my last post, but it seriously made my day.
Little ol' grandma was admitted for a hip fracture after falling from a chair trying to get something off the top cabinet to cook for the family dinner. Luckily the family was on their way over, because grandma lives alone, and laid on the floor for a few minutes before everyone get there.
The entire family was present while I was doing the admission. Usually I try to do admissions with no one else in the room, but I decided to be nice today- especially when grandma wasn't sure about her meds, and her health history. The granddaughter works as a receptionist in an MDs office, so she did think to grab the pill bottles while the EMTs were bringing her in.
The admission took a little longer than most do, thanks to thousands of questions about what would happen- am I really old enough to take care of grandma, how long have I been working, what are we going to do to grandma, why is the sky blue, etc.....
After I got everyone calmed down, and grandma settled in, it was about the end of my shift. I was doing final rounds on everyone, when a few family members cornered me outside the room. They thanked me for being so nice and calm, allowing them to all be with grandma, answering all their questions, and doing everything I could to make everyone comfortable. The one family member that seemed to be the most against me taking care of his sweet mother gave me a hug, and stated "I was scared to bring my mother to Shitty Hospital, and I was really scared when they brought her back here and I saw you. You looked so young, and I figured you didn't know what you were doing. But you are amazing at what you do, and I hope that all your patient's realize how lucky they are to have you around. Thank you, and God bless".
No shit people. That completely made my day, and it is what will get me out of bed and back again tomorrow.
Little ol' grandma was admitted for a hip fracture after falling from a chair trying to get something off the top cabinet to cook for the family dinner. Luckily the family was on their way over, because grandma lives alone, and laid on the floor for a few minutes before everyone get there.
The entire family was present while I was doing the admission. Usually I try to do admissions with no one else in the room, but I decided to be nice today- especially when grandma wasn't sure about her meds, and her health history. The granddaughter works as a receptionist in an MDs office, so she did think to grab the pill bottles while the EMTs were bringing her in.
The admission took a little longer than most do, thanks to thousands of questions about what would happen- am I really old enough to take care of grandma, how long have I been working, what are we going to do to grandma, why is the sky blue, etc.....
After I got everyone calmed down, and grandma settled in, it was about the end of my shift. I was doing final rounds on everyone, when a few family members cornered me outside the room. They thanked me for being so nice and calm, allowing them to all be with grandma, answering all their questions, and doing everything I could to make everyone comfortable. The one family member that seemed to be the most against me taking care of his sweet mother gave me a hug, and stated "I was scared to bring my mother to Shitty Hospital, and I was really scared when they brought her back here and I saw you. You looked so young, and I figured you didn't know what you were doing. But you are amazing at what you do, and I hope that all your patient's realize how lucky they are to have you around. Thank you, and God bless".
No shit people. That completely made my day, and it is what will get me out of bed and back again tomorrow.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
My mission
I know there are tons of things I don't know yet about nursing. And no matter how much I continue to learn, there will always be things I don't know.
Nothing makes my day more than hearing someone say "I was worried about the care I would get here at Shitty Hospital, especially because you're so young, but you did a great job. Thanks for being my nurse".
It seriously can make the worst nights great when people tell me this before I leave. And hearing stuff like that is what makes me get up the next day and do it all over again. It's not about what makes me happy, it's about knowing that I made a difference in someone else's life- that's why I became a nurse
Nothing makes my day more than hearing someone say "I was worried about the care I would get here at Shitty Hospital, especially because you're so young, but you did a great job. Thanks for being my nurse".
It seriously can make the worst nights great when people tell me this before I leave. And hearing stuff like that is what makes me get up the next day and do it all over again. It's not about what makes me happy, it's about knowing that I made a difference in someone else's life- that's why I became a nurse
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)