I am off now after doing two agency shifts for the last two nights. Thank you Lord for the agency shifts that you provide. Hopefully there will be more next time :) Anyhow, my rest will not last long because I am doing a 12 hour day tomorrow. But still grateful to do it. Tomorrow is Australia Day and the pay rate is two and a half. Kids are off from school but because of non stop rain here in Brisbane we cannot go anywhere. Mentioning of anywhere, I need to sleep now because hubby will be home soon and I'm sure he's gonna wake me up and asked me to come with him to look for the coffee table look like a rustic decor to use in our TV room. Sweet dreams to me :)
Scared Moi!
I had a lot of days off this last few days. Then I did a night shift last night. The result? I feel so terrible. I was so tired and can't open my eyes. So what I did was fill up my system with cups of co fees. I don't want to end up kick and punch by my patient especially I had a murderous patient last night. My patent's history is obsessive compulsive schizophrenic and shot his mum with a shotgun when he was 20. Now he is on his late thirties but still a very dangerous man. He stalks people he doesn't like and I was so scared he's gonna wake up and murdered me! But luckily he was heavily sedated. The nurse that I handed over this morning was very scared because they are going to wake the patient up and take the tube out and we don't know what his behaviour will be. Anyway, I need to go now I am going to work and I still need to look for birthday gifts for grandma. Ciao!
Kids Dream Holiday
After a week of raining and cold weather (around 20c - yes that is very cold for us!) we finally have the perfect summer. Bring on the swimsuit! Not for me thiugh because I am very fat at the moment. Planning to lose some weight though... in my dreams. LOL. Anyhow, this is the perfect time to buy winter gears like skis and thule ski rack. My kids dream holiday is to go to Canbera next winter and go to Mt. buler to experience a snowy winter. That will be in eight months time....
Working Too Much
Few days ago I did a night shift then another late shift the following day. I haven't done this type of shift and I thought it will be bad but actually I was perfectly OK and did not feel tired at all. Since agency shifts is very popular here in Australia for extra money I am doing loads right now. My aim is to do at least 32-48 hours every forthnight in top of my 76 hours full time job. I know it is too much but I still have 2-3 days off every week since we are doing a 12 hour shifts. Lord please give me more strength.
The Hang Man
We have a patient admitted few days ago with attempted suicide. He hanged himself in the garage but was save. His wife saw him and his two young kids ages; 12 and 10. Now the wife is in terrible condition and blaiming herself of what happened since it happened after their argument. The worst thing is their kids are suffering. They have five kids in total age from 14 to 5 years old. I saw their family picture and look perfect. I don't know the reason behind it but I felt so sorry for the kids because even if the patient will survive it will hurt and traumatize them. I want to spinabolo to the patient when he wakes up so that he will realize what he's been doing to his family.
Phone Updated To iphone 4S :)
At long last my iphone 3GS was updated to 4S. Yehey!!! The surfing and playing at work (when it is not busy) is better. LOL. Anyway, my 2 girls wanted my old 3GS. After long discussion between them my second daughter won. Since my eldest has her second ipod touch 8 gb
after she broke the first one she let her little sister have my old phone as long as she will let her borrow if she wants to bring it to school. Whatever!
I Have A Bug :(
I admitted a patient last night with nausea and diarrhea. Since she is infected we put her in the side room. And because I am her nurse every time she do a poo-poo I am responsible to clean her up. She did open her bowel four times overnight. It was very very smelly and right there and then after I first cleaned up I suffered with tummy pain until now. I want to throw up too. But I just keep burping. I'm sure she passed her bug to me. The worst thing is the patient is rude. No please or thank you that will make the situation a bit easier... ;(
Lucky Moi
How lucky I am today to have my annual leave request granted. I only had 2 hours sleep after two nights so going to work is not safe at all. Eventhough the unit is not that busy, last night there were five of us for two hdu patients but I need to be awake overnight. So doing nothing except sitting and reading and facebooking makes me more tired. What a life! Anyway, we are going shopping tomorrow and my daughter want to buy the replica ed hardy that she saw online.
My Birth Announcement :)
I had a funny dream few nights ago. In my dream I was handing invitations to my friends for my birth announcements. It made me think what if I will have another one again? I'm not that old if I will have another baby. But no way! I am happy with hat I have now. And as I said to my friends and family I want to retire when all of my kids are successful with their chosen career. If I will have another one my dream will end. Instead I need to work until I am 65. Waaaaaaaa!
Looking After Nine Patients
As I mentioned on my last post I said I am going to do agency shift. This time of year ICU is very quiet so I decided to do a shift on the ward. I was assigned in cardiac ward for a nine hours shift. Since it was my first time I had difficulty with the paperworks and doing observations with nine patients in the morning. But overall it wasn't too bad. So I decided to do more shifts in the future, it may be ICU or not. Good luck to me!
On Nights Again!
It is Sunday today and sad to say we did not managed to go to church today. I was so tired after my 12 hours night shift. I work last night without any rest after spending the day shopping with my kids. It was lightheaded and very sleepy the whole night. So when I got home this morning I went straight to bed with my heated blanket even though it wasn't cold. Thanks God I survived. Tonight I am off but decided to do another agency shift so that I have some extra money to spend for my son's coming party.
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