What If?

This is related to my previous post. I'm just thinking if I will stop doing nursing job. What do you think I will end up? I am thinking of maybe doing an Admin Jobs? No I don't think so. I hate paper works that even my own file I cannot do it. What more if I will do this type of job. How about a teacher or a clinical instructor? No, I hate teaching!!! I think what I need to do is to save money so that I can put up my own business. But the answer is when?

Help Needed

I do six 12 hours and one 8 hours shift forth nightly. Mostly night shifts. And that's not including the shifts for overtime. So overall in one month I do around 10-14 nights shift. It is quite difficult because I don't get much sleep during the day and during the night when I'm off. I've been doing this job for more than 13 years now. Don't know how many years more I can cope. Looking myself in the mirror make me scared to death because I can see wrinkles slowly showing up. If you know any wrinkle cream that works wonder please do tell me. Help me please. I don't want to get old early.

Disturbed

Few days ago, I had a patient who had his 6 teeth extracted. And because he is a smoker and a drinker his lung did not cope with the anesthesia that he had. He was admitted to ICU immediately for airway management. I was wondering how this patient survived for his day to day life? He is a doctor and still practicing. How can he manage to treat people while he cannot look after his self???

I just hope there's no situition like this that happened in his clinic... lol.

Brought A patient in Morgue

As I said my patient died on my shift last week. The same process in UK. Nurses do the cleaning and washing of the dead patient. The one that I did not expect is that I will go to the morgue too and sign that I brought the patient over there. It was spooky!!! There was only 4 spaces of a freezer like room. Good thing is that it was day time. I was thinking what if it happened on night shift? It will be very scary.

Anyway, need to have a break now because I still need to clean the copper kitchen sink/copper kitchen sinks that we have. And need to sort out the dishes from yesterday's party.

Motorcycle Accident

My husband friend is selling his motorcycle and my husband is thinking of getting it. Hubby said that motorcycle is very cheap to run. But the answer from me is a big NO. I already encountered a lot of motorcycle accidents and they we're bad. Most cases end up with head injury if not spinal injury. And worst in most cases they died. Now who wants a motorcycle? but if you do, you need to have a good insurance and good attorney to cover you in case of accident. Try Pleasanton motorcycle accident attorney and see what they can offer you.

Cannot Predict Life

My last post as I said I already know what will happen on my shift. But it did not turned out like that. My patient died. Which is unusual in the hospital where I work because we don't have a lot of very sick patient. I thought the patient will be stable with me because he was OK for 3 days. But then he died. Actually 2 of them died in a span of only 4 hours. I think they we're waiting each other. There was a time that when my colleague was cleaning the patient who died first the pt. buzzer was on which the nurse said she did not press it. So I told her that maybe the deceased patient did it to remind my patient to hurry up and he did hurry up. His blood pressure went down and he did not react to any treatment at all. Anyway, better for them because they we're in ICU for long time and not improving at all. Now they are resting where ever they are. May their soul rest in peace.

Thankful...

After off sick for 3 days, day off for 2 days, 1 night shift and another 2 days off. I am back for two 12 hours day shift. Urgh!!! I am sure it will be a busy shift again. Moving and transferring patient to the ward and getting a new case of open heart surgery. See? I know already what will happen :) But still, I am thankful that I have a job and it pay all the bills. I think I need to rest now after looking for insurance online so that I will have more energy for tomorrow. Goodnight everybody.

She Looks Good

A lot of my colleagues goes to the gym. One of them was featured in slimming competition because she loss a lot of weight. She said she started from 130 kgs and now down to 65 kgs and she is about 5'10''. She said she did everything to achieve this, gym for 1 hour when she's off, run for 1 hour when off, she watch what she eats, she takes diet pills and everything you can think of. Now she really looks good. I don't know if I can do everything she's gone. I think I can't.

Bored Nurse

Now that I work in Cardiothoracic ICU I find it so boring. No more interesting cases that I handle. Work is very routine. I miss looking after patient who are so poorly with a lot of issues. I cannot wait to get my residency status so that I can apply another job to different hospitals. The good thing is work is very light apart when I do day shifts which involve transferring patients to the ward. I want to be busy but not that type of work. I want to handle patient with complicated situation. Call me weird.

Lose Belly Fat

Yesterday when I was at work me and my colleague discussed how we will lose our belly fat. Being a mother of 3 is not easy. And with a very good appetite like me it is a sacrifice. But I am trying my best. I jog now 2 to 4 times a week. Just for half an hour but better than nothing. I know it will take time to lose belly fat but at least I am doing something because if I will just sit and do nothing I'm sure I will get bigger and bigger.

What If ?

What if you had a surgery and the surgery is not intended to you? I witnessed another case again. If it will be me I will sue the doctor's who done the surgery. Have you heard about medical stories that gone wrong? Yes it is true and according to survey the rate is around 12 to 20%. Scary.

Live Chat for Nurses

The good thing working in Intensive Care Unit is the work is light. We only have one patient most of the time. Now being in Cardiothoracic ICU, the job is more routine and patient are not too bad at all. They are still and ventilated but they are not sick sick (if you know what I mean). If they are ventilated problem is we need to be in the bedside all the time except breaktime and if I am in the side room imagine for 12 hour shift I don't talk to anybody. I wonder if there's any hospital with a live chat for doctors and nurses? I think it will be fun, fun, fun. Check the link now for live chat.