Archive for December, 2009

the weekend, part 2: out of 5

Gut IssuesIt’s funny how things go along and we don’t get a lot of certain diagnoses or treatments for a long time, then it seems we get an epidemic of something. It’s well known among nurses that some diagnoses and ailments have certain “seasons”.for instance, you’ll hear people talk about “GI bleed season,” which really […]

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUBAR!Well, here I am in Up the Road. It’s been two days of the most completely surreal, disorganized, and poorly managed orientation I have ever lived through. I keep telling myself that it has to get better, and that a bad dress rehearsal means a good performance. I hope to hell that’s true.
I arrived on […]

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I think this post might be a mixed bag.part rant, part reflection, part I-don’t-know-what. I’d meant to post something a week or two ago about how you get to know people in the wee hours of the morning and somehow it never got written.
As most critical care folks know, baths are primarily a night shift […]

We’re drowning here.

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We’re drowning here.The unit has moved back downstairs to our regular haunts, now that the […]

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Senior Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education (Primary/Early Years)

I hate it here!Yep, that’s right. I hate it. I don’t like the hospital or the city. I like the people I work with okay, and the unit is very nice, but I don’t like it. There are things going on that I don’t understand and they make me uncomfortable.
Staffing over most of the […]

What would you do to someone you love?

settling in and other oddmentsI’m now about halfway through my orientation period and feeling pretty good about it. I’ve been taking the patients on the team, leaving my preceptor (usually the charge nurse) free to help out wherever.the other night she was about to fall asleep so she volunteered to be our tech for the […]