Friday, May 06, 2005
Okay so NOW I need to write more...lol
Why is it that my ward is sooo well staffed on some shifts and sooo badly staffed on other shifts?
I hate it. I had 7 patients tonight, one got septic at 9:30pm, he puked or pooped himself 4 times withint the space of 2hrs, each time requiring major sheet changes and major cleanup efforts. The last time I changed the sheets he had pooped off the end of the draw sheet I put on to catch the shit, so I had to change all his sheets once more, we got all the clean sheets on and he starts making noises, he is gonna vomit, so I give him a bowl, BUT he manages to get vomit all over the new clean sheets we have jut changed for the 4th time... ARGH. He was very unwell, I felt like I had no backup, no help. There was nothing on the ward that I needed, I needed a non rebreather oxygen mask, there was none there, I needed an IV set with a pump set so i could pump the iv fluids in, there was none. ARGH!
A second one of my patients got sick at 9pm too, she got reviewed at 10:30pm or so and I had to get a catheter urine specimen (CSU) from her, give her a dose of antibiotics and get bloods taken, I also needed to get a CSU from the other guy who was sick, get bloods, do his antibiotics. I had one other patient who was dieing, and 2 other patients who were high level of care. I felt totally unsupported all night, no one helped me or offered to help me untill 11pm.
I have called in sick for tomorrow, I feel sick cause I don't know that I got everything done, I know I didn't empty the catheter bags.I prolly didn't write someone's notes either.
I hate work
gonna go now cause it is late. I didn't leave till 11:30pm
Gah
Laters
Why is it that my ward is sooo well staffed on some shifts and sooo badly staffed on other shifts?
I hate it. I had 7 patients tonight, one got septic at 9:30pm, he puked or pooped himself 4 times withint the space of 2hrs, each time requiring major sheet changes and major cleanup efforts. The last time I changed the sheets he had pooped off the end of the draw sheet I put on to catch the shit, so I had to change all his sheets once more, we got all the clean sheets on and he starts making noises, he is gonna vomit, so I give him a bowl, BUT he manages to get vomit all over the new clean sheets we have jut changed for the 4th time... ARGH. He was very unwell, I felt like I had no backup, no help. There was nothing on the ward that I needed, I needed a non rebreather oxygen mask, there was none there, I needed an IV set with a pump set so i could pump the iv fluids in, there was none. ARGH!
A second one of my patients got sick at 9pm too, she got reviewed at 10:30pm or so and I had to get a catheter urine specimen (CSU) from her, give her a dose of antibiotics and get bloods taken, I also needed to get a CSU from the other guy who was sick, get bloods, do his antibiotics. I had one other patient who was dieing, and 2 other patients who were high level of care. I felt totally unsupported all night, no one helped me or offered to help me untill 11pm.
I have called in sick for tomorrow, I feel sick cause I don't know that I got everything done, I know I didn't empty the catheter bags.I prolly didn't write someone's notes either.
I hate work
gonna go now cause it is late. I didn't leave till 11:30pm
Gah
Laters
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