Nurses this week was the weakest ever for me! I mean next to some meaningful status updates on facebook nursing week was a BUST! I got an email from my travel company...I do need to redeem my free gift ;-) Just in light of all of the failures on the end of management lately im sure free meal and a smile doesn't make up for how some nurses are being treated. Personally as a travel RN I fly above all of the crap! Its so beautiful! No politics none of these idiot decisions made by upper management effects me! I just go, do my job then go home! It still makes me mad when I hear of my coworkers getting screwed over with their pay! Especially Brenda who constantly reminds everyone of "they cut my check, so I aint......." LMAO!
Well this past week on assignment has been great. I feel like I have acclimated well with the staff...I am even organizing potlucks! LOL! Fed nurses are happy nurses...I should conduct a study and publish it...maybe someone will write it in their policy! Its crazy how many of the personalities and worth ethics remind me of each other! I mean its like every nurse I have worked with in Houston has a twin or certain aspects of them remind me of the other. There is the charge nurse who always says ok, even though the patients they are about to receive are train wrecks...there are the nurses who don't sit down and just create things to do, and make you feel lazy...there are the nurses who are nice but don't quite connect the dots...the nurses who only have their own interests in mind...etc etc. But there are a few nurses who are themselves! I must admit working with all of the different personalities does bring a certain joy to my life! I guess i just get bored so easily!!
"The nicest people on earth will die of cancer." This was said this week and it struck me because it reminded me of all the oncology patients I have experienced in my life either as a CNA or RN. I took care of this patient who was a younger diagnosed with AML (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_myeloid_leukemia) when through chemo treatments and then finally a stem cell transplant. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stem-cell-transplant/my00089 It just made me take a look at my own life and how I do take things for granted! Its like they went to get a normal blood test and BAM! they were diagnosed with AML. Cancer is just one of God's test of endurance I guess...cancer treatment is probably one of the most brutal things a person can go through...unless you live in California and you can participate in legal activities ;-) Just the thought of having to go through chemo makes me want to rethink life! Its like are you willing to suffer to live a little longer????? and after the suffering its not promised but research has shown blah? They give you numbers, figures and percentages...Then there are the emotional ups and downs...clear tests everything looks great...but you go in for a routine check up and "well there are some suspicious looking spots on your lungs and brain". Well the patient's family members were like "you are so tentative and compassionate you should work on the oncology floor". I just responded with "I can't, my heart can't take it". To all of you people who know me are thinking....whoa...yes, I do have my mojo and at work its just another slice of me...hopefully none of you will ever have to get a taste of Nurse Brandon ;-) It kills me to see good people dieing and them being so happy about it! If you ever want to meet a group of cheerful people take a walk on an oncology floor, I would have to say 80% of them are so happy! You see them with their bald heads and only able to eat bites of food...experiencing the worse pain in the world...smile. Gah!
Well I am getting sleepy! I will have to do a follow up post to talk about things that made me go hmmmmmmmmm this past week!
BS RN
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