There are nine shifts and counting until the conclusion of my very 1st travel assignment! I can't believe 10 weeks have passed already, I can literally remember moving into this apartment! To be honest, I am sooooo ready to move on and embark on a "real" travel assignment; i.e some where out of Texas! Goal: land a travel assingment some where on the island of Manhattan! I am very nervous because of the timing and just the fact who in the heck would want to leave a job in NYC in the summer time?! My recruiter told me there were various posts in Brooklyn and in the Bronx, however, I want Manhattan! This makes me very nervous but trust me I got nervous before each and very major milestone along this journey! In the back of my mind I am confident I will land a decent gig, but at the same time to sort of keep me "grounded" I think of different harsh realities...lol. Well I'm prepared to hold out as long as necessary, I still have a PRN position in my home town where the unit will be very short in the upcoming months so I will HOLD OUT! Not to mention I am paying all of my bills up through August just in case! I am as serious as some ACS when it comes to this! I have worked too hard and suffered through the purgatory which is Temple to settle!!!!
The master plan:
The last day of my current contract: July 3. Last day scheduled: June 29. Vacation in DC starts: July 1. Anticipated start date on new assignment: July 12. I will be in DC from July 1-9th...the 2nd weekend in DC should be move in day in DC...so catch the train, move in, and WORK. Well that's the ideal perfect plan! Oh yes not to mention I would go to Baltimore to visit Nick and Victoria! She is due in August so we will just sit around and eat and play words with friends sitting next to each other lmao! Love ya Vicky can't wait to see yall! Im bringin pampers! lmao!
Dumb ass charge nurse
I mean I have encountered some charge nurses who have made "choice" decisions but damn this one charge nurse (none night shift) is absolutely CLUELESS. Its freakin SCARY! Example (Just one then I need to move on lmao): Didn't report one of the patients passed away and was still in the room without passing along the word to the next charge nurse!!!! Its like the next charge nurse along with everyone else was totally oblivious of a corpse on the unit until the nurse came up, "Well they are kind of big, do we still bag em?" My freakin jaw dropped!!!!!!!!! 1st of all, how do you not know to report the patient is deceased, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WERE THE ONE TAKING CARE OF THE PATIENT! DANGEROUS! I mean come on, what else AREN'T you reporting!? And then have the nerve enough to give me report and tell me not to give lasix to a patient who is admitted with pulmonary hypertension with a CHF exacerbation!? Yall, I don't tell you it took all I had not to just educate this nurse...I am going to hold my mule for 9 more shifts! Anymore then they would be reporting me to the board for bullying! LMAO! I love my job I love my job I love my job!
Excellence:
This morning I was finishing up giving meds to my younger sick patient around 0600 and giving my "this is what I am giving you" speech, when I felt the patient grab my wrist...My initial reaction was like WWWTTTTFFFF!!!! LMAO! I mean do not believe in any type of physical contact at work that isn't work/patient care related! I.e no hugs, kisses, back rubs, back scratches etc....lmao. So I look at the patient and hold my breath (so I don't jerk away) and they just looked at me behind their nonrebreather mask and said "Thank you, thank you for every thing tonight". It made me feel so good! Talk about completely caught off of guard! I don't go into work expecting anything in return, because thats my duty...its what I am there for. But its nice from time to time when you know you did the right thing for the patient. This patient went into some respiratory distress and I simply told them "I am not leaving this room until you feel better"...well turns out i didn't LOL! The secretary was like "where you been!?" I just remember one of my nursing instructors saying "when your patient is in distress you stay put, press the call light and delegate". (I guess that would be ideal depending on your team work). I always try to keep my word my patients; if I say you will get pain meds every 4 hours please believe I will try my BEST to be there drawing it up in 3 hours and 50 min with time to spare! Ok, exhausted rambling taking over...
Please comments, questions, concerns!
B.S. RN BSN
It appears you are a great nurse! Someone who really knows what they are doing and enjoys what they do! Any particular reason as to why you want out of Texas? Keep up the bloggin'
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