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Thelast few days at work have been really really bad...awful in fact lol. Saturday was the worst, i started crying it was that bad, and ive never ever done that, i just couldnt cope. The wya it usually is, theres 6 staff for 36 residents - 2 per 12 residents. But on saturday, we had 6 staff, but i was the only one who knew what i was doing - apart from me we had three agency staff (they get paid double what i do, and get caled in when they're needed, but they're always foreign and always rubbish - im not racist but when they're getting paid more than me i'd at least expect them to know the job but they dont, and they're lazy.) anyway we had three of them, a new girl, who was meant to be observing not working, and a nurse who was working as a carer. The way they did it wasnt even legal lol. Umm it was a complete disastor anyway - me and the nurse were working together and we had a coupke of residents who needed sorting which took a while...everytime we went out to the corridoor the three agency were just standing near the trolley, then wen we came out they walked around tryin to look like they'd been doing something...really wound me up. Umm it was okay but i missed my break, and then it was teatime, and i'd told the nurse to go get herself a drink n that, so i was on my own, the agency had been sent to sit ppl up for tea but were nowhere to be seen - i went to answer a bell and walter shouted at me coz he'd been waiting an hour - i shouted back at him lol, and he sed sorry - probably not a good thing to do:P I just was like "look im basically working on my own and im not a miracle worker, dont start shouting at me" and then went and was trying to give tea to 36 residents alone, some werent sat up - just was dead wound up, then an agency came, and i gave him some sandwiches and a pudding and cup of tea and took him to a residents room and asked him to feed him the sandwiches, and he asked how lol...that was just the final straw. I was like "u take a sandwich and put it in his mouth, its not rocket science" and i just walked away...then there were two new admissions who didnt have any tea asking for some....the nurse came up and asked me somethign and that was it, i just started crying coz there was so much to do and i couldnt get anything done....they then put another nurse on the floor to help me. Annette came back, and i was still a bit chocked up - u know when u dont trust urself to speak coz u know you'll cry again, was like that. She saw anyway, and was like "just come with me" and just went to the staff room, and she just sed, take ur break now, so i did...lol i feel like such a baby in some ways. Umm there were a couple fo the kitchen staff there (including my auntie who works there) and they asked if i was alright and stuff and just had a moan about the place, and then will (the cook) gave me a bit of the tea (some egg and bacon flan) and i went and hid out in the kitchen and had that lol, and then i felt a bit better and went back on the floor. Just was horrible - im gonna complain about it later wen im at work coz it was so unfair to expect one member of staff to be in charge of 5 - 3 of who were incompetant and one who was new bless her and couldnt be expected toknow how to do it. The nurse was okay but just didnt know the routines and that, but at least she knew the patients. Umm after tea wasnt so bad, just got what we could done.
Sat night craig came round after he went for a meal for his nanas birthday - je went for a drink with his cousins but came to mine coz i was telling him about my bad day bless him. He really cheered me up.
Sunday had another 12 hours...it went better, but not great still. Had Shaun on aswell and the nurse again, so there were three of us that knew it. Umm just refused to get wound up, just did wat i could. There was a resident paul, and i felt really sorry for him - he had one leg amputated at xmas, and then the other one had t be a couple of weeks ago, and last night he was getting phantom pains, saying it felt like someone had pliared off his toes and stuff - he was in agony, cying and stuff, i was with him for about half an hour, but i couldnt do owt so had to leave him coz there was stuff to be done, felt sorry for him.
Last night got a pizza hut pizza and watched a film. Me and craig argued lol, think it was just coz i was so stressed from work. We're okay now though.
In 3-8 today.
Havent heard from that job, dont know if to ring up - dont think i dare though lol. Got an interview wednesday too.
Ive finished all of my uni application, just gotta wait for my uni tutor to write my reference.
Katxx
Sat night craig came round after he went for a meal for his nanas birthday - je went for a drink with his cousins but came to mine coz i was telling him about my bad day bless him. He really cheered me up.
Sunday had another 12 hours...it went better, but not great still. Had Shaun on aswell and the nurse again, so there were three of us that knew it. Umm just refused to get wound up, just did wat i could. There was a resident paul, and i felt really sorry for him - he had one leg amputated at xmas, and then the other one had t be a couple of weeks ago, and last night he was getting phantom pains, saying it felt like someone had pliared off his toes and stuff - he was in agony, cying and stuff, i was with him for about half an hour, but i couldnt do owt so had to leave him coz there was stuff to be done, felt sorry for him.
Last night got a pizza hut pizza and watched a film. Me and craig argued lol, think it was just coz i was so stressed from work. We're okay now though.
In 3-8 today.
Havent heard from that job, dont know if to ring up - dont think i dare though lol. Got an interview wednesday too.
Ive finished all of my uni application, just gotta wait for my uni tutor to write my reference.
Katxx