Nov 15, 2008 13:24
that "new patient" of mine i got back... had an interesting night with her... actually had an interesting night overall. I had one of my patients pull out her IV... the nurse and I weren't sure if she's kinda confused (probably) or if she was in that set mind frame where she HAD to get the IV out because the compazine (anti nausea/vomiting med) the nurse gave her burned the vein a little bit, which it's supposed to. my one kinda contracted guy with a feeding tube was throwing his pillows on the floor.. i think he was just crappy b/c it was time for a diaper change. And then back to that "new patient"... confused crazy old lady. She came back from OR, we could tell she was confused, we thought she'd be ok though... 2am... i find her standing up at the side of the bed saying she needed to go to the bathroom to pee. She had a catheter in her bladder.. she doesn't need to go to the bathroom. But of course confused old ladies don't understand this. So nurse and i got her back into bed. and b/c she was now being uncooperative and non-compliant, the nurse wanted me to sit with her the rest of the shift. And because she had taken her oxygen off.. that made her even more confused and more combative. Then the respiratory therapist came in and saved the day. We got the patient back on her O2, set it to 4L and as soon as the O2 started to circulate in her tissues, she started to listen to us. still confused, but she was cooperative. See, the things you gotta think of as a nurse... she was getting out of control because she didn't have hardly enough O2 circulating in her tissues.
Yea.. interesting night
and that guy who hit me appears to be screwing me over left and right, i keep having to call him and bother him b/c he won't call me back like he states. this is getting rather ridiculous. should i even bother having the dent fixed anyway? my car has been giving me problems lately with stalling as i'm driving... i need a new car, or a new part, something..
def. getting tired of being screwed over by people... i sure hope 2009 will be a new year and a new me with a new life
10 margaritas for me later and good ol' ice skating with 10 good friends.
Cheers to my Nov 15th of 2008!
"drink to all that we have lost, mistakes we have made, everything will change, everything will change" -gavin rossdale