little old people
"NURSE! I'm ITCHY!"
"You're itchy? Where?" (Why did I even ask x_o. but you know sometimes the effect of certain medications can cause pruritis and sometimes it's an allergic reaction to the med and--)
"You know where."
"..."
"My ASS."
Uhuh. I'm probably being a prude here, but some of the stuff these little 80 year old ladies say throws me off.
In other news... as much as I hate this experience---and sometimes I feel like I hate it a lot--- I love it so much more that it makes up for all the downsides of the hospital. Hate is such a strong word really---I only dislike it sometimes.
I never mentioned that I switched over to the telemetry floor. Anyway, I was in PACU for 5 weeks. wooh boy, do I miss it there. I didn't know what I had until I left. Not that telemetry is horrible or gross or discouraging or anything.... it's just different. I had a lot more attention in PACU, and my preceptor even went over some aspects of critical care with me. Up on the floor you're really too busy to think and if you do have time to think, it's only about how to organize your next few moves so that you don't waste your time running around the unit. Granted, my preceptor up here is wonderful and very good when i can catch her finally but. Yeah. Lots of time spent doing other things.
I feel soso bad for those CA's on the floor (and I'm a little scared of what will happen when I start working as a CA there.... x_O) because they sometimes get 12, 14, 16 patients at a time. If I do become a CA.... I think I'm going to resign myself to evenings. AM care will only kill me. (omg I feel so shallow saying this but it is true. Knowing that I'll be working only one day a week during the semester... i don't really have time to get good at the job before they start letting me loose on my own)
I have found myself very partial to my little old people... they are just too sweet sometimes. I was sitting for like two hours with this one lady who was a talker, and by talk I mean she babbled on and on about nothing. Huh. Sometimes they're a little kooky, sometimes they're a little mean... but I love them all the same. I don't get why they're so endearing to me... even if I have to clean up crap or something, I still find myself chatting away happily to the patient while I'm doing it.
Sometimes they're so embaressed about it too... I always try to reassure them that it's okay, that it's really not a big deal (trust me, I've seen much worse. And I'm only a student here, and the nurses have +43658436 more experience points than I do, so they are better about it than I am.). But being in the hospital is tough, and these patients are usually under a lot of stress, so I guess I understand where they're coming from.
It's tough... it's really tough.
( to be continued...)
"You're itchy? Where?" (Why did I even ask x_o. but you know sometimes the effect of certain medications can cause pruritis and sometimes it's an allergic reaction to the med and--)
"You know where."
"..."
"My ASS."
Uhuh. I'm probably being a prude here, but some of the stuff these little 80 year old ladies say throws me off.
In other news... as much as I hate this experience---and sometimes I feel like I hate it a lot--- I love it so much more that it makes up for all the downsides of the hospital. Hate is such a strong word really---I only dislike it sometimes.
I never mentioned that I switched over to the telemetry floor. Anyway, I was in PACU for 5 weeks. wooh boy, do I miss it there. I didn't know what I had until I left. Not that telemetry is horrible or gross or discouraging or anything.... it's just different. I had a lot more attention in PACU, and my preceptor even went over some aspects of critical care with me. Up on the floor you're really too busy to think and if you do have time to think, it's only about how to organize your next few moves so that you don't waste your time running around the unit. Granted, my preceptor up here is wonderful and very good when i can catch her finally but. Yeah. Lots of time spent doing other things.
I feel soso bad for those CA's on the floor (and I'm a little scared of what will happen when I start working as a CA there.... x_O) because they sometimes get 12, 14, 16 patients at a time. If I do become a CA.... I think I'm going to resign myself to evenings. AM care will only kill me. (omg I feel so shallow saying this but it is true. Knowing that I'll be working only one day a week during the semester... i don't really have time to get good at the job before they start letting me loose on my own)
I have found myself very partial to my little old people... they are just too sweet sometimes. I was sitting for like two hours with this one lady who was a talker, and by talk I mean she babbled on and on about nothing. Huh. Sometimes they're a little kooky, sometimes they're a little mean... but I love them all the same. I don't get why they're so endearing to me... even if I have to clean up crap or something, I still find myself chatting away happily to the patient while I'm doing it.
Sometimes they're so embaressed about it too... I always try to reassure them that it's okay, that it's really not a big deal (trust me, I've seen much worse. And I'm only a student here, and the nurses have +43658436 more experience points than I do, so they are better about it than I am.). But being in the hospital is tough, and these patients are usually under a lot of stress, so I guess I understand where they're coming from.
It's tough... it's really tough.
( to be continued...)