Gag
The first day of clinicals was rough. I can't even explain. People do that for a living. Holy shit. Why do they not move on to be nurses?
I saw projectile puke that got into everything- clothes, sheets, bandages, and even the curtain. I almost threw up myself from both the sound and sight of it all. It took us a good while to clean him up. I saw poop. Dirty, crusty penis' with catheters. We had to empty catheters. The smell might be worse than poop. I saw a woman who couldn't speak straight up take a huge leak onto the bare floor and the staff just mopped it up with a towel- no cleaner. They wouldn't even put a towel down while she was going to prevent some splatter. How could you NOT have the urge to lysol the hell out of that? I worked with some vent patients. I saw some dementia patients. I saw mostly shells of human beings. Few people were mentally there.
Today was busy, but the cake tasting was AWESOME.
Off to Miami tomorrow.
So yeah, nursing homes are not where I want to end up working. $14 an hour for that bullshit? Now way in hell, not me. I'll be a nurse, thankssss. I am not that "special kind of person" who can do that job.
I saw projectile puke that got into everything- clothes, sheets, bandages, and even the curtain. I almost threw up myself from both the sound and sight of it all. It took us a good while to clean him up. I saw poop. Dirty, crusty penis' with catheters. We had to empty catheters. The smell might be worse than poop. I saw a woman who couldn't speak straight up take a huge leak onto the bare floor and the staff just mopped it up with a towel- no cleaner. They wouldn't even put a towel down while she was going to prevent some splatter. How could you NOT have the urge to lysol the hell out of that? I worked with some vent patients. I saw some dementia patients. I saw mostly shells of human beings. Few people were mentally there.
Today was busy, but the cake tasting was AWESOME.
Off to Miami tomorrow.
So yeah, nursing homes are not where I want to end up working. $14 an hour for that bullshit? Now way in hell, not me. I'll be a nurse, thankssss. I am not that "special kind of person" who can do that job.