Must add "shit catcher". Why? Because apparently when my boss is not there I am second in line to catch all the shit from crazy family members. Le sigh. Just because dear old Mom refused to wear the outfit you wanted her to does not mean she wasn't dressed appropriately and ready for her doctor's appt. More? Of course. ( Read more... )
That's where I'm going to be this evening so that I may gibber and whine in pain and utter exhaustion until I can collapse in my bed for the night. Today I had a resident turn on me. His meds had been recently changed and he's become more aggressive and unstable. I was helping my assistant give him a shower he didn't want when he grabbed me by
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I'm absolutely beat. It's been a long weekend at work and no day off in sight until next weekend. I need rest to get through five more days. Hopefully I can catch up on LJ and elsewhere and post the final chapter of "Hazard Pay". Oops, did I say last? Yep, the last.
Ah, Labor Day! How did Lily spend the holiday? By laboring, of course. Yep, I'm sulking, but I did spend most of my day amused when I wasn't just about ready to load a trank gun and nail everybody
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Phew! Another day at work. Working with Alzheimer's patients is very difficult sometimes. Due to the nature of the mental state their attention span is very short, their memory is shot to hell and most become either very child-like or constantly argumentive. Today was one of those days when no one wanted to cooperate with anything. Meds,
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The job interview went well. The Director of Nursing was talking money and they usually don't quote a salary unless there's a distinct possibility of employment. And...it's more than I was making per hour at the hospital. Plus, it's day shift from 7 to 3. Whee! The background check has been sent in and she said she would call me next week when
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Me shampooing my beige dining room/living room carpeting and kids on summer vacation. The little varmints tracked dirt on it while it was still damp and I had to do it over again. Le sigh. The perils of Momdom.
Yay! for having tonight and tomorrow night off. The past two nights weren't bad, but I had to do a lot of lifting and transferring of patients. My back and my right knee are having a competition to see who can make me feel the most remorse
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