Well, my life on Alfred/Joseph is no more. Today is the official beginning of ortho trauma on 8MBBG. I came at 3:30 and I could tell the day crew had quite the day, pretty stressful and chaotic. Some nurses had moved 1/2 their patients up here, but still had some downstairs, don't ask me how that works. Things are semi-organized. Over the period of the 6 hours I've been here I've tried to memorize where things are, but honestly I'm very slow and confused at finding what I need. Hopefully the patients are not to bothered by the fact that I cannot find anything promptly. The unit is HUGE! My very first room is one of our 5 double rooms, 8-574A and B. It's in a corner and I have this giant computer and desk all to myself. There is sooooo much space, it's huge, the hallway is so huge! It's awesome. The rooms are huge and beautiful. We have a view of Rochester out our windows which is pretty sweet, there are vital sign machines in each room, there's room to move in any direction, the bathrooms are huge I can use the lift to lift people myself, there are like 10X more drawer/storage spaces everywhere, and so on and so on. But I do feel far from everyone, usually we're all charting by each other, but I cannot see anyone right now!!! Pod B was closed and we filled up pod G, but now there are 4 people in pod B. I believe we have 32 beds total. Which is pretty close to what we had before. I think there are 22 patients right now, so we're not full. Pod G is bigger because it's got a little extra chunk to it. Each pod is shaped like a horseshoe, so wherever you sit, you can pretty much see everyroom, which is such an improvement. The lockerroom/breakrooms are nice and there are so many more bathrooms for us and for families. The family lounge is awesome too! One thing I love is that the family members have their own couch in each room, so they're out of the way and they can sleep there too! Things are a little confusing up here, especially for the charge nurses, but everyone's doing pretty good. I already feel more aquainted then I did 6 hours ago. There are so many storage rooms, it'll take a while to remember what is in what. I'm sure they'll get around to labeling them eventually. It's fun to see people come up here and be like "wow, it's huge" We had an IV tech come up here and she was like, "why have I never been up here before" and I was like, well it's our first day, and she starting laughing and said, "oh that explains it".
Well, I think I'll go do a couple last things. I'll update about Christmas later.
But the feeling is is that I love our new unit, love it! And cannot wait for it to get all in order and organized, it'll be even better!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Worst night shift of my life and a runner up for the worst shift EVER
Hello all. I have a hypothetical 1/2 break, although I'm sure a call light will go on any second.
I have SIX patients since 11:00 last night. 3 are sleeping well for the most part. 2 are peeing on the hour every hour, I kid you not. And the remaining 1 is trying to jump out of his bed and pull out every tube and cord he has. Someone is sitting in with him, but it's no use, I'm in there constantly. I've given him many drugs designed to calm him, none work. We have restraints ready to go if he must be tied down.
My head is a fog and it's throbbing. I am nauseous and quite miserable feeling. The miserable feeling started at about 4:30. It's 5:30 and I just ate my first thing since 6:00 last night, wow, that's like 12 hours with no food, I guess that's not that impressive, but I've been active those 12 hours, so yeh, that explains the nausea.
2 hours left and many many pills left to give. I cannot give any until 6. The next nurse should relieve me around 7:15-30ish. That will be the happiest moment ever. Then I will go home and my bed will be like heaven and it will be the best feeling ever. Chris will be there and it'll be warm and cozy cozy cozy. Make it come sooner! In 3 hours, I'll be there.
Oh, there goes one of my lights, it's one of the pee-ers, jeesh, it's only been 45 mintues. Shoot me.
BYE!!!!! Sorry, I don't hate my job, I'm just so tired........
I have SIX patients since 11:00 last night. 3 are sleeping well for the most part. 2 are peeing on the hour every hour, I kid you not. And the remaining 1 is trying to jump out of his bed and pull out every tube and cord he has. Someone is sitting in with him, but it's no use, I'm in there constantly. I've given him many drugs designed to calm him, none work. We have restraints ready to go if he must be tied down.
My head is a fog and it's throbbing. I am nauseous and quite miserable feeling. The miserable feeling started at about 4:30. It's 5:30 and I just ate my first thing since 6:00 last night, wow, that's like 12 hours with no food, I guess that's not that impressive, but I've been active those 12 hours, so yeh, that explains the nausea.
2 hours left and many many pills left to give. I cannot give any until 6. The next nurse should relieve me around 7:15-30ish. That will be the happiest moment ever. Then I will go home and my bed will be like heaven and it will be the best feeling ever. Chris will be there and it'll be warm and cozy cozy cozy. Make it come sooner! In 3 hours, I'll be there.
Oh, there goes one of my lights, it's one of the pee-ers, jeesh, it's only been 45 mintues. Shoot me.
BYE!!!!! Sorry, I don't hate my job, I'm just so tired........
Monday, December 17, 2007
Whatnot and Such
I have pictures to put up, but I'm at work, so I cannot, but will later.
This past weekend was super super super fun. Here's why it was fun....Mom and I went on a lil' trip Fri-Sat.
First of all. Friday morning my dear friend Kelsey and I went to see our dear friends Heather and Casey graduate from WSU. The four of us are now all officially WSU Alumni!!!! It's been pretty neat to know these girls and be their roomates and see them go from freshman to graduated!!! I'm so proud! The ceremony was less exciting then starting at a wall, but it was worth it to see my girls walk up and get their diploma (or the holder for it) and to see them afterwards.
Friday night my mom and I left for a just-for-fun jaunt to the cities and surrounding area. We drove up to Burnsville and stayed at a lovely hotel. We went to the mall there and then to a super yummy restaurant called Old Chicago, so good! Then we went to a late movie in Lakeville of "I am Legend" with Will Smith, who knew it would be absolutely terrifying?! We didn't! But we were watching it through our fingers and shreaking. Ugh, so scary, but good. We enjoyed our cozy and fluffy beds and the continental breakfast. We then made our way to the Southdale mall in Edina. Here I spent all the x-mas $$$ people have given me to spend. I spent it all at my fav store: New York and Co. The total was $280.00, but due to coupons and discounts, it came to $118!!!! $100 of that was paid for my the grandparents and $15 of it by mom, leaving me with only $3.00 to pay out of $280.00, YES! I love it. PS: I would NEVER spend $280.00 on clothes, this was only made possible by the discounts. heehee.
Then we got to have lunchy lunch with Bricey Brice at a place called Bonfires, also very yummy. Then we checked out one more small mall, but we think we got the directions wrong and went to the wrong place, oh well. I also got some 50% off cozy things from Old Navy. Fun fun. It was fun to hang out just Mom and I and be all goofy and such. Mom was scaring me all night pretending to be the creepy aliens from the movie, heehee. Eventually we had to come home....
But, home was good too. I got to hang out with my husband, who forced me to work out with him, well he didn't force me, he's just a really good influence. We fianlly got to go to church together. I was wondering if people think we split up, cuz we're always there seperately, heehee. We taught our 2-3 year old about the shepards getting the message from the angel that Jesus was born. They are so cute. After I tell them the bible story, I quiz them.
This is me "The shepards visited baby Jesus!!" Then I ask them, "Who visiited baby Jesus?"
They all reply with a loud shout "God!" heehee, God is their answer to every question, I think that they think they'll just get the answers right if they say God. One of the kids gave us a gift card to Hollywood, fun huh? Afterwards we went to the mall and ate lunch with all the Hemmers and then some. Gavin and I watched the home movie of the day he was born, it's so cute. I remember it like it was yesterday, so it's fun to watch, because I remember what I was thinking. It shows me holding him for the first time, hard to believe he was so little.
Today, I slept in and decided to be a slug, it was very very fun. I had Kid's Hope @ 1:00-2:00, which was fun. And then I've been at work since.
I'm just waiting for the next nurse to take over for me in about 10-15 mins. I taped the finale of Little People and the new John&Kate + 8, so I'm excited to get cozy in bed and watch them!!!
I work tomorrow and Wed and then the overnight weekend, and then it's Christmas!!! I have the 24th, 25th, and 26th off. Then on the 27th I work an evening shift and it's our first day in the NEW UNIT!!! YESSSSSS. I had orientation there last week and I got to practice with the overhead lift system. They used me as a patient so I got to fly through the room and yell out, "I'm Peter Pan!" heehee, it'll be awesome, I can't wait. Today I slammed my hip into a chair and knocked over someone's water cuz our rooms are too small. \
Well, I better get going. Adios!
This past weekend was super super super fun. Here's why it was fun....Mom and I went on a lil' trip Fri-Sat.
First of all. Friday morning my dear friend Kelsey and I went to see our dear friends Heather and Casey graduate from WSU. The four of us are now all officially WSU Alumni!!!! It's been pretty neat to know these girls and be their roomates and see them go from freshman to graduated!!! I'm so proud! The ceremony was less exciting then starting at a wall, but it was worth it to see my girls walk up and get their diploma (or the holder for it) and to see them afterwards.
Friday night my mom and I left for a just-for-fun jaunt to the cities and surrounding area. We drove up to Burnsville and stayed at a lovely hotel. We went to the mall there and then to a super yummy restaurant called Old Chicago, so good! Then we went to a late movie in Lakeville of "I am Legend" with Will Smith, who knew it would be absolutely terrifying?! We didn't! But we were watching it through our fingers and shreaking. Ugh, so scary, but good. We enjoyed our cozy and fluffy beds and the continental breakfast. We then made our way to the Southdale mall in Edina. Here I spent all the x-mas $$$ people have given me to spend. I spent it all at my fav store: New York and Co. The total was $280.00, but due to coupons and discounts, it came to $118!!!! $100 of that was paid for my the grandparents and $15 of it by mom, leaving me with only $3.00 to pay out of $280.00, YES! I love it. PS: I would NEVER spend $280.00 on clothes, this was only made possible by the discounts. heehee.
Then we got to have lunchy lunch with Bricey Brice at a place called Bonfires, also very yummy. Then we checked out one more small mall, but we think we got the directions wrong and went to the wrong place, oh well. I also got some 50% off cozy things from Old Navy. Fun fun. It was fun to hang out just Mom and I and be all goofy and such. Mom was scaring me all night pretending to be the creepy aliens from the movie, heehee. Eventually we had to come home....
But, home was good too. I got to hang out with my husband, who forced me to work out with him, well he didn't force me, he's just a really good influence. We fianlly got to go to church together. I was wondering if people think we split up, cuz we're always there seperately, heehee. We taught our 2-3 year old about the shepards getting the message from the angel that Jesus was born. They are so cute. After I tell them the bible story, I quiz them.
This is me "The shepards visited baby Jesus!!" Then I ask them, "Who visiited baby Jesus?"
They all reply with a loud shout "God!" heehee, God is their answer to every question, I think that they think they'll just get the answers right if they say God. One of the kids gave us a gift card to Hollywood, fun huh? Afterwards we went to the mall and ate lunch with all the Hemmers and then some. Gavin and I watched the home movie of the day he was born, it's so cute. I remember it like it was yesterday, so it's fun to watch, because I remember what I was thinking. It shows me holding him for the first time, hard to believe he was so little.
Today, I slept in and decided to be a slug, it was very very fun. I had Kid's Hope @ 1:00-2:00, which was fun. And then I've been at work since.
I'm just waiting for the next nurse to take over for me in about 10-15 mins. I taped the finale of Little People and the new John&Kate + 8, so I'm excited to get cozy in bed and watch them!!!
I work tomorrow and Wed and then the overnight weekend, and then it's Christmas!!! I have the 24th, 25th, and 26th off. Then on the 27th I work an evening shift and it's our first day in the NEW UNIT!!! YESSSSSS. I had orientation there last week and I got to practice with the overhead lift system. They used me as a patient so I got to fly through the room and yell out, "I'm Peter Pan!" heehee, it'll be awesome, I can't wait. Today I slammed my hip into a chair and knocked over someone's water cuz our rooms are too small. \
Well, I better get going. Adios!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Nothing
Hello, I haven't update in a while. Not sure why I am right now, lack of something better to do I guess.
Hmmm..not much has happened. I go to work and such. I feel like November flew by, I don't even know what happened. One neat thing is that we got a Christmas tree, a real one, so I like that. It was pretty easy picking one out and setting it up. Chris carried it and put it in the holder and of course I got pictures of it. We decorated it and put lights up too.
I've been buying lots of Christmas presents. Last year I was feeling kinda stressed at the end cuz I saved it all to a few days before Christmas, but this year I started early and there's only a few people I can't think of what to get for.
I don't see my friends much and that has kinda been bummin me out lately, but luckily, I got to see Casey on Friday. I went to her house and hung out a bit, then we went to Chipotle and to the mall to shop around. Chris has been busy with school, he's got 2 papers left and a class on Tuesday, then he's done for the semester, nice huh.
Honestly this year I am hating winter. It's driving me nuts. It's so incredibly cold and I can't stand it. Yes, the snow is pretty, but it's in my shoes and all over my car and I feel like a Strooge about it, but I can't help it, it's miserable. I wanna go do something tonight, but I can't bear the thought of being so blasted cold again and again. I cannot wait for Spring, I just cannot wait. Chris keeps saying when we're old we should have a winter place in Florida, sounds like a good idea right now, hhahahah.
I am bored out of my brains tonight and all I can think of is the next 4 days of torture. I have a 8 hour class tomorrow, unpaid, which I need to re-new my license. Then I work the next four days, ugh. so tired of it. I was watching a show today about people who win the lottery and don't have to work anymore, I was thinking that would be fun, heehee.
Welp, I dunno what to do next, maybe I'll put up some tree pictures. Hopefully tomorrow will be a happier day, cuz this one is one for the birds. Bye.
Chris bringing in the tree
Me hanging up the crayon box
Us and our pretty tree :)
Hmmm..not much has happened. I go to work and such. I feel like November flew by, I don't even know what happened. One neat thing is that we got a Christmas tree, a real one, so I like that. It was pretty easy picking one out and setting it up. Chris carried it and put it in the holder and of course I got pictures of it. We decorated it and put lights up too.
I've been buying lots of Christmas presents. Last year I was feeling kinda stressed at the end cuz I saved it all to a few days before Christmas, but this year I started early and there's only a few people I can't think of what to get for.
I don't see my friends much and that has kinda been bummin me out lately, but luckily, I got to see Casey on Friday. I went to her house and hung out a bit, then we went to Chipotle and to the mall to shop around. Chris has been busy with school, he's got 2 papers left and a class on Tuesday, then he's done for the semester, nice huh.
Honestly this year I am hating winter. It's driving me nuts. It's so incredibly cold and I can't stand it. Yes, the snow is pretty, but it's in my shoes and all over my car and I feel like a Strooge about it, but I can't help it, it's miserable. I wanna go do something tonight, but I can't bear the thought of being so blasted cold again and again. I cannot wait for Spring, I just cannot wait. Chris keeps saying when we're old we should have a winter place in Florida, sounds like a good idea right now, hhahahah.
I am bored out of my brains tonight and all I can think of is the next 4 days of torture. I have a 8 hour class tomorrow, unpaid, which I need to re-new my license. Then I work the next four days, ugh. so tired of it. I was watching a show today about people who win the lottery and don't have to work anymore, I was thinking that would be fun, heehee.
Welp, I dunno what to do next, maybe I'll put up some tree pictures. Hopefully tomorrow will be a happier day, cuz this one is one for the birds. Bye.
Chris bringing in the tree
Me hanging up the crayon box
Us and our pretty tree :)
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