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midnightsjaneThree night shifts done. Check.
Sleeping during the day. Check.
Hey, working nights wasn't as hard as I remembered it being. I actually had three decent shifts, and I slept for almost 7 hours yesterday! Whoohoo.
I was even quite well controlled when that idiot Resident barged in and totally freaked out my patient this morning. I know he meant well, but poor Mr.D. has major anxiety issues and the Respiratory Therapist and I had just managed to get him doing his CPAP trial this morning, reassuring him that he only had to do one hour then he could go back on the ventilator, when the Resident came in and basically told Mr.D that we were going to really push him hard today. Of course Mr.D started to panic and it took me ages to talk him down. Sometimes I just want to smack some people upside the head. I know Mr.D needs to be pushed, but there are ways of doing it that aren't so counter productive.
The hospital is changing the parking lot around so that there are more spaces for the public, which means fewer spaces for the staff. Of course this won't affect the ones who don't have to be at work before 9 a.m. Just those of us who are already having trouble finding a spot by 7:30..and they're making us pay $20 for a stupid card to hang from the car mirror so we will be allowed into the lot. There are some very grumpy nurses around right now. I think I'm going to have to start taking the bus. Bah.
I'm also feeling a tad grumpy because I just had to pay my annual fee to the College of Nurses so I can continue to work. It totally pisses me off, because the fee goes up every year it seems, with little to show for it. They used to send a magazine every month, but now I don't even get the pleasure of tossing it into the recycling bin. I don't mind paying the dues for the Union, because they handle contract negotiations, but the College is just another level of annoying paper pushers. Oh well, I have to pay the fee if I want to keep on working, so here, take my $473 and put it where the sun don't shine. /end rant/
Gah. I so need to win the lottery.
Sleeping during the day. Check.
Hey, working nights wasn't as hard as I remembered it being. I actually had three decent shifts, and I slept for almost 7 hours yesterday! Whoohoo.
I was even quite well controlled when that idiot Resident barged in and totally freaked out my patient this morning. I know he meant well, but poor Mr.D. has major anxiety issues and the Respiratory Therapist and I had just managed to get him doing his CPAP trial this morning, reassuring him that he only had to do one hour then he could go back on the ventilator, when the Resident came in and basically told Mr.D that we were going to really push him hard today. Of course Mr.D started to panic and it took me ages to talk him down. Sometimes I just want to smack some people upside the head. I know Mr.D needs to be pushed, but there are ways of doing it that aren't so counter productive.
The hospital is changing the parking lot around so that there are more spaces for the public, which means fewer spaces for the staff. Of course this won't affect the ones who don't have to be at work before 9 a.m. Just those of us who are already having trouble finding a spot by 7:30..and they're making us pay $20 for a stupid card to hang from the car mirror so we will be allowed into the lot. There are some very grumpy nurses around right now. I think I'm going to have to start taking the bus. Bah.
I'm also feeling a tad grumpy because I just had to pay my annual fee to the College of Nurses so I can continue to work. It totally pisses me off, because the fee goes up every year it seems, with little to show for it. They used to send a magazine every month, but now I don't even get the pleasure of tossing it into the recycling bin. I don't mind paying the dues for the Union, because they handle contract negotiations, but the College is just another level of annoying paper pushers. Oh well, I have to pay the fee if I want to keep on working, so here, take my $473 and put it where the sun don't shine. /end rant/
Gah. I so need to win the lottery.
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Date: 2012-02-18 05:08 am (UTC)Bop that young resident for me. The Union often sends such young cubs to the Opera House to "knock the snot out of them", so I'm familiar with the syndrome.
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Date: 2012-02-23 03:45 am (UTC)Ah, well.