Wednesday, August 26, 2009

When things can go wrong....

....They will!

And they DID. Yesterday was brutal. We started off the day down a registered staff member. I was charge nurse, and we had a new to the floor staff member who was there as a graduate staff (needing to be cosigned for alot of things) About 9, part way through my 2 hour med pass, the power goes out. The mag lock doors release, the lights go out, and the nurse-call system shuts down; which means increased checks on patients. The generator kicks in and we have very limited power. Hall lights on only, no lights in the med-room, no outlets working meaning my 3 g-tubes will run on battery but only for a short period of time. We got audited by the clinical care co-ordiator, the administrator was in to investigate a complaint, and i had a consult to complete with OT.
I did three intense woundcare procedures, had a new admission and 2 agressive patients,and a pile of charting to do. The next shift comes on and they B**ch that i dont have spoons and straws on the cart yet. I tried to give report and they pay no attention, not even on the ne admit, stellar. I roll out of thier late and frustrated, but hey no one died on my watch so i suppose its not too bad a day right?

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