ER RN -- I am here to save you not serve you !!!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

It was a very frustrating weekend in the ER, nothing seemed to go right.... the patients where not moving and who do they yell at?? Yes that's right the charge nurse, the one who wants to keep you in the ER for 12 hours, and the one who loves when there is no request for a bed after 8 hours......she also really loves those last minute respiratory viral panel that now places the patient in isolation after there 8 hour wait. Dont get me wrong, I love being in "charge", it is rewarding to see the other nurses have a good night at work, and it is nice to get in the car to go home and know that all went well the night before. As I have said before I love my co-workers, but lets face it it was a crappy weekend, and many times I just had to ask myself WTF is going on? I thought I was going to get the shit beat out of me by a crazy mom and grandma. I got a phone call while trying to releave some bodily waste, and was told I needed to get there now!! Only to find crazy ass people that wanted to yell at us and I know they also wanted to kick our asses!! I would have rather stayed on the toilet ( yes I know that is just wrong ). The doctors don't care how long the patients have to wait, and the residents, well they move at the speed of a 1000 pound turtle most of the time. But sometimes you cant fix what is broken our system is broken and I think I just need to suck it up, it is not going to change. I love my job, so I guess I will try to make the best of it, allthough a complete rewrite of the dumb way we do things would make life easier.........dream on.............

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Well no work for this ER nurse tonight, but now I am blogging about work so I think I need a psych consult!! Three nights in a row will really kick my ass, it was probably the 12 days off before that reallt did it! I was so ready to go back to work, I work with amazing people! It is a whole other world wroking in a pediatric emergency department, we see bad things everyday and are able to go home and be "normal" people again. I say this because it takes alot to do what we do everyday, and for the most part "normal" people dont want to know what goes on where we work. They dont want to know that kids get cancer, that kids are injured by people that are supposed to love them, and that kids die. I soemtimes wish for a short while that I could go back to the days of working in a "regular ER" and take care of crazy drunks that want to call me a bitch and spit on me....... yes I know that does not sound like fun at all, but it is not sad and it is not a child and it is just a stupid person I can laugh at later. Then I snap out of it and remember that I love working in a pediatric ER, I love seeing kids smile ( it does happen there) and I love seeing them get better. I love being there when they come in to get a new kidney or new heart and you get to see the joy and hope on there parents faces that was not there before they got the call to come in. I can see the joy that can come from a tragedy........ I commend all the great people I work with, not just the nurses and the docs, but the unit secretary, the registration clerks, the housekeepers, and our child life specialist....they may not have there hands on the patient but they see it and it is hard for them to... I love my job and I love my co-workers, we live in two seperate worlds, the ER and the "normal" world that everyone else lives in..... and we "get" each other...................

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

My addiction to shopping is coming to a halt... OK not really it is just slowing down, I am going back to work tomorrow night after 12 days off. I hope to have some way more interesting stuff to write about as I get back to my normal life of Night Shift ER Nurse........lets hope my first night back is a good one, since I am in charge!!!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

So this ER nurse has been home for 6 days and has 6 more to go. I don't think that a "staycation" is the thing for me. I guess it is in my nature to want to stay busy working, not doing housework! And I sort of miss my co-workers, they are also my friends.

I was supposed to find out if I got promoted to partner ( this is sort of like a clinical ladder ) this week, but JACHO put a stop to that and it was put off for another month. I worked really hard for months for this and am pretty disappointed that I have to wait longer!! BOO JACHO !!!

No fun stories today, just hanging out with my girls -- note to self when bathing 2 little girl's wear a raincoat!!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Hello I have not been to my sad little blog for over 2 years now, shocked I can remember the password!!

Life is crazy these days, working, 3 kids, and a husband - ok make that 4 kids! In the beginning of a mini staycation right now, not getting anything done at home and actually missing the ER a bit -- maybe not the ER, maybe just my work friends, they get me.. I don't think anyone else does. Well lets hope I do not leave my blog blank for 2 years this time around, this has to be cheaper then therapy!!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Well I have not blogged here since April-- I suck !! I guess I am a little bit over working in a small county ER I am ready to move back to the city!! back to a level 1, back to not having to transfer most patients out that have real medical problems!! Not having to pray for good flying weather when I have a critical patient that needs a helicopter ride to the city. So I am leaving my little count ER where some nights I am the only RN there, and going back to where I belong in the land of complete and utter madness, let the fun begin--- again!!!