I made it down the street yesterday and applied for that job. So, now, I wait. The job entails working for a company that provides home healthcare to pediatric patients. Sounds like fun, huh?

One of the big problems here is that I love my current job. (Nursing Home Charge Nurse.) I love my boss, and I LOVE my residents. What frustrates me is the lack of respect the "nursing home community" (both residents and nurses) gets from the rest of the world. Take last night, for instance. One of my beloved residents fell. My first task is to take that person's vitals while on the floor. This lady's BP was 228/110. Um, there's a problem. Her BP is always, always lower than mine even. Like 120/60. SO, I cut my assessment short and immediately called her doctor. Her doctor agrees that she needs to go to the ER, because either she's broken something, or she is having a stroke. (Most likely the latter.) EMS picks her up, not without showing a bit of jackass, and transports her. 25 f-in minutes later, they call me and say, she's ready to come back. I dont' know about your local ER, but if it's anything like mine, you know that in 25 minutes they have done nothing. No x-rays, no labs. NOTHING. The ER doc checked her BP and said "It's fine. Send her back." It was still 190/100. I won't be surprised if I go to work today and she's gone. Like gone.

My point is, I know my residents. I KNOW when there is a problem. She was not acting like herself and her BP WAS NOT FINE. Do I need to dance naked in front of you so you will listen to me?? Because I would. It would work because the sight would so repulse you that you would pay attention to anything else, like, say, my voice.

Well, again, I see that my post is really boring. Having trouble sleeping? Re-read.


Nurse Tip of the Day: Just because you don't look pregnant yet does not mean that the dentist doesn't need to know you are pregnant.
(said to coworker after this statement- "I'm going to hurry up and get my teeth pulled before I get really big and my dentist will know I'm pregnant. Cause he won't pull them if he knows it." IDIOT.)