So far, what's been happening at work is that I get home super late. There's so many things we do at the graveyard shift that we are left doing it until hours later after we clocked out. I'm thankful that I have a job but always too much work to do, so little time and the deadline always looming in your face.
Now I know why folks from the subacute doesn't want to, even to float on SNF because of the work load on one person. And the fact that they're all out of bed, in their wheelchairs running away from you.
I'm always looking forward to my days off, unfortunately even on my days off I have important things to do but misses them because I'm still dead from the previous shift. Need a change of scenery.
Case manager isn't for me, so is SNF.
I should have stayed on accounting, the stress would be less because I'm not taking home work. What I mean by that is that you get home relax and not think about work.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Late again
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Need Ativan
Still feeling restless after last shift's experience. I have to admit I panicked because I don't know what the hell to do. Some said it happened to them before and it's a normal occurrence, well yeah happened to me the first time so yeah.
Experienced checked. I have to be more vigilant than ever. Have to add to the fact that one pt was also acting up, two of us on the floor are both new, I'm only ahead of him by 3 months. And like I said before, not enough shadowing training with an experienced nurse.
So tired and stressed out. I guess people care but what happened, happened. They're thankful not on their shift and life goes on.
I'm really thinking, should I continue working like this?
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Another day
I work at 2 stations in the facility. Station 1 is more relaxed and less demanding patients. They have pysch pts yes, but symptoms and outbursts are more manageable.
There are just those who wants a set time for this and that, and thats something you can't just accommodate having 20+ patient at a time.
There's a lot to do for my shift, most of them supposed to be because they think it's more relaxed. Such lies. These are the times where you have less help and doctor's are asleep, and would kick your ass if you call them for something they think can wait in the morning.
I'm still learning, hopefully I get the hang of things sooner than later and my recent job hunts be fruitful.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Hopefully things go well...
Last weekend I started my regular scheduled work with the skilled nursing side (SNF) of our facility. No more random schedules and being stuffed here and there. I'll miss the sub acute side though, things are much easier since we have a supervisor and don't have a lot to worry about while on duty. Since they're a for profit company, they only have 2 nurses on the floor on the snf, and one of the is the supervisor. Gah! Also they'll just accept any patients as long as they can pay. /wrist
IMHO they need 3 nurses and 4 CNAs with the current census they have but no, they're like "fuck you nurses deal with it" I am slowly getting discouraged with the way things are, I guess I'm just too idealistic sometimes. Either I'm not right for this job or the facility isn't the kind of work environment I should be in. Yet again, I am on a job hunt, hopefully find the place I would thrive in.
The past few days I've been thinking if this was the right profession for me, or I would rather have a 9 to 5 job, go home and not think about it and just relax. It's very tempting. But I'm not getting any younger thinking about these stuff.
*sighs* nothing motivates me now ): I feel numb and dead...
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