Today begins 3 days in a row of 12 hour shifts so that I can squeeze my work days together make my 4th of July break even longer. I am beyond excited to go home so it will all be worth it but right now I am so tired and I know I have 2 more shifts to work in the next 2 days!
I am learning a lot on Women's Specialty but I just don't feel the connection with it that I did with Labor and Delivery. But, I can do anything for 3 weeks and it is a great learning experience in general. However, my next rotation is in the OR and a girl in my program has a rotation there right now with the mentor that I am supposed to have and apparently it isn't going well and she doesn't get to do anything. When I heard this my wheels started turning in my head that maybe, just maybe, I could go back to L and D for my last 3 weeks instead of the OR. I asked the program director and she wasn't opposed to it but L and D will already have 2 externs and she doesn't want to overwhelm them. Soooo I contacted T, my first mentor and asked her what she thought and she's going to talk to the Nurse Coordinator on L and D tomorrow! I don't like to complain and put people in an awkward situation but I realized that this is such a unique opportunity I would rather spend 3 weeks learning and interacting than sitting in an OR just watching. We will see what happens...
Today wasn't too exciting except we had this one patient who was so odd I couldn't figure her out even by the end of the shift. If you follow me on Twitter you saw that I said "People should have to take a test to be able to have children" and while that may sound kind of harsh, this lady would have changed your mind if you disagree with me! She had a C-section and that was the only reason she was still in the hospital. She acted like she had been through the a war. She took forever to get out of bed, sent back all of her food and even refused to even wipe herself. As a nurse I am more than happy to help someone who needs it and even those who kind of need help. This lady did not need our help but refused to do anything by herself, which truly made me worried about her baby she was about to take home. Also, she was...for lack of a better work...nasty smelling and when we were helping her shower (she couldn't do it alone obviously) she went on and on about how "Cleanliness is next to Godliness"...my mentor and I couldn't look at each other in the eye because we were going to start laughing. It's moments like that that bring you back down to earth, I had been so frustrated with this lady all day, and in that moment I realized that it is easier to laugh about it (or blog about it) and let it go. I'm going to end two ways today...1. On a positive note today I realized that you can't enjoy every patient but giving them what they "need" is important. 2. http://whatshouldwecallnursingschool.tumblr.com/post/23555099106/when-your-friends-are-comparing-their-jobs-with-nursing
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