When the patient can lift their hips so I can just switch out their incontinence pad all by myself
When the charge nurse asks who wants to take the next admission
One has to pee. One is demanding pain meds, now. One is hypertensive. One is deteriorating. One just crapped everywhere. A doctor is rounding. A family is calling. A transporter is waiting. And pharmacy is on the phone.
When the doctor backs me up to a patient who refuses to listen to me
When we’re elbow-deep in a code brown, run out of wipes, and I have to hold the patient up while someone runs to get more
When I say goodbye at the end of the shift to my patient who loved me
After I give report to the floor on my complicated, mean, and labor-intensive patient
Running interference for the docs
Whenever I can’t get the IV pump to just. stop. beeping!
Me after report
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