Some days...

Any nurse knows that some days are just better than others. I leave my house at 0550 to arrive at work in time for morning conference before shift report and usually don't get home until just before 2100. Shift report is when you find out if your day might be a smooth day, an ok-day where it's not good but not necessarily bad, a this-going-to-suck-but-I-got-this day, or a full blown shit-filled day (these are the days where you want to heavily sedate all your patients, tranquilize their families, literally put a cork in every doctor's mouth, and then throw your spectra-link phone down a flight of stairs where it's sure to be run over by heavy machinery, and all this is just so you can take five minutes after 11 1/2 hours or running like crazy to empty your god-damn bladder in peace). Now remember, this is a 'might be' moment; at any point in the day, it can go from smooth to full-blown-shit-filled in a matter of seconds. Well, today was a full-blown shit-filled day (we're gona start calling that FB-SF-D for short) for me. 

Obviously, due to HIPPA privacy laws, I can't get into details, but this FB-SF-D involved discharging a patient, transferring another to the cardiac unit, followed closely by STAT-teaming another and ultimately transferring them to the intensive care unit, and finally hoping and praying there wouldn't be another seizure. God, NO MORE SEIZURES, PLEASE!!! To top it all off, I got to spend some quality time in my nurse manager's office (all I can say is thank goodness my nurse manager is awesome, been there before, and not mean) how I pissed off one of the physicians on a previous shift & the best way to apologize to that particular physician. Eventually, because I sent all my patients to other locations, I got put on low census, gave report on my remaining patients, and got to come home one hour early. I think this was the saving grace of my whole FB-SF-D! However, this is a blessing and a curse for me. A blessing because I got to get out of that mess a little earlier than usual AND I got to pee after 11 hours instead of 11 1/2! 

It's a curse because I came home to an empty, husbandless house. If you've been following along, you know Justin is deployed. We're only about a month in, but I'm new to all this deployment stuff. So naturally, I worry all the time, I can't get him out of my mind. He informed me today, through a Facebook message, that he's headed out on his first mission. And I thought I was worried, nervous and sleep deprived before! So naturally, I'm trying to find ways to keep my mind busy and pass the time- that's one of the main reasons for this blogging business in the first place. I'm having quite a good bit of fun figuring out the intricacies of being a blogger... but I also like to Facebook and stalk the crap out of my Facebook friends (yes I'll admit, you know you do it too). I leave my Facebook chat up no matter what just in case Justin bleeps me a quick message... so I'm on Facebook A LOT...That's when I found a link to a hilarious nursing blog on one of my RN friend's page... 

http://whatshouldwecallnursing.tumblr.com/

So, for all you nurses out there, when you have a FB-SF-D click on this bad boy and laugh your heart out! It may seem a bit morbid to anyone not in healthcare, but the truth is, we love our patients and our jobs... sometimes we just have to find the humor in the worst parts so we can go back the next day. So enjoy... as for me, I really do have to go back tomorrow so I should probably be trying to sleep...

As much as I complain, I do have to say that I know I don't really have it all that bad. My last thoughts before bed are always of Justin and his unit and all other deployed US Military men & women; they've probably all been up longer than I have and are probably still at it...doing what they do so we can enjoy the good 'ol USA...and continue enjoying freedoms such as posting on blogs like this saying basically whatever we want to say. So I say a little prayer to keep them safe from harm and return them home safe & sound to their loved ones... and also hope to God none of them have a seizure!