just kept thinking…if I’m gonna have totals that I have to turn let
me only have a few–if I’m gonna have blood sugars lemme only have
4–lemme get ALL my blood draws–lemme have good nurses to work with.
I go in pretty much exactly on time–230pm. Get my
change of shift report and I didn’t start doing my vital signs till
about 300pm. THATS LATE!! For me at least. I like to start @ 230pm cuz
we can start clocking in after 152pm. I figured…damn…I gonna be
behind. I kept telling myself–damn it Charlene, get your rhythm back.
The other tech will be done before you & you’ll be stuck doing all
these blood sugars. I ended up having only 5–good number, not too much
just enough. To find out..I ended up being ahead of the other tech. I’m sure her side was killer. We had 15 patients each–trust me..THATS A LOT!!
But my side was good. Had no trouble. The patients that needed assisted
care had family rooming in–which is A LOT of help! So I was real happy.
I was even more happy hearing the things my coworkers were saying.
The other tech had told me she was glad to have me back for the summer.
Several nurses told me they think I do a good job–saying it throughout
the shift. Then…during dinner a nurse that I didn’t even work with
during my shift came in & was saying good-bye. The usual have a
good night & be careful–then he came back into the break room and
said, “I just wanted to let you know I think you’re a hard worker. Its rare that you see someone willing to help the way you did.” See…this is what happened. The other tech went to dinner first so I had to help with her side. One of her patients ended up nonstop pooping when she left so of course…had to help
clean up. Didn’t mind…we do it ALL THE TIME!! Trust me..I’m not even
overexagerating…WE CLEAN UP ALL THE TIME!! The problem was the
daughter didn’t really want me to help. I told her I was there to help
her out. Her mom just kept going to the point we had to wipe it off the
bed. And the daughter’s technique was ALL WRONG!! She kept doing things
that could totally KILL HER BACK!! The way she lifted her up–turned her–EVERYTHING!! I just wanted to push her out of the way & tell her LEMME ME F*ING DO IT DAMN IT!!
But…she wanted to take charge so I let her go ahead & do
that..WHATEVER!! Anyhow….to make a long story short….that daughter
got on my last damn nerve!! She was talking to me as if I didn’t know
what the hell I was doing. Giving me directions as if I’m some kind of
dumb ass on the floor to do nothing. Hate people like that!! High &
mighty power hungry mother fuckers!! AHHHHHHHHH!
Ok…that out of the way…I still had a good time at work. Where do you ever hear that?? Somebody saying they had a good time @ work after cleaning up never-ending poop! It doesn’t matter…coming back to work I see now I LOVE what
I do. I love taking care of people! Very cliche sounding I know, but I
LOVE seeing that I assisted in helping others feel better in their time
of need. Got work again today…this time I’m no longer a PCT…..
