Def'd are you at work?

by MsMcDucket 6 Replies latest jw friends

  • MsMcDucket
    MsMcDucket

    Hi, I read your post that stated you'd be going to 3rd shift. I'm a third shifter. I'm off tonight. My body clock is set-up so that I'm up at night and sleep in the day. I don't have access to a computer at work; and even if I did, I wouldn't be able to use it. I work in a hospital. Many people seem to think that patients stop being sick at night. I'm here to tell you they don't. I have tons of stories that I could tell you.

    The worse one was when this patient who weighed over 350 lbs. fell. She was, actually, lowered to the floor by the aid that was trying to help her transfer to a bedside commode. I went running in there to help. I didn't see the poop all over the floor. It was like a lake of poop! The poop got into my shoes and on my pant leg. When I walked out of the room, you could hear the poop squishing in my shoes! Ugh! I called my husband and told him to bring me another uniform, shoes, and socks. After my husband brought the stuff, I cleaned up as best as I could, and then I went back to work.

    I threw the shoes, socks, and pants away.

    Hope, your night shifts are better than mine!

  • Scully
    Scully
    I'm a third shifter. I'm off tonight. My body clock is set-up so that I'm up at night and sleep in the day.

    Hey there.... I work 12 hour shifts... I'm always on nights. Like you, I'm off tonight, and haven't been able to get to sleep.

    And I hear ya on the poop story. OMG... I can so totally relate. That's why I switched to maternal-newborn care.

  • MsMcDucket
    MsMcDucket

    Skully, I would love to switch to a different area of nursing; but I'd have to move to a different city. We only have two major hospitals and a VA hospital here. I worked for them all. Now, I'm working for a small rehab facility. I like working for the smaller facility better, but there's no chance of changing areas/fields of nursing because it's strictly rehab. Plus, you know how it is changing jobs. Who wants to go to all the paper work, physicals, drug testing, orientation, changing insurance ...etc... So, I guess I'm stuck.

  • Lilycurly
    Lilycurly

    After reading and vividly imagining this story...I need to say that I admire you ladies and all the other courageous nurses from everywhere around the world. I work in a daycare center, and I've got my share of poo related stories...but baby-poo just is't the same as grown-up one. Thank you!

  • AuldSoul
    AuldSoul

    Thanks for sharing!

    [urp! ]

    There is a reason I am not in the medical field.

    AuldSoul

  • anewme
    anewme

    I think Defd does not work the weekends and will not show up here until the evening since his change of shift.

  • mrsjones5
    mrsjones5

    I'm so tired of poop

    Josie ~ mother of 4 kids, one still in diapers

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