Yes, that's what some of the folks call my patient and he was it today. Officially, I had two patients, but one was gone the entire day, so I really couldn't do anything for him. Grandpa was balky and happy, but never at the same time. I did his dressings, but he had to complain about them first.
Next, he complained about his bed, but he's been doing that on and off since the weekend, so I was told. He complained so much, I called the vendor's 800 number, the tech came out and he checked it out. Nothing wrong, the tech said, and Grandpa was happy...for about 2 whole minutes. Happily, since Grandpa is demented, he forgot about being mad and was busy watching TV the last hour I worked.
So I wandered around...and found stuff to do. My admission never showed up since they kept him at Washington instead of sending him here. I helped other nurses transfer people going to x-ray and therapy, I filled isolation carts with gowns, I filled glove dispensers with gloves and I passed out trays at lunch. I picked them up afterward and put them on the dirty cart. I took off orders. I witnessed a consent with one of our docs. It wasn't too bad. I hate sitting around doing nothing!
At 1530, we got a call that one of our patients had to be moved since he's now a double isolation patient, and one organism is C-diff. Joy. Nothing like bed bingo for four people (yes, that's how many we had to move to get them straight) so late in the day. Housekeeping had left the unit, so our charge was left to her own devices to get things squared away. We moved them in pairs and it worked out smoothly.
My second patient came in the building, just as I was leaving for the day. Evening shift was out of report, so I was relieved of my duty. Hooray! The weather's been great here, so I just hope it stays that way...without any tornadoes or floods thrown in. I could use a day to rest!
More to come...
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