JV vs. the ER - Round 2, night duty

I survived!
And i meant BUSINESS!

At one point, i went to do a treatment on a patient and when i came back my mentor was all impressed and said that i was rather quick. I told her that i dont mess around. She thought that was funny. I'm a no-nonsense sort of nurse. Really now!

Except with IV starts. Dang! I think i am actually getting worse at it. Everyone had the memo to call me to do their work for them. I missed another handful of IVs and my mentor MADE me try starting them on her, at 530 in the morning! That wasnt a highlight.

I think my favourite part was running the EKG machine. Doing an EKG on a patient has always seemed like a rather challenging procedure. There are so many wires to hook up in specific places. Now i know it isnt. The hard part is reading the results (i just give it to the doctor. Let them earn their keep).

In the downtime last night, my mentor told me to go play around with things so i'd become familiar with them. ok! I played with the crash cart and with all the defibrillators! Fun!

One of the perks on no longer being a student is that now, when a doctor asks you to do something, you can actually do it. You dont need to have him/her repeat it to a "real nurse" and then relay the order to you. Unless of course, you dont know how to do it (which happened to me last night and i had to tell the doctor i didnt know how to do it and that's why i was standing around like a nob. good times).

Sometimes i dont like being a nurse (and not a student) because i find talking to doctors intimidating. And calling them at home! And calling them at home in the middle of the night! Unless you dont like the doctor, in which case calling them and waking them up is a sick pleasure! Ha ha! Sick, hospital, doctor! HA HA! (i think i need more sleep)

Time to get ready for Night 2. Watch out IVs, JV's coming back and she means business!