Wednesday, April 13, 2005
~ Eventful day at work.... ~
9:15:00 am
Really had an eventful day at work yesterday... Shouting, fighting, struggling... All within the premises of Ward 7D... *Tsk tsk*...
First thing when I came for work in the afternoon was to hear 2 patients quarrelling and arguing at the lounge area... The former Bed 138 was back in the hospital again despite being discharged on Monday to one of the sheltered homes... It wasn't that bad, not until he came to pick up a fight with Bed 126... Don't really know what was going on (I'm not that
kaypoh... *Hehe*)... Security was called up, the two men stopped, patient from Bed 126 returned to his bed, the other one went elsewhere... But the patient from 126 has been transferred to the neuro ward... *Phew*... End of 1st story...
And one of the male patients just kept shouting when we wanted to do something for him such as taking the parameters... Needed at least 2 people to hold him down... Practically, couldn't even get close to him... According to SN Nissani, the patient apparently is only afraid of males... And there wasn't even a male doctor around... Maybe we need male nurses... *Hmm... Hehe*...
Third one... The most eventful of all... Super violent... The HO wanted to take bloods from him but he refused... Got agitated and actually punched the female HO on the face... And it actually took 4 people to hold him down to take the bloods in the end... The HO, MO, Soumya and me... After the whole thing, the patient got even more worked up and wanted to push the Baxter pump down... To think that SN Baoyan actually endured the patient's punching, just to save the Baxter pump... *The pump cost thousands and patient has already damaged one two nights ago*... The MO then ordered a restrainer for him... And again, it took 5 nurses to hold the patient down... At one point, he actually took my last finger from my left hand and press it down HARD!!... No kidding, it hurts... Grabbed the CD drawer keys from SN Baoyan and tried using the edge to poke people... Luckily, I managed to avoid in time... But seriously, the other nurses suffered worse than me... AN Gayathiri was kicked in the arm, Soumya's hand was grabbed hard by the patient and SN Baoyan had endured more...
As a result, I left the ward at 10pm since I had to pass the report... What's more, I'm assigned to the last cubicle by the Sister... *Oh gosh*...
*Sigh*... Nursing is a GOOD job but mind you, nothing is a bed of roses...
Just hope that I'll have a good day at work today... :)
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
