Tuesday, September 12, 2006
~ HORRIBLE DAY!!! ~
8:14:00 pm
I simply had the most horrible day at work today... And I don't ever wanna send any patients for any outings anymore... Not by the ambulance...
Was working from 9am till 5pm today... Initially, we had sufficient number of staffs during the AM shift and hence, I was assigned to report at 9am instead to do some special assignment... But apparently, the ward ended up having 3 nurses on sick leave and they had to call back one of the juniors from PM shift...
No, I wasn't called back to do AM shift but I was asked to send a patient to NUH for an appointment... Although I did negotiate with one of the juniors that if she would send the patient instead, I would gladly cover for her until she comes back to the ward... But since she refused, I agreed to send the patient instead...
And so, as per norm, since patient is a walker, we sent him via wheelchair... The transport people provided us with a van since the patient was able to walk... Unluckily for me, the patient fell while he was transferring into the van... Not that I didn't stop the patient from falling, I did... But since the patient was like double or triple my size (no offence though!), he would have landed on me and injuring me as a result... In fact, I nearly lost balance myself when I tried to stop him from falling and he ended up sitting on my foot...
Just thank God that he did not sustained any injuries except for some scratches on his knees... But then, I really pity my patient... A person that age should be active and enjoying life, not suffering from a major illness that has no cure... Life is not so great for some...
Some more worse things...
Some patient's relative shot up a complaint letter to the hospital saying that our ward has
VERY BAD service and that our nurses are
RUDE!!HELLO!!
YOU ARE NOT IN OUR SHOES AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF 36 OR 37 PATIENTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEHAVIOURS... YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION IS LIKE WHETHER IT'S BUSY OR NOT... UNLIKE YOU WHO FOCUS ON ONE PERSON ONLY, WE HAVE OTHERS TO TAKE CARE OF TOO... WORSE, WE HAVE DEMENTED AND SOME VIOLENT PATIENTS TO HANDLE... YES, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE MAY HAVE RAISED OUR VOICE SLIGHTLY WITHOUT US REALISING IT BUT HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND US?? THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO AND ALL?? JUST THINK ABOUT IT, NURSES ARE NOT MADE OF METAL AND WE ARE NOT ROBOTS... WE ARE HUMANS TOO, WE HAVE FEELINGS AND WE GET TIRED TOO... SO IT'S NOT FAIR FOR YOU TO JUDGE US BY SAYING THAT WE ARE RUDE AND DO NOT SHOW EMPATHY TO THE PATIENTS... AND ONE MORE THING, NURSES ARE NOT PERSONAL MAIDS... GET IT?!I'm really sorry about the above... Just pissed about this matter... But please understand that nurses are, after all, humans as well... It's just simply not fair for this person to judge us like that...
And another relative also commented that nurses only work for money... Let me get this straight... Which person doesn't work for money? Why don't you find one proof for me huh?!? If I don't work for money, I would be doing volunteering a long time ago instead of working in a hospital and risk getting commented at every single thing we do...
And oh, even if you do find one, I'm sure that this person is 99.99% lying through... I don't deny that I work for money... Well, don't you??
On another hand, I got to see this little babe again!!!
Seeing him just made my day... But he's still so small!! Anyway, I so wanted to carry him but since I was wearing my scrubs and kinda 'dirty' and all (with unknown microorganisms), I could only see him...
But never mind, Aunty Nadiah can't wait to carry you, cuddle, pinch, bite and whatever-you-name-it, this Thursday!! Well, of course I'm kidding!! His Mummy will 'kill' me if I really do so... *Haha*...
There's still some more things that I wanna update about but let me cool down first before I blog again... Maybe I should get an ice cool shower... *BRRRRRRR*...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
