i've officially crossed over to the dark side. haha
my friday night consisted of eating brown rice, grilled chicken and health veges with my fellow nurses with 8oz glasses of water.
this 400 calorie meal was followed by hours and hours of talking about patients' large bowel movements (some which clogged toilets), patients with extreme dementia, silly nursing mistakes, medication vials exploding because we accidentally pushed air in them, tube feeding dripping on the floor because we forgot to clamp, etc.
next came the IV practice. taking 22 gauge needles we have acquired over the years in nursing school, we practiced sticking one another in hopes of being better nurses, causing less pain to our "real" patients and learning how to problem solve when veins start to gush blood. (sorry M.)
yes, a friday night for us new nurses consists of the above mentioned things. and we laughed, we laughed and laughed. we cleaned up the blood, bandaged our stick wounds and kept laughing.
i have to say, we really are one of a kind.
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:) oh my god i love it. please write a book about being a NEW nurse... that's something u can only do now b/c it's so real and raw and in the present!! do it do it do it!
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