Wow, long time no posts. Well, I'm officially on the night shift, nothing screws up your mind more then seeing the sun just before you go to bed....it's quirky, I feel like I'm living in Alaska. Plus things get pretty quirky at night. Crazy stuff happens at 3am when no one is around ;-)
One of the most challenging things about nights (you'll probably laugh at me) is that at 6am the residents do their rounds. Now normally I really like rounds, I like giving my input and filling in the gaps. But at 6am when you've been up since 4 the day before you barely know what day/month it is, let alone what's been going on with your pt. The docs will ask "What feeding are they on? Rate? any respiratory problems last night?" Well, I can answer the respiratory with a big fat YES! Other then that, I have no idea, you can feel free to look at the pt/the feeding pump yourself. I'm always really proud of myself when I have answers at 6am, probably shouldn't be, but alas.
Anyway, over the past two weeks I feel like I've been getting the hang of things, I actually know where an a-line setup is in the Omnicell (a major accomplishment when the a-line dart is filed under internal catheter dart...and that is the one that makes the most sense..The Swan Gaunze is filed under Swandome...hmmm) and I can set up an EVD in less then 20 min (always good).
3 More days of orientation, then I'm all on my own, Hopefully I'll hold my own, I'm thinking I will
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