going back to work tonight

[kimbo]

GREAAAAT Mc T

So good to hear everything went so well.
You went out and blessed your world at work.
It is so true , people are always eager to receive love.

kimbo

[Lotus1]

Great to hear you had a quiet shift 1st up.
Sounds like you sure brightened one dear old lady's night with your humour
Good on you.  Guess soon you'll feel like you've not been away.
Take care & catch up on the 40 winks you've missed!
Lotus1

[Babs659]

That's great news!  What a wonderful person and caring soul.

[Joe S.]

I am glad that it went good last night. I am green with envy i loved working but I know I can not any more.

[Katybarstool]

McT

Wonderful! I bet that old lady couldn't believe her luck at being given some individual attention. I bet it was food for thought for your colleagues too

Kathyx

[Scottietottie]

That's great that your first night back was like that. So glad you enjoyed it.

Take care - Scottie 

[Bucky]

McT,

I'm glad you had a quiet night on your first night back to work.

I bet you made your wee ladies night!     My mother was in a nursing home for a short while and she got along great with the nurses who would tease her, crack jokes or make her laugh.  It helps to brighten their day.  Something as simple as combing their hair makes them feel special.  We all like to feel special.    

Good job McT.  I'm sure your employer is happy you are back too.   

Bucky

[wednesday mc haggis]

aww cheers all


bucky my ward sister who is known to be pretty hardline gave me a hug when i openned the doors to her this morning lol .

Bucky exactly !!

aint it the truth its the little things, like getting your hair combed, eye care, some time spent a wee extra cup of tea and a giggle that makes being stuck in a bed a little easier to take, not hard things, just simple moments that help, One of our ladies couldnt sleep, i missed her alot, always been one of my favs, very forthright woman , whose not had an easy life, spent time asking her how her rash had been and catching up with her, she asked me why id been off and i told her, and we spent time comparing notes lol, i think though ive always cared, now i truly know what its like to be ill, and in a way im grateful that that expereince makes me as a nurse all the more vigilant , spent alot of time last night asking ppl if they needed a drink and was their mouth dry ??lololololol  well some good comes from everything

T x

[Bucky]

McT,

Ok dear . . take it easy and don't drown the patients with water!!  LOL  Since I carry a water bottle with me at all times I just think . ." aren't you thirsty?" - thinking everybody MUST need some water.  LOL 

My MIL used to always say "I could spit cotton!" . . . I know exactly what she means now!!     (that is, IF I could spit!!) 

Take care McT,
Bucky

[harrigan]

Oh T -if I ever need nursing care when I'm older, I so much hope there is someone like you there.  However, I feel you are probably totally unique!  I'm so glad it went well for you, but I'm sure there are so many people who are just as glad because you are back on  the shift.  Well done, you xx Ailsa

[jdryer]

Ello

tonight will be the first shift i ll have done in 8 months, i was told id not nurse again, but then im not one for doing what im told lol.

Im excited to get back, and kind of nervous , been a long time sinc ei was on my feet all night on an 11 hour night duty, im being phased in, i have annual leave built up so im going back one night a week for 5 weeks, then back to my usual 2 nights a week, those who pray say a quick one for me it will be a quiter shift and break me in gently, ive worked care of the eldery 20 years, and this current post 8 in elderly /terminal care....


its a job i love, get more from it as  ill ever put in, i cant say how much i missed the patients, and it always keeps my head straight, ppl there so much more worse off in health than i ll ever be ,looking forward to getting my usual hugs, part of me knows that a few i ll have nursed a while will have passed away, and while we try to remain deteched, you never master that art when you care, so im bracing myself for that too, wish me luck

T x

Hey you,
Good luck but mostly I'm ecstatic that you are doing so well.  I love the fact that it's because you are healing yourself through diet.  It gives me confirmation that I too am on the right path.  Keep up the good work !
j

[wednesday mc haggis]

bucky lololol@drown them, i ll watch out for that lol.

harrigan....oh ive met a few like me over the years , thankfully, usually auxillary nurses with little knowledge and alot of heart, the mistake theyve made i think was thinking a good nurse was a degree holder, sadly very wrong, a good nurse is somone who cares with a sens eof humour but thanks

J   aye there is alot to be said for it , i can honestly say, it pays off in the end, not easy, but i think the benefits outweigh the  sacrifice, keep on the path *hug*

T x

[irish]

Great to hear that you got back to work and that you had a good night. I bet your duty shoes were a little stiff when you put them on.

You are so lucky to be able to go back. I have kept my nursing license up the last 6 years and have hoped that I would be able to do some type of nursing even if short hour days managing charts. Just to be back in the medical world. It is something that grows on you. I worked 25 years in long term care nursing and even when I was a charge nurse I loved to get out on the floor and work with the patients. So many people need hugs and attention.

I mentioned to my immunologist that I would like to be able to work a few hours a week in nursing. He looked at me and said "there are a lot of sick people in hospitals and nursing homes". In other words he was telling me that with my low t-cells I would not be working again. Darn. I may be 66 but I know (like you) that after being ill I would be a much better nurse.

Hope all goes well for you. Make sure you get your sleep and don't skip sleeping after working. I know how that goes. Work a night shift and when you work part time you think you can skip your sleep. It catches up with you. Irish

[wednesday mc haggis]

confused thankyou so much for your kind wors, but i think i was glader than anyone lol.

irish

i completely understand that desire, and i can imagine the pain of not being able to do so.

isnt it strange that need? yup it grows on you till its a big part of you, and yeah my duty shoes were stiff as a board lol, but seemed a lot softer by morning.

sage advice about gatting enough sleep, its something i was very guilty of going way too many hours without sleep after my last shift that week was finnished, but i did make  apromise to myself that i needed to be less manic in my ways now, and pace myself well, i rested up before duty, and came home and went to be, and then last night got to my bed at 11 PM, i know if i dont pace myself now, at some point i ll pay the rpice, and have to be more wise with my sleep pattern, but thanks for the reminder from someone who well knows

I remeber as a student nurse, it wa sbrought up at collge to one of the nurse tutors, that i was too condescending to patients calling them honey and hugging the ones that i knew werent objectionable, sure there are some who wouldnt appreciate it, but thats easily sussed i thought, the nurse tutor said ...well does any of the patinets think she is condescending...my fellow student nurse said...well erm  no, the tutors said well there is your anwer then.

had to love that nurse tutor lolololol.

  Its too easy irish for me to say to you think of all the ppl you helped whilse you were able, i know that comfort falls way too short, but im sure youve enriched many lives in your career, and since youve been dealing with AI issues for so many years, i bet a long time before retiral came, that DID enrich your service to the many you came incontact with,id say you were still nursing  reading many of your posts here, as linda is, just through a much different medium that it once was, the internet

Thankyou for your advice i ll guard it well

T x

[irish]

Wednesday, I have to share this little tidbit with you. I did do med surg nursing and some years of OB before I ended up in Long term care. Thought I would never do the long term care but learned so much and really loved it.

The tidbit!!! Had an Alzheimers patient one time who wandered the halls in and out of everyones rooms. She could be a little pest as she was always "moving" objects here and there. I think she thought she was cleaning. An old farm wife who had always done for others. One day she was standing in the hall crying. I went up and put my arms around here and hugged her. She generally never talked. That day she said, "I ain't got nothing or nobody". Talk about heart wrenching!!! Someone has to take care of the world's elderly and they are such a blessing to us even in their confusion. Irish