As a student nurse when I'm caught up on my responsibilities I am supposed to help answer call lights and help other staff on the floor. I have returned to my "home floor" from last year (not exactly my favorite, but the rotation is only 2 weeks this year) This floor sees a lot of post-urology patients and patients recovering from prostate surgery. After a TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) they provide continuous irrigation.
In lay terms this means that have big whopping bags of fluids running through and draining out through their catheter. These bags are seriously huge. The other day I was just walking through the hall when a little old man yelled out "Hey can you fix this" as he held a disconnected fluid line in his hand as fluid spilled all over the floor.
GREAT! I hadn't really dealt with this set up before but told a nurse nearby and went to go figure it out. Thankfully he hadn't pulled anything out, but just disconnected everything. In the mean time he had called his daughter who then wanted me to reassure her he was alright.
Yes, glamorous life...
Student Nurse Association responsibilities are piling up as we make our plans for the final fall projects. We're targeting childhood obesity here in the community while also doing an educational campaign on Darfur. (odd combo)
I'm looking forward to "homelessness" at the end of this month...work and school are a tough balance and I plow through.
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