I got to work right at 2:30. We had been low on patients since Friday and were floating the day aids. Monday night however, we only had 8 pts, not enough to keep 2 aids, but they did. So I show up to work last night and they have decided to float me. I was supposed to be going to sit, which means basically hanging out in a pt room because they are not to be alone. Well, they didn't end up needing me after all, so I went to 14w which is oncology/hospice. After my first 4 hours there I was to be floated to 10w, ortho. 10w is the worst floor in the hospital. we had 30 pts, 5 nurses and only 3 aids.
14 wasn't so bad except one of my pts was incontinent and I had to change her bedding 3 times. 10w wasn't so bad either, it's just that going from working in peds to working with the elderly, combative, incontinent and immobile, is really difficult. Not to mention we don't do half of what they do up on those floors on a daily basis.
So I hadn't eaten all shift and finally told them I was taking my "lunch" at around 7:30. I went down to my home floor and found out that they had 10 pts that night. I was so pissed off. Why wouldn't they float when we had 8 but they will when we have 10? It makes no sense. They said it was because PICU needed us that night, but they had 5 nurses. Oh well. I'll chalk it up as good experience. It just makes me thankful that I work on an easy floor and have good work relationships with the others.
Now as for tonight, that could be a whole other story.
Ooo I love all this nursing jargon!!!
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