Gifts from patients
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whitewriterOrdinarily I don't like getting gifts from patients unless its something the whole ward can share.
Like chocolate.
Or cake.
Today I got 2 gifts that I couldn't share.
Coffee. and a candle that says "My Florence Nightingale"
She says her niece makes these candles. And I googled the name of the store
It smells delightful.
Turns out no, no I should definitely not remove the zazzi tube.
She had terrible MASD moisture associated skin dermatitis.
Otherwise colloquially known as ICU-Bum.
'cept she got it on the wards rather than ICU. I suppose you could also call it hospital bum.
This could be well solved if we had more wardsman.
I really don't understand why we don't just have more.
Having more RNs are nice, but loads of things we do-- we just need another pair of hands and those hands don't need to be an RN's hands. Just to turn or get someone up a bed or into the chair, we just need standby assist - some man power. Taking an RN from another bedside to help with rolling reduces their time keep on their own work.
Most ICUs have 1 wardsman dedicated for turning on most shifts.
We don't have one (except, like, once in a blue moon the hospital-wide ones will make their way down at 6 am for washes - and u never know when they will come). Sometimes u can order them in advance. Like if you have a 300kg patient or something and you want to preplan your rolls. You could phone to make an appointment they be around at 5am and you'll be ready for them. It is frustrating to know that other hospitals (in the same system) have more resources than we do.
Maybe management need to come see her butt and help me roll her and then maybe they'll understand...
She was working right up until she got unwell. So it's not like she was deconditioned from long term illness. This is all super recent.
I just felt so sorry for her.
BMI of 35+ and multiple comorbidities probably doesn't help but to go from being a functional person to a non functional person must be a horrendous loss. And she talks about it too.
I usually hate gifts because they always come with some caveat. The caveat of special treatment for example. That because you gave me something you want me to give you preferential treatment.
I work in a public hospital precisely for the reason that I want to treat all my patients equally with the same dignity, respect and hard work regardless of whomever you may be. You could be the shittiest druggie or some famous whomever.
That doesn't change how I treat you.
The candle did warm my heart, though I must say. I'm not back at small ICU for a whole week though - and I suspect by then she will be on the ward already.
Like chocolate.
Or cake.
Today I got 2 gifts that I couldn't share.
Coffee. and a candle that says "My Florence Nightingale"
She says her niece makes these candles. And I googled the name of the store
It smells delightful.
Turns out no, no I should definitely not remove the zazzi tube.
She had terrible MASD moisture associated skin dermatitis.
Otherwise colloquially known as ICU-Bum.
'cept she got it on the wards rather than ICU. I suppose you could also call it hospital bum.
This could be well solved if we had more wardsman.
I really don't understand why we don't just have more.
Having more RNs are nice, but loads of things we do-- we just need another pair of hands and those hands don't need to be an RN's hands. Just to turn or get someone up a bed or into the chair, we just need standby assist - some man power. Taking an RN from another bedside to help with rolling reduces their time keep on their own work.
Most ICUs have 1 wardsman dedicated for turning on most shifts.
We don't have one (except, like, once in a blue moon the hospital-wide ones will make their way down at 6 am for washes - and u never know when they will come). Sometimes u can order them in advance. Like if you have a 300kg patient or something and you want to preplan your rolls. You could phone to make an appointment they be around at 5am and you'll be ready for them. It is frustrating to know that other hospitals (in the same system) have more resources than we do.
Maybe management need to come see her butt and help me roll her and then maybe they'll understand...
She was working right up until she got unwell. So it's not like she was deconditioned from long term illness. This is all super recent.
I just felt so sorry for her.
BMI of 35+ and multiple comorbidities probably doesn't help but to go from being a functional person to a non functional person must be a horrendous loss. And she talks about it too.
I usually hate gifts because they always come with some caveat. The caveat of special treatment for example. That because you gave me something you want me to give you preferential treatment.
I work in a public hospital precisely for the reason that I want to treat all my patients equally with the same dignity, respect and hard work regardless of whomever you may be. You could be the shittiest druggie or some famous whomever.
That doesn't change how I treat you.
The candle did warm my heart, though I must say. I'm not back at small ICU for a whole week though - and I suspect by then she will be on the ward already.
