tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36613281.post2081002199333135326..comments2024-02-15T05:21:17.160-05:00Comments on Lucrative Pain: Ugh.Christina RN LMThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260505524676910667noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36613281.post-60643023396750992322016-02-11T05:12:17.908-05:002016-02-11T05:12:17.908-05:00Expect to white-knuckle the wheel on your way to w...Expect to white-knuckle the wheel on your way to work for anything from 12-24 months.<br />Any sooner, and either you're doing an easy job, you're SuperNurse, or you're a danger to the patients.<br /><br />But eventually, one night, you'll realize that you still don't know everything, but that you know enough to pull off a shift without your head exploding, and you realize it's getting better.<br /><br />You can't rush it, but that shift is so awesome when it comes along, you'll want to bask in the glow and make it linger.<br /><br />Meantime, get your sleep, and keep on your toes. And enjoy your time off.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36613281.post-71371546077249202942016-02-10T10:48:06.653-05:002016-02-10T10:48:06.653-05:00BTW, the Vets being honored were with the 2nd Infa...BTW, the Vets being honored were with the 2nd Infantry division when they overran Leipzig-Schönefeld (http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10006133) and it wasn't 60 something years ago, more like 70 something. God bless them. And yes, he's making the trip.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09245646229814895145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36613281.post-56690773226142834962016-02-10T10:29:56.676-05:002016-02-10T10:29:56.676-05:00Heh, there will be wonderful days also. My Better...Heh, there will be wonderful days also. My Better-Two-Thirds, over the course of the past handful of weeks, has been working with a US Marine (Korea IIRC) who has COPD but is working as hard as he can, with all the assistance and encouragement she can provide, to carry The Flag in his town's parade this coming Memorial Day. He'll make it if we have to share the job with him. <br /><br />Last week she got an email from a patient telling her he might have a lung, was about to make the trip, wish him luck. Less than 48 hours later she got another email from the guy telling her how wonderful he felt, how he'd taken his first walk with his new lung, and how he was arguing with them to let him go home.<br /><br />On Monday she did some testing (PFT) on an elderly gentleman (WWII vet) to make sure he was strong enough to make the trip to Washington DC to take his place in the line of men being honored for their role in liberating a concentration camp 60 some odd years ago. <br /><br />There are rewards in your profession that will bring tears to your eyes.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09245646229814895145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36613281.post-3483752248482614142016-02-07T14:39:30.139-05:002016-02-07T14:39:30.139-05:00During my 30 year career in a different field, I n...During my 30 year career in a different field, I never lost the feeling I was faking it once in a while.<br />The routine becomes candy time and the other 2% is sheer terror.<br />Ain't life grand?The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.com