I love nursing~

As already forth week of posting in Sun Med, I've confronted so many patients(pt). My ward, which is 4A, almost everyday also full house. I've care for so many pts, old pt up to 91, an old woman who is already announced DNR(Do Not Resussitate) by dr., she has a huge bedsore at her buttock, youngest pt which is a 14 years old boy, when I see him, he reminds me of my brother. I care when he has difficulty in sleeping, feels hot or chill, sore throat.

I've did bedbath for 3 pts so far. The first was a 17 y/Male, second was quite old/Female, the latest was 31y/M, which is a tepid sponging, he has 38.6*C fever. Dr. asked to do tepid sponging for him and Nicole did it with me. When this pt discharged, he waved to me and said 'Byebye', I really feel glad to care for him.

In addition, I've also took 'good' care of a 22y/M pt, who has a fever also. He has a drip with a drip machine. Very 'fortunately', his machine is the very sensitive one, move a bit also make noise. That day luckily I was under his bed ward team, I solved all his drip problems. One day, when he discharged, his girlfriend thank me that I took care of her boyboy. I was very happy to hear that.

Of course, to let everything goes smoothly, including observation(obs), medicine, reports, admissions, discharges, transfer-in and out(t/i t/o), update charts, receiving calls, passing reports, pt's diet, maintain pt's cleanliness all cannot be done by only one nurse. We need two teams of nurses. Each team consists of In-charge(i/c), who is going to pass report and doing management of the day, Runner(R), who runs the ward to observe pt, charts and sends pt from here and there, Medicine Nurse(Med), who serves medicine, does dressing. Everyday, everybody will hold a different role of nurse, which I feel is enjoyable.

What I do everyday now is to tag with a Runner, make bed, do obs and do any procedure that can allow me to get a cross, say Oral care, Hand washing, Positioning, Charting, Admission... I love to see everybody working together as a team to make pt get well. Nursing is interesting, trust me!