LoSt in Tis WorLd

Hmm..let’s see, plus todae, it will be my fourth difficult case this week. IN 1 WEEK!!! FOUR CASE!! Can u just believe it??!! I dun knoe if i’m just unlucky or suay.

1st case:
There’s this pt, who insist that we are not giving him the medication that he’s supposed to take. 3 doctors seen him, even the consultant, none of them could find or prove the medication he’s supposed to be on. Basically, it’s not in his medical records at all. He refuses every investigation we wan to do on him, including the blood test. Then why the hell r u in hospital?? Why come to us when u dont wan any of our help?? He attacked me at the nurses station, shouting n screaming for his medication that he claimed to be on. Even after being explained that all his medications has been oralize, he still insist on an I/V. duh…..he looks kinda drug addict actually. With those sleezy red eyes n mumbling speech. Damn it, i was so scared he was gonna punch me rite there n then. And after all that, he decided to make the conversation even louder, so that the rest of the patients n relatives could hear, blaming our lack or service. HAH!!! I just feel like stabbing him right there and then. He is just so irritating…drug addict ^&%#$*

2nd case:
I got a long term pt staying in my ward. He’s been there like a month ago. But the problem this time is not the patient. It’s the relatives. U see the pt married a second wife n it seems that the the 1st wife’s children could not get along wif the 2nd wife’s family. So guess who caught in between….WE NURSES!!! I still remember the The first wife’s son shouting over the phone demanding for an explanation why he wasnt being update regarding the father and the 2nd wife’s children was being updated. Well that’s simply because we didnt even knoe u EXISTED!!! If u have come down to the hospital n show ure face for the past 3 weeks, we would have recognize u as the 1st wife’s son. Some ppl just dun haf any brain….  And then when it comes to discharging plans, none of them wants to accept  responsibility. The wife kept on saying “dont knoe” to every question we ask including whether she wants to take pt home or to nursing home. And the children kept on saying “anything, up to the 2nd wife’s decision”…..can’t u ppl get to together n come up with a solution for that poor man?? And they say we are not doing anyting…

3rd case:
Another pt’s son came shouting at me last night, regarding the mother’s condition being updated to his bro instead of him. I mean…seriously…..just wat is the matter wif the family nowadays. I was just so unlucky enuf for it to happen during my shift. Usually im not the in-charge for that room, but for that 1 paticular day, i was. So i dun really knoe the cases well, wat to watch out for and everything. *sigh*……The matter carried out till this morning. Actuall, he wasnt happy with the way the doctor talked to him. So thats their problem, just dun understand the part why we nurses haf to take the abuse.

4th case:

The worst case of all. There’s this psychotic auntie (who’s just not been officially diagnosed as psychotic yet) who has been driving me and the doctors nuts for days. Todae was teh last straw of it. I am definitely boycotting her. Firstly, she tries her best to speak proper english….which is actually noting wrong wif that. The next thing, she started using all the medical term, name of drugs n watever else she has picked up over the years on u. At first, i was impressed, thought she’s from some kind of committee or wat. But then i realize she’s just a long term patient auntie asking for attention. Imagine this, she stood at the nurse counter, gossiping about the pt next to her, telling us she cleaned the toilet because it was dirty, again gossiping about te patient next to her. OH MY GOD!!! SHE’S CRAZY!!! And this morning, she demanded to be seen my the consultant himself and not any other “small peanut”. haha….i just feel like suffocating her wif the thrash bag. Diarrhea for 10 times, abdominal cramps wif a pain score of 7, and yet u can still wash the toilet. damn it….is tis woman for real. OUH…one more thing, when i offer her Lomotil to stop the diarrhea, guess wat she says “I dun wan to take the tablet first. i wan to let all the dirty micro-organisms out first. I will eat it later”. I always laugh at her face. Man…she’s plain ol’ crazy. I just cant stand her, neither can the doctors…

I hate my week….i just hope i’ll have better patients next week.

Let’s see…after almost 3 months working, i haf to say i am definately growing. In terms of werk n self. I realize now that watever u do at werk, u are responsible for ure own shit. Even if u haf a “preceptor”, they cant cover for u at all. Because in the end, it’s ure signature documented, it’s ure name. So if u got piled up with shits, U haf to dig ure own “jamban” n flush it down,. That’s what i’ve learnt.

I love my job actually. I love having the knowledge that many others dont, taking care of the sick till they’re able to walk out of the hospital themself, being in tat emergency situation of saving a person’s life. But one thing i dint knoe, is getting myself tied up into customer service too. Everywhere is about customer service right now. Even in nursing, they emphasize so much in customer service. I mean, to me, a simple “good morning”, a smile, or “let me knoe if u need anything” is good enuf. But they expect u to “can i wipe ure ass for u sir” kinda thingy. *sigh*….

I just had a difficult case yesterday, and the day before, n the day before that. I’ll give the full story on my next entry, but now, i haf to go off to werk. Just hope that todae, the patients decide to be more sensible.