Opps It's Tuesday Again!

Hopefully this tuesday will be uneventful. I am just plugging away here at work. I am on terminal hold with the medicare office so I thought I could clean up my desk, fax a few documents and then blogg for a while. The wheels of government turn very slowly. I have already had my ass chewed out by a family member of a pt. Seems the lab has not sent the results of some blood work the nurse drew last week. Now it is a problem but am I to blame for the lab's mistake? Apparently I am! Because I cetainly heard all about my flaws as a nurse this morning. I have no compassion, good sense, or the ability to carry on a conversation with someone without patronizing. Okay...and there you have folks the glamourous world of a nurse. We are the whipping boys for the medical world. And in the real world where you aren't insulated by visiting hours,ancillary staff, or intimidating surroundings you get it from the family,neighbors, clinics,Dr. offices,and road raging soccer moms!I just keep saying to myself"I love my work,I love my job" Hey, whatever gets you through the day is what I say!It still beats the pants off of working the night shift in trauma on a hot summer weekend! When I can't remember the effects of Lactulose on a hepatic patient then I may consider going back into the hospital. Yeh, right!