Turkeygirl Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Yesterday at work was one of them... I had worked till 11pm the night before, so the new RN i'm training covered for me while I got a little extra sleep. As soon as I hitthe door at work at 10:40am, I get "Oh good you are here!" Fire alarm went off...signaled something in the dining room next door. So we are waiting for the FD and maintenance to come and the alarm signals evacuate all floors...Well we weren't seeing smoke but could smell something, I said ok let's tag our patients just incase. FD finally arrives...about 10 minutes later we see them driving off! They never came through our floor and gave us the ok...nothing, no communication. Well I guess the fire chief came and eventually our maintenance guy told us it was the food warmer table, then said no it was the fire alarm pull got tripped...but then why was the table cord hot and the wall hot and something smelled electrical burning??? Duh...and he was being a jerk to boot. So everything settles down, no evacuation. Well then a nurse on the other floor calls in, so then I'm trying to call someone to come in and can't find anyone! So I had to go over and mandate one of them stay because I can't find anyone for them. Well eventually someone else came in and it worked out...at the last minute! Well then find out one of my pt.'s who hasn't been well for a couple days has a possible bowel obstruction, so then it's on the phone with the nurse practitioner and decide what to do, etc... I finally got off the floor at quarter after 7pm to go down and work our urgent care until 11pm... Seriously, look at our healthcare system...if the number of people who came in with simple cold symptoms actually just stayed home and self treated...the U.S. Healthcare system might not be as bad as it is....:poke: So anyone else have a day recently that seemed to go "backwards"?:turned: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrswtnhunt Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Yes, usually have those kinda days all of the time. Boy am I glad to be off work on maternity leave....lol. It's gonna be hard to go back after 6 weeks off. Hang in there Ruth, you'll eventually get used to it.....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.