I have learned lately that I am not as young as I once was. There used to be a time when I could stay up for hours with very little sleep and not have it bother me at all…now I can barely make it through my three nights of work without dragging all over the hospital. It is a little scary because by the third night…I find myself making more mistakes and doing things that I normally would not do.
This week was a very long week for me…not only did a work an extra day, but somehow I ended up working a day shift in between a couple of night shifts which is extremely hard to do.
Anyway…I was taking one of my patients some pills and an IV antibiotic. I opened up the pills and went to hang up the antibiotic as I was talking to the patient. The patient then looks at me funny and asks me… “Where are my pills?” I stopped and looked around all sorts of confused…I then realized what I had done. I had dropped the pills into the garbage as I was talking to her and went about on my way…I felt really stupid, as I had to tell the patient that I would be right back with some new pills for her.
Sometimes…I think I work way too much…
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