Quello che sarà sarà

While I am at work I try to maintain a laid back attitude.  It seems to make my night better if I start it off in a good mood.  If I go into the shift upset or angry, it makes for a very long night and I tend to have a bad night. 

Usually when I first arrive to work, I hear the day nurses ranting on and on about how bad their day was, how busy it was, and how bad the night is going to be.  I try really hard to tune their voices out and just focus on the upcoming shift.  I try not to judge my patients based on day shift reports.  There are many times I hear “Oh this patient is a pain in the butt, or this patient is doing so bad you will be in there all night, or OMG, this patient sucks and I won’t take them back next time”.  I have found that there are many times when day shift will say how terrible the patient is, and yet when I go into meet the patient they are sweet as can be and we don’t have any problems all shift. 

It’s tough to raise above the negativity and there are some days that I am not successful, especially if it is like three or four nights in a row, or if I had a bad night the night before.  However, I still try to keep one of my favorite work mottos in mind.  Quello che sarà sarà (what will be will be).  

This saying usually manages to pull me back into my calm space and I'm ready for the next big disaster to head my way.