Overwhelmed

8/29/2007 | 60Gunner

[60Gunner]

ER Nursing Stories Ping.

[caver]

Hey, you’d get more rest if you didn’t write these long winded tales! j/k

[mosaicwolf]

The moral of the story is, “The EGO is not your friend.”

[Guenevere]

Why aren't you writing books?...or are you?

I think you could give Robin Cook or Michael Crichton a run for their money!

[alfa6]

Thanks for the ping

How goes the flight nurse gig?

Best Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[bert]

....I gave her a dozen roses and my most heartfelt apologies....

guilt on guilt

A swift kick in the ass would have resolved the issue and spared the expanse of a contribution and the roses.

[Syberyenta]

Thanks again for an exciting and moving story.

[sidetracked]

Your stories are just breathtaking. I cried during this one. I’m always so disappointed when I reach the end though. PLEASE write a book.

[RetSignman]

You story was very compelling but when your job at, the end of the day, results in you collapsing in tears, you have an obligation to yourself and the patients you attend to, to find another line of work.

You sir, are totally burned out

[Copernicus]

It is difficult to understand the conclusion to your story.

A presumptious and attractive lady who is paid to elevate her needs above all others writes an apology on letterhead and you reward this behaviour so she will continue to inflict her abusive tactics on others?

In modern society there are uncounted ways to accomplish fundraising goals without arrogant intrusions by phone or mail or in person

Liberalism by any other name (compassionate conservatism) stinks as much.

Best regards,

[CDHart]

A very good and well-written story. Please ping me if you do more of them. My daughter is an RN and has worked ER and is now clinical coordinator for a hospital oncology unit. God bless you and all the nurses out there for the wonderful work that you do.

Carolyn

[SaintDismas]

I agree with the others here: Write a book! You are a gifted storyteller. I also agree with the other guy, or at least take a leave of absence or you yourself are going to be a physical mess. God bless you

[Egon]

Bump for later.

[Little Pig]

Really nice essay. I did wonder why you don’t just disconnect the doorbell, or wire in a switch so you can deactivate it when you want to sleep? When we brought our newborn daughter home from the hospital, I just pulled one wire from the bell box up on the wall, and that solved that.

By the way, what happened to the baby?

[palmer]

That “No!” was very real. How can you deal with the stress that creates? I have never seen anyone die, I was with my Dad before and after and those experiences were mostly peaceful. I just can’t imagine how I would deal with that stress.

[60Gunner]

Burned out? Far from it! One very rough day does not make a person burned out. This day was very tough. But I love my work, and on any other day I feeel totally jazzed about going in to work. I think you missed my point.

[60Gunner]

This young lady was really just trying to do something she believed in. And she is really a very nice young lady, and believe it or not, she’s a conservative who happens to like birds. What a shock! And she was very genuine in her apology- as I was in mine. She deserved a dozen roses- my wife insisted.

[SunnyUsa]

Your shift with all it's acuity...human drama and death and the kindness you showed to that naive doorbell ringer brought tears to my eyes.

The stress from a shift like that doesn't fade quickly and surely takes it's toll.

You deserve a whole bunch of stress free shifts after that one!

PS: This thread is one I'll read again when I think I've had a bad shift! :)

[Responsibility2nd]

Then the soul-crusher came in.

WHAT??? Do you mean to tell me this gets worse?

I just got to work, I logged in, I got my coffee and began to read 60Gunner's harrowing tale.

As usual... I take my time, absorbing all the gory details.

I've only gotten to this part, so far....

Then the soul-crusher came in.

Whew! I better go get me another cup of coffee before I read the rest!