And Hillary thinks nurses make too much

The is a rumor going around the nursing world that Hillary thinks the problem with the Health Care system is that nurses make too much money. Lately she has been spending a lot of time with nurses. She recently job shadowed a nurse for a day and spent time with nurses at a hospital in Las Vegas. My personal opinion is that all of that time is being spent trying to earn back nurses’ trust now that the election is coming.

On a day like today, you couldn’t pay me enough money to stay on the floor. But, I know that other patients and the other nurses on the floor need me here. I came into work in a good mood because I had a great group of patients yesterday and I was looking forward to spending the day with them again. Unfortunately, my group got split up. I still have my one “problem child”from yesterday and picked up another one. One of my patients has been leaving the floor to take extra pain medication and I would bet a million dollars that he’s also shooting up illegal drugs. He’s also been caught smoking in the bathroom. I have been called every name under the sun by him today for not giving him his pain medication earlier, even though I did give it to him.  He’s just hoping someone is stupid enough to give him a second dose.  The charge nurse, hospital supervisor, and security have all been in his room numerous times. Thank goodness it looks like he will be going to another floor as soon as we get a bed there for him.

I’m sorry if I’m inpatient and unsympathetic, but I have patients who are sick (not that he isn’t) who want to get better, are willing to follow the rules of the hospital, and need my time and attention.

Hey Hillary! Wanna spend a day with me in a hospital in a poor part of town? I’ll even let you change my patient’s poopy diaper!!  Um, make that a C-Diff poopy diaper!

Should’t we get hazard pay for taking care of patients and days later find out they have a serious communicable disease?  I once took care of a patient for a week before they found out he had tuberculosis.