Yall I had the worst day!
12:1 ratio, 7 blood sugars, Q4 vitals, 12 baths, and many of them had attachments (chest tubes, G-tubes, foleys, epidurals). Night shift left almost all the rooms full of trash and linens.
They just kept calling. I had about 100+ calls during my 12 hour shift. I never had the opportunity to sit down. Every time I’d finish a task/in the middle of a task my phone would go off.
I asked a nurse if they could do a shampoo cap for me (they had a trainee and they told me they were sitting back and observing) they told me “in the time it took you to find me, you could’ve already done it”
I was so confused, I almost never ask for help. It just made me want to cry even more.