Ahhhhhhhhh, Psych peeps.
To be honest today was funny, interesting, heart-tugging, and very noisy when several residents made fire trucks sound like toys.
One female pt. would have been an amazing car alarm. Could have scared off any potential punk with her expression of anger mixed with distress.
I was with one of the meds nurses today. Funny, sarcastic, very fast, and quite good at his job and at explaining everything to me. I love nurses who love to teach!!
Amazing the devastation mental illness can cause in some one's life.
I could see the ravages on certain faces today. Made me glad that so far my biggest mental issue has been depression. Functional depression at that.
There are several cats that roam through. I could have mainlined some benadryl because my allergies were acting up. Just took my oral benedryl which helped enough.
It's a smidge claustrophobic at the facility. Built long ago and very short on space. No alone time whatsoever. Cool with me.
My biggest challenge was trying to figure out who was who. Nurses, patients, and administration wear street clothes and small name tags on staff. CNA's wore scrubs. I can id maybe 4 patients from today. By time I get everyone memorized we'll be off to another clinical site.
C'est la vie.
How was your day?
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LOL, we had a pt last week who came to us straight from his home health job. Didn't bring a change of clothing with him. He spent his two days wearing his scrubs. I told another nurse "You know, if he were psychotic, this could really be a problem".
A mixture of all the emotions spending time there I would think.
Real cats? That's very interesting.
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