FAIL for the beyond chocolate course which was cancelled :(
FAIL for my attempts to come off lithium. I just got too unstable, too unwell. Thankfully, I got to see a new pdoc within a few days, and only needed a week off work. Back on an even higher dose of lithium now :(
FAIL for my boss at work. Return to work interview-
Boss "what can we do to help you cope at work when you're feeling unwell?"
Me " I don't like to be in charge on weekdays"
Boss "Oh that's fine."
-The next week, Friday. I turn up for an early shift. Boss has taken an annual leave day, leaving me in charge. Hey ho.
Then the next day, my early shift turns into a long day- colleague off sick for a long day- so 14and half hrs later, having worked below minimum staffing levels, I go home, exhausted.
Then, the next day- a late shift. Another colleague gets sick during the afternoon. I phone the on-call boss-
Me- "Staff Nurse K has gone off sick. We're down to 4 staff, we are full, and extremely busy."
Boss- "Well, I can't help you".
Me- "Oh. ok then, thanks..." phone goes dead, boss has put the phone down.
Hmm, cheers for that. We had a crazy, awful shift,and I had no breaks.
That was yesterday. 4 on a late shift. 30 patients.
Today, I'm rostered on another late shift. But there's 7 of us on. So I ring up my boss this morning-
Me- "I'm owed a day off, can I take it today, I'm exhausted, and there's loads of staff on"?
Boss- "sorry, but we need an extra staff nurse to do the chemo today".
Me-" But there are 3 staff nurses on, and 2 of them are chemo-trained. Surely the 'in-charge' nurse can do the chemo?"
Boss-"No, we need you to come in. But you can do a short shift, come in 3-9." (that's only 2hrs less)!
Me- "Oh, ok then, thanks..."
So I'm working today, tomorrow(late shift), and then a day off, then back again, into the madness :(
I hate late shifts too. Two lots of visiting times, visitors can be so rude, so demanding, sometimes downright nasty.
Ok, that's my moan over.
