Finally had a good day.

I thought my bad week was over on Thursday. Friday proved me wrong. At work we were staffed semi-okay, then half an hour before breakfast someone quit and we were suddenly short. I had eleven rooms to look after. Needless to say I was scrambling the whole time. At second we finally got a bit of relief because we had more staff, but the girl I was working with and I were behind because we had a rough hall, it'd been so hetic earlier and well she tends to move slowly.

Then right as supper was ending on of the residents I was close to passed away. I basically lost it. I cried and cried. I even tried to finish clearing the people out of the dining room while crying. One of my co-workers had told me to sit down, but there was so much work to do. Then one of the nurse told me to take five minutes because I really hadn't had a break all day. Thankfully I listened and got a glass of water and tried to calm down. It was actually another resident that calmed me down. She had to know what was wrong and then made me sit with her, hold her hand and talk to her. She was very soothing. I'm still a little sad today, but I know this resident is in a better place and was ready to go. It just happened so fast that it shocked me and I was completely unprepared.

Today was good though. I worked in restorative so I wasn't on the floor and didn't have to scramble. Then I left a whole 4 hours early. My parents picked me up once I'd changed into nice clothes and we drove into Cleveland. I was inducted into Psi Chi today. So finally a good day.

Here's hoping it lasts!

Finally had a good day.

I thought my bad week was over on Thursday. Friday proved me wrong. At work we were staffed semi-okay, then half an hour before breakfast someone quit and we were suddenly short. I had eleven rooms to look after. Needless to say I was scrambling the whole time. At second we finally got a bit of relief because we had more staff, but the girl I was working with and I were behind because we had a rough hall, it'd been so hetic earlier and well she tends to move slowly.

Then right as supper was ending on of the residents I was close to passed away. I basically lost it. I cried and cried. I even tried to finish clearing the people out of the dining room while crying. One of my co-workers had told me to sit down, but there was so much work to do. Then one of the nurse told me to take five minutes because I really hadn't had a break all day. Thankfully I listened and got a glass of water and tried to calm down. It was actually another resident that calmed me down. She had to know what was wrong and then made me sit with her, hold her hand and talk to her. She was very soothing. I'm still a little sad today, but I know this resident is in a better place and was ready to go. It just happened so fast that it shocked me and I was completely unprepared.

Today was good though. I worked in restorative so I wasn't on the floor and didn't have to scramble. Then I left a whole 4 hours early. My parents picked me up once I'd changed into nice clothes and we drove into Cleveland. I was inducted into Psi Chi today. So finally a good day.

Here's hoping it lasts!