Day 8 - Hemodialysis Nurse - Skip, skip, skip!!
As expected, I’ve been pretty much busy since I started working in the hospital. That’s why my plan of posting entries daily is screwed. Skip, skip, skip..
Anyway, this day is worth recording here in my blog. I was pissed off by a patient because she reprimanded me of pressing down too hard on her bleeding arm. She even told me to let her bleed to death. Imagine? In the presence of many patients, she said “bug-at kaayo kag kamot”. It was not my pride that was hurt but the fact that she said that in front of many people made me want to break her arm. How would any patient in that room want to be managed by me again if she blurted those words out loud?! Gipakaulawan jud ko niya ug ayo..
As a nurse, I kept my composure, my patience and my anger. I still managed to explain to her why I needed to apply pressure on her bleeding arm. But after I finished terminating her HD, I went to the back of the room and tried to hold back the tears. My coworkers noticed that I was gone for too long and they comforted me.
As usual, when words are too comforting, you end up crying your heart out. They told me that they too have experienced the same “pakaulaw” and “yawyaw” from patients. The drawback in working in the HD Unit as a dialysis nurse is that you get to handle patients that are irritable and conscious. Unlike working in the ICU where you handle semi or unconscious patients, HD patients tend to become aggressive when it comes to the time where you mutilate their bodies.
Charge to experience nlng kumbaga.. Although gipakaulawan ko ug ayo sa patient, I know that I am more knowledgeable about the concepts. Haler? Pasar na kaha ko tanan exams?! Pastilan jud, working as a nurse is indeed a holistic torture all throughout. I hope I can soon realize the benefits it could bring me..
#1 by april on April 19, 2009 - 12:35 am
hmn.. we have lots of those in here.. ^_^
anhi na dre wui…
and you’re right… it’s a torture.. ahaha..
#2 by Anna on June 11, 2009 - 11:18 am
Hi Nurse,
Thanks for your dedication, as a new nurse you will learn many more experience regarding abuses from your patients. Thats why its very imparative to tell the patient what you are doing or before you attempt to do or even touh them, make sure they understand it, you must speak up a little bit louder like you know what you are doing, people around you can understand, although not all patient who are in pain can, but continue to give your best care. As a nurse you must not shrink, be tough and remain calm, and dont take pain. It is easy to say “suck it up” they are sick and you’re healthy, but we are only human too and we do get hurt, but dont you know you “can offer your hurts” to the Blessed Mary or Jesus for the recovery of your patients? Yes you can as a form of reparations. People get sick, hurts or bleeding, not because God wants them to suffer, but it is of greater reason and its is only for one reason that they will come to God again, to halt them from where they are heading… weired ha? but this will give you better understanding of your patients. Armed yourself with humility, patience and compassion. Bring God to your work and He will help you with your difficult job. kudos!- Anna of Iligan