Tune

Cat needed a good rub down when I got home. My arms barely up to it. That deep purr with the chirp note makes it all worth the sore muscles.

Very busy day.

And an ER RN making an ASS of herself. To the point of several staff wondering if she really was a nurse, not a tech or assistant puffing herself up. And nearly being cancelled, since she refused to sign the consent, which meant no IV, enough to cause a delay. Making a lot of odd fuss, so that we all thought she was simply nuts. Well, probably was. And I have never seen anyone - without a psych diagnosis on record, who scowled so much at the staff in the room. We all smiled and did what we usually do, lots of reassurance and care and a couple of warm blankets. I was the core monkey (resource/lunch nurse) and since I knew ahead of time that there were Issues, I made sure to help out, get her moved over to the table, take out the gurney, that sort of thing. Checked in with PACU at the end of the day, and apparently she did very well, and admitted to being, essentially, terrified.

Really now, OR nurses are mostly loud, not really scary. Best out of the public eye, but not really psychotic. Just a bit eccentric. Possibly downright weird. Not as bad a rep as maternity nurses, though. About tied with ER nurses.

Certainly she has some kind of underlying problem that she needs to address. Fear can bring this out, of course. Few people are at their best when responding in fear. Possibly no one. Maybe heard horror stories, most ER patients who make it to the OR don't have a real great chance of making it out in one piece and breathing. Maybe she is just burnt out, or has made mistakes she won't admit to, or seen errors that she sees as endemic. No idea.

Must shut down, shut up, tune out. Bye.