Good men do nothing?!

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"

- Edmund Burke.

Well I do agree with this statement and I really like it, however I don’t think it is that simple or easy. The hardest thing is deciding what is evil and who are the good men? After watching tears of the sun (a really great movie to watch when you’re sick- only joking), which I really do like, and it has a good point… But… who/ what is evil- is it the people who are fighting for something they believe in, or those just going against the majority of the population, or those who convince others that what they believe is right, something that causes disruption??? Hmm, I did have some good point, but I don’t think I actually made it. Sorry, got a bit distracted. Anyway I like the quote, it is true.

Oh, after talking to a really friendly and talkative lady that was my patient today, she was saying that she isn’t afraid of dying and there isn’t anything to be scared about it really. She believed that death and should not be a no-no subject that people shouldn’t talk about, but it should be talked about more which will take away part of that fear of dying (hmm, maybe I just joined a few dots there, but that was basically it). She also said that she has her funeral already all planned out, and she has booked her cremation and box for her ashes for when she dies. She wants to be buried and she even chose a simple box just so that the worms can have a feast easier- that’s what she said. I don’t think I have met someone that is quite so prepared and laid-back about facing death, which she wasn’t. I really admire her. She also said that once you’re dead you can’t talk anymore and tell people things, which is why she is really talkative- making up for the time when she won’t be able to. I should take a leaf out of her book, because I do agree with what she is saying, but I don’t necessarily practice or apply it to my life.

Choices

Don’t you just love it when you are sick and you have someone who brings you toast and something to drink while you stay in bed where it is nice and warm? The toast is even cut in half or quarters so you don’t have to pick up the whole piece of bread at a time (well if your lazy like me and don’t normally cut it). I’m currently a bit sick, but I don’t have anyone to bring me anything. So feel free to apply. Although hopefully I will be feeling better tomorrow because I have to work. Instead today I had to get my own food and look after myself. Poor me, lol. After house-sitting for people this last weekend and them having a dog to look after, I realized how much I would love to have a dog of my own. The little fluff ball thing that we have at our house does slightly turn me off having a dog, but I still would like one. And there’s also the fact that I have no idea where I will be next year, or the year after. So realistically I can’t be responsible for any pet yet unfortunately.

Anyways nursing is going really well, and I am loving the challenge. The bigger challenge I’m starting to face is having to look to the future and start to decide where I want to go with nursing and where I want to go after the new grad program finishes. Hmm, so many choices- which is good… and bad.

My past week...

So I have finally finished all of my orientation stuff at the hospital, inculding my 6 days working on the ward as I slowly increase my patient load and get more orientated to the ward. And I have learnt HEAPS over the last week. Everything is coming together nicely actually. I now know a fair bit more about the medications that I am giving to my patients (which can be important if you dont want to kill your patients).

Yesterday was my official day working as an RN where I didn't have another RN watching over me and there to help me. Although I was only given 4 people to look after which were supposted to be easy so I didn't get too overwelmed... well one of my patinets decided to break their IV line that was only put in the day before, they vomited every 10 minutes for about an hour, the family came in constantly asking me to give them a wash (which was understandable, but I did have other patients to look after), having to order all these meds for people that had run out of stuff, and new medcations that had just been written up, doing an ECG on the vomiting patient which is not done very commonly on this ward.... blah, blah, blah. Well it was my first day- the AIN that was supposed to be helping me, and hadn't done anything for me, had no right to say at nearly 12 o'clock when I had one patient left to shower, when I asked if she could shower them, "What! you haven't done that yet, what's wrong with you?" That really pissed me off!!!

Anyways, I'm over that now, next time I might work her harder from the start :P

Hmmm, well today I have basically done nothing, which has been really nice, but back to work tomorrow.

Cute lil girl

Now an RN

I am finally working as an RN. And its about time!!! Well actually I have only had 2 days of orientation- all lectures and really boring (thankfully I didn't have to do orientation on tuesday becuase I did that 2 1/2 years ago. Anyway, I have my first day on the ward tomorrow and I am supposed to have 2 of my own patients, but I guess I will ahev to wait and see how that actually turns out. Recent happenings:
-Getting annoyed with cocroaches that lived in my CD player so it didn't actually work- until I took it apart and got rid of all those annoying creatures... now it works, yay.
-Getting a hair cut because it was too long, and to make me look more professional- BUT the hair dresser went crazy with those scissors and cut 2-3 times more than I said, and in a way that I really didn't like. I actually cut a fair bit of it myself the next day, and I do like it better than before, but I dont know if its very straight or well done, but its better than before.
-I bought a bigger box to put my sewing stuff in, rather than the little wooden box I had. So hopefully I will actually start to do more of that.
-Been gardening/weeding a little bit, well its porbably been quite a number of hours. Our overgrown garden now does look a little better.
-Been working and getting annoyed with the other nurses who don't like their nursing job and therefore take it out on others, and get them to do everything (3-4 people in particular). Well that was when I was an AIN just last week, now it should be different- should be.
... And many other things that I can't think of and can't be bothered writing.