The bastards sent me to work on a med/surg floor. A place most nurses care not to go. A place where the decor and equipment has been neglected for some twenty years. The rest of the facility has been updated with new flooring, nurses stations and equipment - but not in the land of med/surg!
In this evil unit the thermometers are secured to the wall, if they are even there at all. They own exactly one dynamap and the fat aids keep it hidden and protected. Even if you do find it and pry it from the fat greasy hands of the tech - it still does not work. BP cuffs are in the rooms (most rooms), but they are old and many have rot on the rubber tubing which makes them no so reliable. Some of the charting is done by computer, but half of the computers are broken and there are so few that work it becomes difficult to gain access as residents, case managers and other staff also need to use the computers.
The patients are usually not that bad, but it gets old apologizing for not having items. Yesterday, I apologized for not having tops to water pitchers, non-skid footies, pillows, pillow cases, straws, any type of food or juice, a working phone for the room, a working call bell, a working television for the room and toilet paper. It is like working in a war zone or a third world country.
I feel for the nurses who work there every day and have grown accustomed to those conditions. I can honestly say that when my time here in this facility is done - I will NEVER work a med/surg floor again!!
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