I think I'm a skeptic...

So a bonus of the travel nursing is I get to go so many cool places.  This week another traveler and I headed to New York City for a few days....because why not?  We had a ton of fun.  Baseball game, Broadway show and bus tour.  She almost has me sold on the idea of getting an assignment there....almost.

The experience that makes me think I might be skeptic (or maybe cynical) is seeing a man sitting on the street with a sign asking for money because he's homeless and on dialysis and having a hard time.  My very first thought was "He has good looking veins for a dialysis patient" followed closely by "I'd actually want to see his dialysis port before I gave him money."   I'm from the Midwest, and I know I am naive.  I have this great fear of being taken advantage of, and that fear is magnified in a place like NYC. 

Another gentleman approached us and asked for 40 cents.  My hands were full as we had just grabbed food at a joint right by our hotel otherwise I would have given the guy the money, but I had no extra hand.  He proceeded to give us a hard time about not having money, which was kinda funny since he was asking for money. Just because I don't have cash doesn't mean I don't have money.

Anyway, it was a truly great time.  We saw so much in a short time and I look forward to going back someday! 

Random laugh

Okay, I need to start this, but no promises on regularity of posting.

Currently I am doing travel nursing.  This has given me some incredible opportunities to go places I would never get to go, and I do like that.  I also meet some incredible people and share some amazing experiences.  I have to say,  I really like that.

So to start this off I will share a story from before traveling, one that still cracks me up:


While charting on a patient one night I read the evening nurse's note stating "the patient makes little to no eye contact."  I reread this, and sat puzzled for several moments.  Then I turned to another night nurse:

RealNut79: Have you taken care of this patient?
NurseRatched70: Yes.
Realnut79: Aren't they blind?e
NurseRatched70: Yes.


And there you have it.  This is what happens when you don't get adequate report: you chart stupid stuff!