Float Pool

I am a float pool nurse. That means I work:

Med/Surg

Cardiac

ICU

ER

OB

Nursery

NICU

Rehab

and I have the privilege of maintaining the huge amount of certifications and eduction hours to work these floors. Needless to say: I don't get bored!

My Sunday night as a Float Pool Nurse:

1900 arrive at work and assigned to rehab.

Because I'm the float nurse I get the patient's the other nurses don't want or are just tired of.

My glasses fall off my face into a bunch of urine . . . gross!

(Guess I won't be using those the rest of the night!)

2300 transfered to ER because they are getting slammed and REALLY need me

(at least that's what I'm told)

I run for 45 minutes before getting transfered to ICU

2345 Clock in at ICU

Deal with a drug overdose

Called a Mother F$%#@r exactly 36 times

Spit at and nearly bit.

I actually had to use the line "you can pull on those restraints all you want, but in the end I WILL win!"

0730 clock out and head for home, VERY grateful my replacement was on time ;)

While it was a bit more exhausting than usual it still was a typical night! Yikes right?!

The good thing today: the only red liquid I got on my scrubs was Crystal Lite!

Teresa