Nurse Beni

So it's night time and the nurse shift change happens. My nurse comes and asks me questions she should know if she read my report. She takes my temp and see's I have a fever. She doesn't bring me ice packs or Tylenol. We ask for orange juice and water. The juice comes in these small 4oz cups. She brings us 1. Ummm I wanted to drink juice. Not sample it. Then she puts in new IV bags. After a few one machine starts beeping. We call and it takes her 20 min to come and since I was sitting next to the machine she tells me to push the button. Doesn't say which button. I do and it doesn't work. I tell her to do it herself since I don't wanna mess it up. Who's the nurse anyway? The IV doesn't work. It's blocked. She waited so long that the line got blocked and wouldn't reopen. She has to put in a new IV on my arm. She tells me she can't do it now since she has to distribute meds to others so she goes away for half an hour. She comes back and preps to put in the IV.

Here's something to know. I have 2 IV's on my left arm so they can give me multiple meds at once. This is good because that leaves my right arm to perform daily tasks. She suggests putting the new IV on my right arm. Picture this scene with me in bed, both arms confined to an IV. I tell her to use the left arm. She starts to put in the IV. Now, I have really good veins. Anyone that has stuck a needle in me has complemented on how easy it is to work on me. I look down and I notice she's got the needle in me and she's pushing it in and pulling it out. It's starts to hurt so I complain. Then I just have enough with her and I ask if someone else can do it and comment how no-one has ever had a problem with my veins. She leaves and won't tell me who will come to put in the IV or when.

I wait 15 more min and with El's help I find my old nurse and request that I be switched to her. We talk to the head nurse and a min later it's done. I now have 2 functional IV's in my arm. I also have a swollen hand from my old IV.

Staying in the hospital so long I've learned that some of these nurses have no common sense.