Sunday, February 27, 2011

2/16

So Gaily has been floated to the oncology floor since the floor she usually works on is fully staffed and the onco floor is in need of staff (nurses). Oncology is the study on cancer by the way. This unit is much smaller. The floor is circular and consists of about 12 patients, versus about 40 patients on the floor Gaily originally works on. Also, there is 4 enclosed rooms that hold patients that do not have the immune systems to fight off sicknesses. Before entering the rooms the guests, nurses, and/or doctors are encouraged to wash their hands, because they can easily give the patients a sickness. I have noticed that Gaily has grown attached to one of the cancer patients. This patient is nonresponsive, meaning she's not awake, and expected to die. We visited the sixth floor, and she conversated with the nurses and ended up shedding tears briefly after discussing the patient. Afterwards she acknowledged that dealing with circumstances like these are apart of being a nurse...she stated.

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