Week of 4/11/11

I have a pretty interesting story to tell…. This day was the most amusing days of all the days I have been at my placement. I received some real excitement. Here it goes… So when I first entered the hospital, I noticed that a security officer as well as other health care workers on the first floor were wearing masks. Also, the security officer was guarding the door to the emergency room. Later, I found out that someone had sprayed mace on the floor, thus they put the floor on lock down, which explains the security officer guarding the doors. This is only the beginning of my day. My sponsor and an health assistant was assisting a patient of hers, when we heard a loud scream, “Help! Help! In room 8!” The health assistant ran out of the room into the hall and answered with “Where are you?” (she almost fell in the process) and she ran in the direction of where the yell came from. The patient my sponsor was currently assisting says, “Well go help her” and my sponsor replied with “No I‘m gonna help you in bed first.” She was thinking, we don’t want two accidents (because he had a risk of falling) so getting this patient situated became her priority. Shortly after putting the patient back in bed we also rushed to the room in which the yell came from. There was a heavy weight patient on the floor with nurses surrounding her. To assist with lifting the patient the charge nurse called for security but they were all monitoring lock down on the first floor. As another nurse entered the room one of the other nurses in the room said, “Join the party!”. This room was filled with staff, 7 nurses and healthcare assistants total.

Nurse: “Girl what are you doing down there!”

Patient: “They pushed me” as the patient pointed to the other nurses.

Nurse: “I know you’re full of it”

Patient: “Why I got to be full of it!”

Nurse: “Oh because I know you’re full of it like I am” HAHA The charge nurse brought a lift in the room to get the patient off the floor.

Patient: “What is that!”

Nurse: “A lift!” Apparently the patient was using the commode, and when trying to raise up after doing her business “her foot slipped”. Since the security guards weren’t available to help, the charge nurse called for males, to help. One of the nurses bended down and we heard her pants ripped, the room filled with laughter. Seems like something you would see on t.v. Once the males put the patient on the lift and used it to put the patient back on the bed, the first thing the patient said was, “Where’s my toilet?” I was blown through the roof at this point. Soon after I left earlier than I usually do, to attend the recruiting juniors internship meeting. WHAT A DAY!!!