i've had enough of all this shit. as nurses, would we want to see harm being done to our patients? if we want, we wont be in healthcare! when things happen, people will only remember to push the blame to others. will they remember what the good things that others have done for them? we all know nothing is perfect in this world. but who really understands that nothing is perfect in this world? doctors save lives, and everyone respects doctors. even if there's a small error, as long as it's not life-threatening and it's salvaged, doctors are still great. but who actually knows how the patients of some doctors always develop complications after a surgery, leaving all the shit for the nurses and other healthcare professionals to clean? i dont know. i only know that nurses are always being blamed for things that are carried forward, because nurses are the only people always there for the patients, so, sadly always there to take the blame as well.
it's hard to be cheerful in nursing, even for an optimistic person like me. i might appear be knocking off happily today for completing everything at the end of the shift, but some things might have also started boiling, waiting to explode when i return for work the next day, next week or even next year. because there're simply too many things for us to know in this world, and as long as you are a human, you will expect every healthcare professional to know it, even if it's not their discipline. then i ask, will a chinese teacher know every single idiom, or even every single chinese character that exists in this world? it's probably forgivable if he/she doesnt know, because we all know that there're too much knowledge in the Chinese language, probably more than medical knowledge? yeah, maybe?
my preceptor always tell me not to be too perfectionistic, because mistakes are bound to occur, but we must ensure that no harm is done. my preceptor also always tell me "you must do/tahan this, for your patient, because that's your job." after 9 months in healthcare, i realise that i am not as noble as what i hoped i can be. i can give up my time to stay back and finish work, or help out if the ward is busy. i can skip my lunch or dinner just to make sure the things that the dr wants it to be done are completeed by the time he/she review the patient later in the day. i can hold back my urine or shit for the whole shift, just to ensure that my patients get their procedures done, or just to make sure they are discharged on time. but i can no longer stand being unhappy for things that occurred as a result of poor system/miscommunication/unclear p&p, or even just out of pure unfortunate.