Stress and Laughter

13th August (Wednesday) - Oh man, oh man, I've must been really stressed out. Cause I ended up accidentally sleeping while I was reading my Code of Conduct. Argh!!! Thank God no one's about. I've been having trouble sleeping lately. Today is also the day where I gotten my employee version of a student nurse's cross book. No photos, I'm afraid, but it's just like a cross book, only instead of crosses, it's signatures, I guess we should call it an autograph book. ^^ Bad pun. And did I mention instead of 3 years, you need to take a certain period of time which totals up to 1 year? Argh, I can't believe this. Total bummer, as a patient used to me.
There's also the Code of Conduct about the Do's and Don't s of being a professional staff nurse. Well, it's all straight forward, but according to the CI, majority never ever bother to read it, which is why they ended up doing... odd things when they are working. Today, we get to see a professor performing a really rare procedure : Chest tube removal. I always thought it was an underwater seal removal, but the senior staff corrected me and stated that underwater seal and  chest tube is totally different. Anyway, to the point, a staff was assigned to assist the professor, so she had to prepare a suture set. I couldn't see what she do, but according to the CI, she tried to rip the packaging in half. Sterile packets, even though I haven't done it before, can never, EVER, be torn into half. It contaminates the inside, pure and simple; hence tearing it open by the flap. Anyway, back to the point, the CI nearly had a heart attack when she rip the packaging in half, sending the whole tray set flying. Literally. No wonder the professor was like, "Which towel fell off?" Thank goodness there's another spare in the package. So the professor used the clean one as a protective sheet, and thus we were able to proceed. Throughout the whole procedure, the patient was crying and kept asking us to hug her, which my friend did. Poor them. The patient was frightened and terrified of pain til she grab at my friend so hard til she was wincing in pain. Long story cut short, through the many laughter and shrieks from the patient, the removal was a success and everyone cheered, with the professor laughing with relief. At the end of the drama, it was a good thing I did not throw the sterile glove on the messy trolley. The professor just took the glove from me (I held it out with the flap peeled apart like how one would peel a banana) and took the gloves on his own. Whew. I will not put the whole thing up here because it'll be much too long. But I'm sure you get the idea ^^