Day 5 of 8.

I am not looking after the same patients again tomorrow. I have had the same patients for 5 days running without a day off. Most of them are fine, it's actually great knowing what's going on with them, but there's one who I hope never makes it off the operating table. If they decide to operate on her. And I hope they don't. What a waste of oxygen. And her scummy offspring are just the worst. Typical Jeremy Kyle fodder. I can't look after her anymore. I've been nice as pie, doing my job, making sure everything is done for her, and she turns like a rabid dog. Her chav daughter gave me an earful for saying that visiting finished at 4 but she could sit in the dayroom or on the sofas outside the ward. Then there was a problem with this patient being off the ward while the evening meal was being served and we couldn't reheat it so she's been slagging me off since then. I wasn't even there when all of this took place but somehow she blames me! I don't know how that happened and to be honest, I don't care. She's a waste of time. It's all documented and I'll explain what happened to the ward manager and I will ask to look after different patients tomorrow. It's a shame, because the rest of those patients are lovely. I feel like I've achieved so much with the rest of them. Ah well. The SHO on call was a bit useless today. 3 of my patients didn't get their meds beccause he didn't put cannulas in them. We hardly saw him this afternoon. It's his first stint doing these shifts on this ward but he's a SHO so should have enough experience to be able to manage the workload. It's frustrating sometimes. We seem to spend a lot of the day chasing other people to do their jobs. I really wanted to walk out today. I was losing my patience with a couple of the other patients and I shouldn't do that. It's unprofessional and it's unforgiveable. I think rotation around the ward is a good idea though. We shouldn't be expected to care for the same patients for long stretches. Especially her.