It was a normal early shift today so of course I finished at 15.45 instead of 14.45. It seems to be a regular occurrence. I was on the same side of the ward too, but I didn't have the bay of patients with the fuckwit. I was working with my friend so she took them. I had some heavy patients but they turned out okay. I'm not able to give the care that I want to because there is just too much to do but it wasn't too bad a shift. I was late because I was giving one of my ladies a shower. She is a medical patient and has the most horrendous wound on her leg that I've ever seen. The doctor wants us to shower her with the dressing off to see if the water will get rid of the dead tissue. Well, bits come off it but it's not really doing much. It was nice to get her all freshened up anyway, and her family were there when I brought her back so I did the dressing with them there. I don't mind them being there while I do it. It was the first time they had seen the wound and they were mortified.
Anyway, time's getting on. I'm about to start day 7 of 8 and it's a long day. I don't want to be too late for work... Who knows? I might get a say in which patients I look after today!
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