After the stretch of work I've just pulled off, I've decided that I deserve this title and shall wear it proudly. We have been so short at work, it's ridiculous and has bordered on unsafe. Well ladies and gentlemen, tonite, we crossed over to VERY unsafe. But what are you going to do right? There is not Nurses Tree that we can just go pluck off a nurse and send her off to work. No sir! So I just smile, be polite, be helpful and create the illusion that all's well.
We needed at least 7 staff members at work tonite: at least 4 RNs, and 3 LPNs...at the very least. Nope...at 3:30, there were 4 RNs, and 2 LPNs and we were still run off our feet. But then, at 7:30 were had 2 RNs and 1 LPN (me!). We not only ran our feet off, but our asses too. So, when one of the patients asked me what my name was, I replied with smile:
My name is Kelly, LPN Extraordinaire!
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