I work a 0.2 EFT at a palliative care ward. I've always loved palliative care - i find that it takes on an entirely different realm of nursing that you often don't see in acute care wards. I just started there and I'm finding the constant transition between an acute surgical ward to a palliative care ward a little challenging.. espcially when it comes to interpersonal communication. What do you say to someone who's just lost their father? You don't come accross that often on a surgical ward, thank goodness.
I had my first death the other day. No surprise. The man was dying and the family was at the bedside. No matter how much you prepare yourself mentally for an event like this, the reality of the situation when it occurs will never compare.
So, what do you say?
After all was said and done, the family thanked us at the desk and said goodbye. I walked them off the ward, hugged the wife and told the son.....to....uh...
HAVE A GOOD DAY?
Yes, I said that. Ridiculous. Immediately after the words rolled of my tongue, I had a twisting feeling in my gut that made me want to apologize for the blunder. I just walked away and took this as a lesson. If you don't know what to say, don't say anything.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
BREAKING SILENCE
Oops has it really been this long since my last post?! APOLOGIES!
scenario: boy and girl are looking at graduation photos from 2 years ago.. on the TV is shawn t's infomercial for insanity videos. START SCENE
girl: babe we need to be able to show these pictures to our kids. proof that we were once good looking and slim!
boy: you're still pretty.
girl: oh... thaaaaaaaaaanks babe.
END scenario.
Now, tell me what went wrong here? Because it took a few seconds for boy to understand girl's reaction!
you gotta love him but sometimes boy's just aren't there! YOU KNOW? *palmface.
On another note, I've been following antm this season and the first few of tyra's onesies made me shudder in disgust. However, just like justin bieber, miley, rihanna's 'rude boy', the blackberry and socks with closed toed sandals -- with repeated exposure to such crazy things, sometimes you just start to change your feelings about them! Based on sheer repeated exposure.
Proof, I now desire a onesie.. will i buy one? Who knows?! I'm still on the hunt for the perfect pair of clogs so I can wear them with long mens socks.. But with all my bbm-ing, I can't seem to find the time to shop.. On top of that, watching jbieber's snl performance and downloading miley's movie has kept me even more busy.
(.. ok well i'm really not downloading or streaming videos because I don't know HOW, but the point is I'm infatuated with these things that I once seriously disliked.) So I guess I'm off to go to hunt for my onesie!
Before I go, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF MY BFFS ROSHINI, WE'RE ONLY AS OLD AS WE LET OURSELVES THINK WE ARE. cheers to being 21! three years in a row.
PS: movies to see: hot tub time machine, she's out of your league, 500 days of summer.
scenario: boy and girl are looking at graduation photos from 2 years ago.. on the TV is shawn t's infomercial for insanity videos. START SCENE
girl: babe we need to be able to show these pictures to our kids. proof that we were once good looking and slim!
boy: you're still pretty.
girl: oh... thaaaaaaaaaanks babe.
END scenario.
Now, tell me what went wrong here? Because it took a few seconds for boy to understand girl's reaction!
you gotta love him but sometimes boy's just aren't there! YOU KNOW? *palmface.
On another note, I've been following antm this season and the first few of tyra's onesies made me shudder in disgust. However, just like justin bieber, miley, rihanna's 'rude boy', the blackberry and socks with closed toed sandals -- with repeated exposure to such crazy things, sometimes you just start to change your feelings about them! Based on sheer repeated exposure.
Proof, I now desire a onesie.. will i buy one? Who knows?! I'm still on the hunt for the perfect pair of clogs so I can wear them with long mens socks.. But with all my bbm-ing, I can't seem to find the time to shop.. On top of that, watching jbieber's snl performance and downloading miley's movie has kept me even more busy.
(.. ok well i'm really not downloading or streaming videos because I don't know HOW, but the point is I'm infatuated with these things that I once seriously disliked.) So I guess I'm off to go to hunt for my onesie!
Before I go, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF MY BFFS ROSHINI, WE'RE ONLY AS OLD AS WE LET OURSELVES THINK WE ARE. cheers to being 21! three years in a row.
PS: movies to see: hot tub time machine, she's out of your league, 500 days of summer.
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