Appreciation

               Do you ever pay close attention to how hard someone’s job is? We are always so quick to say “it’s your job you should know what you’re doing”. This is something we can all understand. But do you ever stop and think just how many tasks a person has at their job, and how many things they have to juggle on their plate, aside from having things outside their job to worry about. I believe that we should give them credit for everything they do on a day to day basis not just the scrubs that are assigned to you but to everyone who is there.

               For the last two weeks I have been able get a closer look at a job I always wanted to do. There are six patients assigned to every scrubs. Can you imagine that? Having six lives you have to care for. Not only that but they are all there for different reasons. They all have different meds, sicknesses and meds they are allergic to. You have to remember at what time they need to take a certain meds. You have to make sure they take all of their meds and help them with any assistance they may need. Not only that but you have family’s that try to get in the way.

                Like I mentioned I have observed these people for the last two weeks. They are constantly coming in and out of the room. There have so many papers to fill out and medication to give to just one person. Now imagine that times six. It’s not just one scrubs coming in its multiple people who are coming in. There’s the one that handles the meds, one who handles the papers, one that takes vitals, one that gives the lung medication, one that cleans the sheets and help’s the patient stand and so on. The main scrubs only have six patients but the rest have the entire floor to worry about. They are constantly going up and down the halls and like I said in and out of rooms. I stop and think when do they have time to breath?

               Even with a profession that is so important like this, and one thinks there shouldn’t be mistakes there is. One of these scrubs tried to give the person I was with shot that were blood thinners. The person I was with couldn’t have that because of other things that were wrong. After talking to the scrubs for a while we told them to ask the doc. Just to double check. After a while the scrubs apologizes and says we were right. If it hadn’t been for us asking what the shots were for the person I was with could have gotten worse instead of recovering.

               Some people were telling us to talk to that person’s manager and make a complaint. We thought to ourselves that we were lucky to have caught this before it happened. We also understand that they have a lot to deal with. At first we were upset, who wouldn’t be, but they are humans and they deserve some respect and appreciation for everything that they do. We also couldn’t act like insane human beans because at the end of the day they are the one who provide care for our patient and we want them to receive the best. Not take the anger out on the patient because the family made a scene. We understand with their profession there shouldn’t be mistakes but sometimes things happen. Mistakes can’t be avoided no matter how hard you try. With so many things on you plate we need to appreciate everything they are already doing for us.