ST elevation, that's right, I know it

Yesterday I left work at almost 9pm, when in reality I'm off at 7pm...that should tell you how crazy my day was, well....it didn't start crazy, yes, it was busy, but not crazy, since I was charge nurse I was able to choose what patients to take, so I took the ones I thought were the busiest and sickest patients, of course like always, what the heck did I get myself into, at 5pm one of my patients decides to have a stroke and on top of that start having chest pain and difficulty breathing...yeah, all at the same time...and I'm supposed to be trained to handle that...yeah...but the truth is that I can't do what I know it's the right thing without a doctor's approval, and well doctors are assholes that freaking forget that without us nurses they wouldn't be able to tie their own shoes (sense the frustration??) well, needless is to say it took forever for me to be able to do everything I wanted and knew I need to do because the doctor wouldn't call me back....oh yeah, I forgot, he was off call, and I had to talk to a on-call doctor that didn't even know what the heck was going on with the patient, and then he gets mad at me when I tell him that I think the patient might have had a heart attack because of the increasing ST elevation on the EKG...that's right Mr. Know-it-all, I know what the hell I'm talking about.

So the doctor decides to come in and check the situation out....thank you very much, that's what I wanted. But in the mean time I have to deal with the family freaking out, one of the daughters looking at me like I'm not doing enough, on top of the fact that I have another patient that thank goodness, was behaving...plus I have to deal with staffing, deciding whether I can open another bed for a patient that needs it, and not to mention 2 freaking nursing students that don't stop asking questions, STFU!!!! Through it all, I have to thank the 2 nurses that were working with me that day, because they helped me with anything I asked of them to, thanks girls, I have the best team ever!!

So yeah, of course the doctor comes in, looks at the EKG and says, there's nothing wrong with it....there's nothing wrong with it my ass, take your time and look at it!!! Oh yeah....there is a change, oh yeah, she might have thrown a clot into her brain that's why she is exhibiting signs of a stroke, oh yeah, she needs anticoagulation, oh yeah, nurses do know their stuff....that's right bitches...nurses do know stuff!!!

Anywho...I was just venting there, hahaha....in conclusion, I left super late and had to work today again...but I wouldn't change one minute of that day, why?? because it's what I love to do, I love to take care of people that need to be taken care of, I love the rush of things going bad and me being able to actually do something to help make it better....yes, it is frustrating when your hands are tided and can't get a hold of the doctor to get the things that you need, but overall it's gratifying to know that at least you did what you were supposed to and did everything in your power and didn't hold back.

This is a lot of crap right here, but if you read it, thank you for listening to my ranting, I do appreciate it, because I am what I am, and I love what I do.