International Nurses Association

All personal stories are recounted by Susan, a retired nurse. You arrive at work at 7:00 in clean scrubs and by 9:00, your scrubs are almost ruined. That is what happens when a sick patient attempts to ask for a pan, and you can’t get it to them fast enough. Lucky for you, it was smart thinking when you packed an extra set of scrubs for days like this.  Then your tablet that you use for patient charting stops working. You are forced to chart the old-fashioned way for the day, so figure an extra hour there at least. While on break, a child running in the cafeteria bumped the table and knocked hot coffee all over you, so there goes scrub set number two.  The remainder of the day is spent in scrubs that must be tied and even then, continue to need to be re-tied all day.   Your newest patient refuses to communicate, but is excellent at hitting the call button, so you spend half of your time trying to determine what the patient needs. Then the family of another patient requests