...and I'm still not back onto Orange.
Tried to contact them online from work - Hell, even brought the credit cards in to pay the fees but couldn't get through. They seem to have stopped phoning. But with the type of shifts I work, they are never going to get me in anyway. Bugger.
Work is a nightmare, went off yesterday morning after a busy nightshift but thinking well, they were showing sighns of improving and come back to find 2 of them have crashed big time.
Its not a pleasant thing to come into. Even worse for the families and then theres always some wee asshole who despite being repeadedly told the visiting policy still cant seem to count above 2 - or thinks we cant count over 2 and brings in several visitors at a time. But I've noticed a hardening in our attitudes, we are now begining to challenge these wee neds and Its nice that I'm not the only one challenging them and asking them to leave.
Now if only we can get the medical staff to stop trating the parents as if they are also medically trained. The parents dont like it when we laugh as they get it wrong, especially some of the pronounciations and it pisses us off when they start playing around with the medical equipment or telling us its time the wean was off the ventilation.
Aye, right....bastards.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Xmas Shopping...
...10 days to go and I havn't even started apart from 3 things for the bad taste lucky dip - anything at a quid or less (but not obscene). I've got a Hugh Grant DVD-97p from ASDA, a chocolate shitting reindeer toy - choccies look just like wee turds, probably taste like it too and a packet of 5xPeemates, those things they were flogging at T-in-the-Park that enables lassies to pish standing up, bad taste if ever there was.
Thought I'd cracked it with the wee barra, got a second hand tumble dryer, except it was as noisy as the one it replaced, and it leaked. The old bastard we got it from denied there was something wrong with it. The old cunt had to defend his stock, made sure the cheque didn't bounce to but the upshot was the wee barra got her own tumble dryer, so I'm back to sqare one for a chrissie pressie, and since I'm not on line yet, I havn't gone daft this year on eBay the way I did last year - although she did love all the created emerald & diamond stuff I got her last year.
Bet if I got her a load of sweeties in the big tubs they do at Costco - she be just as pleased.
For someone who claims to have a small stomach - well, she did have a gastro-jejunostomy done about 20 yrs ago - she can fair pack the sweets away. Eat a full meal or go out to a resaurant for a meal - most of it gets left on the plate.
Give her a 1lb bag of Revels - dissapears faster than snow off a dyke in the blazing sun!
Fuckin' gannet.
Thought I'd cracked it with the wee barra, got a second hand tumble dryer, except it was as noisy as the one it replaced, and it leaked. The old bastard we got it from denied there was something wrong with it. The old cunt had to defend his stock, made sure the cheque didn't bounce to but the upshot was the wee barra got her own tumble dryer, so I'm back to sqare one for a chrissie pressie, and since I'm not on line yet, I havn't gone daft this year on eBay the way I did last year - although she did love all the created emerald & diamond stuff I got her last year.
Bet if I got her a load of sweeties in the big tubs they do at Costco - she be just as pleased.
For someone who claims to have a small stomach - well, she did have a gastro-jejunostomy done about 20 yrs ago - she can fair pack the sweets away. Eat a full meal or go out to a resaurant for a meal - most of it gets left on the plate.
Give her a 1lb bag of Revels - dissapears faster than snow off a dyke in the blazing sun!
Fuckin' gannet.
Back at work...
...for the first of 2 night shifts after the 4 shifts from Hell I had at the weekend/begining of the week.
It hasn't got any better.
Had to go up to ICU as the opposite number didnt want to change again, so I'll have to change tomorrow as todays day person will be tomorrows night person, well, makes sense to us cos we're used to being buggered around.
Didn't have a reply from the boss about the complaining eMail I'd sent her about the staffing levels.
The sad thing is, they and the higher-up heid bummers think that just anybody can come in here and function competently - as if.
Its our fault really, when we get people we're not sure about, we tend to give them the easy babies to look after, the ones who are nearly ready for home, feeders & grower's who are no trouble at all, not the ones on level 3 drugs, unstable airways, desaturate for the least wee thing, certainly dont let them anywhere near NICU, CPAP or any other types of ventilation.
So when these buggers go off back to their own wards, they think we have an easy time of it - 'cos they cant see you struggling with 4/5 in high dependancy plus 1/2 in isolation.
Isolation, another thing that makes me laugh, some folk think if the wear a plastic pinny, they're fucking sterile and either will not catch any bugs or transfer their own bugs to the patient - then walk around the fucking ward wearing them as if it conveys some sort of immunity!
And if you chin them about it YOU are all the evil cunts under the sun.
Do I care what someone thinks of me if I have to chin them?
If they do something detrimental to a baby through stupidity or not paying adequate attention -
HELL FUCKIN' MEND THEM, THEY DESERVE EVERYTHING THEY GET.
Cunts.
That is all.
It hasn't got any better.
Had to go up to ICU as the opposite number didnt want to change again, so I'll have to change tomorrow as todays day person will be tomorrows night person, well, makes sense to us cos we're used to being buggered around.
Didn't have a reply from the boss about the complaining eMail I'd sent her about the staffing levels.
The sad thing is, they and the higher-up heid bummers think that just anybody can come in here and function competently - as if.
Its our fault really, when we get people we're not sure about, we tend to give them the easy babies to look after, the ones who are nearly ready for home, feeders & grower's who are no trouble at all, not the ones on level 3 drugs, unstable airways, desaturate for the least wee thing, certainly dont let them anywhere near NICU, CPAP or any other types of ventilation.
So when these buggers go off back to their own wards, they think we have an easy time of it - 'cos they cant see you struggling with 4/5 in high dependancy plus 1/2 in isolation.
Isolation, another thing that makes me laugh, some folk think if the wear a plastic pinny, they're fucking sterile and either will not catch any bugs or transfer their own bugs to the patient - then walk around the fucking ward wearing them as if it conveys some sort of immunity!
And if you chin them about it YOU are all the evil cunts under the sun.
Do I care what someone thinks of me if I have to chin them?
If they do something detrimental to a baby through stupidity or not paying adequate attention -
HELL FUCKIN' MEND THEM, THEY DESERVE EVERYTHING THEY GET.
Cunts.
That is all.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Xmas Night Out...
...last week at the Seamill Hydro.
Brilliant night out and a great wee location, sea battering of the wall at the end of the Gardens, nice sunshine the day after so got a couple of wee walks along the beach. Good crowd at it and no one was so pissed that they made total arses of themselves......ahem.
Everyone looked niceand the food was good.
Roll on next year.
Brilliant night out and a great wee location, sea battering of the wall at the end of the Gardens, nice sunshine the day after so got a couple of wee walks along the beach. Good crowd at it and no one was so pissed that they made total arses of themselves......ahem.
Everyone looked niceand the food was good.
Roll on next year.
Gym Bunny III...
... had a six month assessment a couple of weeks ago, different wee guy called Mark.
Thought he was at it when he said he wanted to check my height again - thout it was a real wind up. Weight, aye, I could see the point of that but the height?
Well, I've gained half an inch!
Apparently its something to do with improved posture and muscle tone and less slouchiness thats got me up to 5'4.5" but Christ, that'll do me.
Stuff the Duracell Bunny, the fuckin' Gym Bunny's gonny keep going and going.
Thought he was at it when he said he wanted to check my height again - thout it was a real wind up. Weight, aye, I could see the point of that but the height?
Well, I've gained half an inch!
Apparently its something to do with improved posture and muscle tone and less slouchiness thats got me up to 5'4.5" but Christ, that'll do me.
Stuff the Duracell Bunny, the fuckin' Gym Bunny's gonny keep going and going.
Fucking off duty...
...is totally crap.
What with the flu season getting underway, people who should be sitting at home not doing much going xmas shopping and triggering off premature labours and delivering early - we are totally fucked.
The staff numbers are down to silly numbers so its downright dangerous and the baby numbers are going up.
Most of the consultants see our point about needing better staffing levels to maintain even a basic quality of care but one is so up her own arse, if she's bored, she thinks we're doing sod all so finds even more things to bog us down with.
Cunt.
What with the flu season getting underway, people who should be sitting at home not doing much going xmas shopping and triggering off premature labours and delivering early - we are totally fucked.
The staff numbers are down to silly numbers so its downright dangerous and the baby numbers are going up.
Most of the consultants see our point about needing better staffing levels to maintain even a basic quality of care but one is so up her own arse, if she's bored, she thinks we're doing sod all so finds even more things to bog us down with.
Cunt.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Big Burdz...
...finally went th the Bird of Prey place up at Braco.
Supposed to go in October but gale force winds and heavy rain meant they had to cancel - Birds wernt daft enough to fly in 60mph winds.
So we got there two weeks ago in November.
Freezing cold, drizzling rain, occaisional flashes of bright sun and I got soaked but so what - we had a brilliant time.
Had to take the hood of the jacket, fur trimmed. The hawks would have went for it.
Learned how to tie the Falconer's knot, how to pick up a bird. Wee Harris Hawks, fantastic wee birds. Went for a walk in a field, watched the Hawk flying from the trees to the handler and got a go ourseleves. Then up to a different field and watched a peregrine falcon going through her paces. Pure magic so it was nad got a chance to have her land on our fists.
Then there was a Bengalese eagle owl. Lovely bird. Pity it landed in a dod of cow shit.
Then came the American Bald Eagle. 14lbs of flying/killing big bird and it was ace watching it fly but by Christ you felt it land when it came onto your fist.
Best study day I've ever been on.
We're going back in the summer.
Supposed to go in October but gale force winds and heavy rain meant they had to cancel - Birds wernt daft enough to fly in 60mph winds.
So we got there two weeks ago in November.
Freezing cold, drizzling rain, occaisional flashes of bright sun and I got soaked but so what - we had a brilliant time.
Had to take the hood of the jacket, fur trimmed. The hawks would have went for it.
Learned how to tie the Falconer's knot, how to pick up a bird. Wee Harris Hawks, fantastic wee birds. Went for a walk in a field, watched the Hawk flying from the trees to the handler and got a go ourseleves. Then up to a different field and watched a peregrine falcon going through her paces. Pure magic so it was nad got a chance to have her land on our fists.
Then there was a Bengalese eagle owl. Lovely bird. Pity it landed in a dod of cow shit.
Then came the American Bald Eagle. 14lbs of flying/killing big bird and it was ace watching it fly but by Christ you felt it land when it came onto your fist.
Best study day I've ever been on.
We're going back in the summer.
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