so, yesterday was bethany's first solo day on the floor as a nurse at San Francisco General's 6A ward. she finished her training as a new nurse graduate, hooraay!
things did not go well.
she had to work for 14.5 hours straight...no breaks. she had a staggering patient load, including patients receiving medication she hadn't been trained on. she started work @ 7am and missed the 9pm shuttle back home, so i went and picked up my sweet, tear-soaked wife sitting in the parking lot near a group of patients who had slipped out for a bedtime smoke.
so now we are trying to decide what to do; whether bethany should quit her job, work part time there and somewehere else, stick it out--no answers yet. she has had a rough go of it since january when she started there.
the type of patients that are seen at that hospital are the ones we want to care for: the poor and marginalized, largely forgotten by society. however, since this job has caused bethany so much pain, and her training has not been adequate, we are beginning to consider alternative options.
however, when we finally arrived home, i did have a meal prepared with some of bethany's favorite things:
.boba (taro flavor)
.blueberry corn pancakes
.homestyle potatoes
.fried egg with pepper jack cheese
.champagne
.chocolate
we managed to laugh a bit after dinner. that was good.
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