Yesterday was a weird day for me, trying to figure out when to go to church, when to sleep, what to eat, etc all in preparation for my night shift that night. I ended up going to church at my usual time, 5 pm, and then just headed straight over to St. Jude's. I was not really looking forward to working last night, but I really want the experience so I went. It was a good night and I did almost all the charting on all 4 of our patients, so that was good. Around 3 am or so, I was getting REALLY tired and couldn't think of anything else but my bed. I just wanted to be home sleeping! Anyway, the night was pretty uneventful except for right before my shift ended.
I gave report to the day shift nurse and then saw one of my patient's was calling in on the call light. I answered it since no one else was and it was the nursing assistant asking for the nurse. I let the day nurse know and next thing I know it the Medical Emergency Team is being paged on the overhead for this patient! This was my first experience with anything like this, so I immediately ran over to the room (along with almost all the other staff on the unit). My heart was pounding. It was of course a learning experience - one of the nurses was walking me through everything, letting me know what goes on and what I would do as the nurse. It was very helpful. I am thankful that I was able to stand back and watch before actually having to be the nurse during it all.
So, looking back, I am very glad that I went in last night; although I could hardly fall asleep by the time I got home because I was so full of adrenaline!
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