Nostalgia not

Anytime I feel a teensy-weensy bit nostalgic for working with my old pals; all I have to do is go to my blog and read writings from the seven years I spent in the Diagnostic Cardiology unit. There were so many times that we were understaffed, where we truly worried about the safety of our patients, and our unit managers refused to create solutions. Sure, there were instances where the day shift was helped, but there were no evening shift solutions. From what I've heard (since my departure), Recovery area staffing has been improved, because the workload increased upward a couple notches. Cardiac Surgery is doing more catheter based valve repairs and the EP Lab added another performer. Additionally, the outside vendor, added their own EP practitioner too.

My favorite tasks to do were recoveries and special procedures such as TEE, Bronchoscopy, Cardioversions, because those duties were closest to what my years in ICU had been like; highly technical one-on-one care. For nurses that work beyond age 60, I think the most of them have to come to terms with the physical demands of the job, and the potential for more injuries. Also, I had reached my limit on patients bleeding and sequelae of those events; I was bloody well done with it.

Hospital; I'm done. 

I'm not nostalgic
Regarding all that stuff,
For forty long years
I was tough enough,
Responding to emergencies
With expertise,
Now I would rather visit
Mountains, rivers and trees.