Monday, January 21, 2008

Jay's nurses

I feel frustrated for Jason. He hasn't slept well for a number of nights because of loud nurses outside his room. Yes they have his door closed, and he even has ear plugs in and he can still hear them giggling and hear the sound effects from someone chatting on MSN messenger at the nurses station. When he asked them to be quiet they basically told him that they need to stay awake during the night shift somehow. I think that is pretty poor, that their entertainment is at the expense of post surgical patients who need their rest to heal from their operations.

I noticed yesterday that one of my contacts on Facebook had joined a group called "Saskatoon Health Region, I don't need a net nanny" or something to that effect. This nurse was VERY upset with the fact that they could not access the Facebook website through the Saskatoon Health Region computers anymore. I am frustrated about this because of Jay's problems in the last couple of days trying to sleep. I suppose it is one thing if people want to access those computers during break times, but these nurses were using MSN during their shift. The nurse that created that Facebook group said she was able to access gaming sites, email sites, porn sites, and other time wasting sites from the SHR computers, just not Facebook. I personally say GOOD you can access it on your own time at HOME. What did nurses do back in the day to keep awake during night shifts? I think people had a better work ethic back then anyway. I am not trashing all nurses, it just seems like the ones that are looking after Jason this time are all young, and all seem interested in getting out of doing the 'dirty' work...and like to have giggle parties in the middle of the night. I am glad that Jay will very likely be coming home tomorrow.

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