So, yes, I agreed to work a double tomorrow... so, basically, I will be able to get no more than five hours of sleep for each of the next two nights. However, at least this way I will know that on Monday, they will NOT be able to force me to work a double and I can rest for the rest of the day Monday and all day Tuesday. I should have forced it into a mandate, but at this point in time, I don't even care. The fact that we put most of our effort into babysitting a patient who should NOT even be here just pisses me off. I swear... the people who admit our patients need to spend a few minutes on the unit getting slapped, head-butted, kicked, scratched, and cussed out by these patients they are admitting. Yes, I understand that these people need help... SO ADMIT THEM TO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED!!!!!!! Pine Rest is simply not meant to handle patients like this!
All I can do is all I can do.
But, doing "all I can do" every day and seeing no progress is beginning to wear my patience very thin.
At least I'll be getting some overtime...
...but, it is never worth the little pay we get.
Ugh. That's the only word that can describe my mood at this moment.
Ugh.
-Dave