Just another night

Sitting....again! It seems that's all I do anymore. I guess I shouldn't complain, there are much worse jobs out there. I'm not getting shot at or running into burning buildings but at least those would keep me awake! My pt tonight is a little old lady with Alzheimers. Those are sometimes the worst because you really can't stop them from doing whatever the hell they want to do without the fear of breaking them. I have had pretty good luck sitting lately...nobody has accused me of kidnapping or hit me with a cane but I have had 1 person pull out his PICC line and 1 pull out his NG tube. I know I am here so that doesn't happen so I feel responsible but when the pt lays there with no issues for hours and then decides to pull something out when you are changing the garbage or charting on the computer I don't know how to stop it. Oh well, nobody has given me a hard time about it yet so I guess it's a "shit happens" kind of event. TV is showing a repeat of the GoDaddy.com Bowl. I already know who won and have seen all the highlights but am still watching. I love football season!