My patient this weekend had his left kidney removed due to a mass. I really felt more of a connection with he and his wife after going through Steven's kidney failure. They were a great couple and he was EVER so patient as I took a ton of time changing his dressing. They had really taped him up in the OR and I wanted to cause as little pain as possible. I used the adhesive remover as I slowly pulled the three layers of tape off of his body. I also was able to dc his int (the IV catheter) so he was able to go home.
Bed bath number two was today. It was a 50 something aged woman that had just had a hysterectomy.
I've been struggling with the concept of bedside nursing. I think part of it is that we are not really doing the skills we have studied, we are doing more of the unskilled jobs. Not that I think I am above it at all - and as I mentioned in my first experience giving a bedbath, it can be rewarding - but I just haven't been satisfied with what I've seen. Nursing is definitely what I want to do and feel called to do - but it might not be bedside. We will see. I must stay open.
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