3 Things

I can't exactly remember how it started, but on some vacation with my family, we started asking each other the question, "What do you love?" and the person would list off 3 different things. The next question would be, "What don't you love?" and they'd list off another 3 items. Always three.  It became a sort of tradition that we use most frequently on long drives during vacations. Some examples of 'loves' would be whitewater rafting, air conditioning, sunsets, and geocaching. Some examples of 'not loves' would be white pumpkins, 19 hour drives, long lines, and tolls.

Here's my nursing version. I love and don't love more than 3 things though.... But I can't break the tradition, so I'll just play multiple times because it's my blog and I can do what I want. 

Round 1:

Caroline, what do you love? 

-Doctors who call you back right away

-The thrill you get when you successfully insert an IV

-Getting vital signs without waking a patient up

What don't you love?

-Doctors who don't call you back 

-Putting people in restraints. Ew.

-Giving people heparin shots at 6am. "Good morning! Here, let me jab you with a needle! Have a nice day!" 

Round 2:

Caroline, what do you love? 

-Pain medications available to patients

-Drawing blood from central lines

-Blood sugars under 150 so I don't have to given insulin shots

What don't you love? 

-When a patient is in pain and nothing is available for them

-When patients have to stay in the hospital for an entire weekend waiting for a procedure that can't happen til Monday

-Endless charting

Round 3:

What do you love? 

-Watching a patient get better. There's nothing better.

-Educating patients and watching the lightbulb go on

-Efficiency in all of its forms

What don't you love? 

-Realizing a patient isn't going to get better

-Isolation rooms

-Getting an admission as soon as I walk onto the unit

Round 4: 

What do you love? 

-Connecting the dots

-Seeing the big picture

-Making a plan based on the big picture

What don't you love? 

- No plan

-The 6am rush

-Day shift nurses who come in late

Lots of love! 

-C-