This is the 4988th article of Da Yi Xiao Nu
When the hospital arrived at 8 o'clock in the morning, the quiet corridor was busy with the crowd of people coming and going, most of them were patients' families, doctors, nurses or about to become a member of the ward.
"Young man, Auntie has come back from checkup, remember to give Auntie an injection." Aunt Wang, a patient in bed 2, came over and patted me on the shoulder and told me, and I took it down in my heart.
That's right, I'm what patients call "male nurses"! I am often ridiculed by patients or colleagues that although it is not Nightingale's "South", I have already planted a dream tree named "Nightingale" in my heart.
From the first day of employment, I resolutely bid farewell to the nickname of "difficult to get out of bed" and became an "early arrival", only to remember that although last night was very stormy, but today is still sunny, I have to face my patients with a full state of mind, to replace the colleagues who have stayed up all night. Today, we're just getting started!
In most people's minds, nurses are usually the "personality label" of gentle and delicate women, and angels are also subtly given the exclusive crown of "women". As the only male in the "Nurses' Girl Group", I have been questioned, for example, when the needles are inserted, and patients often worry about "Can you?" "You can't be Li Shizhen, right? "But who's to say that male nurses don't have a skilled side? I replied firmly, "I can, no problem". At the same time, "hitting the nail on the head" is a private repetition I have repeated countless times in accordance with the operating standards to achieve today's results.
I always firmly believe that wearing this white clothes, I am a growing "white soldier"!
As caregivers in cardiovascular hospitals, we have a lot of responsibility.
I remember one time, a patient with severe heart failure, suddenly lost consciousness during the morning shift, when the blood oxygen dropped rapidly, and the pulse oxygen fluctuation of the ECG monitoring index finger was between 50% and 60%, and the colleagues on duty reacted quickly, immediately adjusted the high-flow mask to inhale oxygen by 8L/min, and at the same time notified the doctor on duty to immediately organize rescue: keep the airway open, establish multi-way venous channels, ventilator-assisted breathing, arterial blood gas analysis, suction device anti-aspiration, respiratory function monitoring, ice cap to protect brain cells, drug administration......, The doctor's orders are orderly, executed quickly and accurately again and again, and every minute and second is a race against death. Such things abound, and some small and subtle changes in patients may indicate the development trend of the disease, which requires us to have a higher sense of responsibility, more skilled professional skills, and more systematic professional knowledge, and every step requires us to be calm and orderly. As a clinical nurse, seeing the heartfelt smiles of patients and hearing the heartfelt thanks of patients is the greatest affirmation and encouragement for us, because we are taking care of the course of life with love and responsibility!
In the past three years of fighting the epidemic, we have never slackened or given up, and the department has sent several medical staff to Xi'an Public Health Center, Chest Hospital, Shanghai, Xinjiang and other places to participate in the anti-epidemic work, and successfully completed the task under the leadership of the hospital leaders and head nurses. At the end of 2022, with the liberalization of the epidemic policy, more and more patients were infected with the new crown, and my colleagues and I were unwell one after another, but we still went to work with illness, because we understood that this is a responsibility and a responsibility. I clearly remember how difficult it was for Mr. Jin to work that night shift: he completed the night shift nursing task with a high fever of 40 degrees, and just finished taking antipyretic medicine and was about to sit in a chair to rest, when the emergency department suddenly sent a patient with heart failure and severe pneumonia, preparing a bed unit, electrocardiogram monitoring, continuous oxygen inhalation, urgent blood examination, and establishment of venous access, and then the patient had respiratory and cardiac arrest, and immediately cardiopulmonary resuscitation, electrical defibrillation, tracheal intubation, ventilator-assisted breathing, epinephrine hydrochloride, and intravenous push of respiratory stimulants, After nearly half an hour of unremitting efforts, the patient's vital signs finally stabilized, at this time my colleague was soaked in a closed and heavy protective suit, slumped on the ground ......, the foggy visor could not see her face clearly, during the epidemic, countless sleepless nights, again and again to stand again, just because we are nurses, shoulder the responsibility of protecting life, because we are needed, so responsible.
Someone once said, "The person who opens the curtain of life is a nurse, and the person who pulls the curtain of life is also a nurse". We have witnessed countless scenes of joy and sorrow, felt the trusting eyes of patients, we are the defenders of life and the guardians of health. Although the work is tedious and tedious, and the content is heavy and arduous, it is precisely because of this that we must move forward with heavy burdens, obey the call of the mission, fight the disease, and benefit all sentient beings!
Because it is needed, it is brave to take responsibility, health is related, and the mission will be achieved!
Selected units: Xi'an Fifth Hospital/Shaanxi Provincial Nursing Association Male Nurse Working Committee
Author: Liu Shize
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