Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
You might be frustrated but it would be a good idea to figure out how to put that kind of stuff in a box in your head. It is not unusual for parents to find out things when the kids get off the bus. Can't count all the times the parents called us at about that time or even a bit later to have the kid be seen. Also fevers are cyclic and that is the time they start to go higher again.
Beyond that there is a reason you are involved with the family right? a lot of the time these families are struggling to just hang in there. You are probably going to run into a lot of clients who have poor executive function, are not organized or have things happen that are disruptive. Try looking at it that they had the courtesy to text rather than just blowing you off. You can either look at the stuff that could be a positive or go raving mad in a short time. Learned this early in practice when I was in a twist about something. One of the older nurses pointed out troubled families are more likely to totally blow you off so if they acknowledge you that is a mark that you are doing something right.
Originally posted by MissThundercat
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Beyond that there is a reason you are involved with the family right? a lot of the time these families are struggling to just hang in there. You are probably going to run into a lot of clients who have poor executive function, are not organized or have things happen that are disruptive. Try looking at it that they had the courtesy to text rather than just blowing you off. You can either look at the stuff that could be a positive or go raving mad in a short time. Learned this early in practice when I was in a twist about something. One of the older nurses pointed out troubled families are more likely to totally blow you off so if they acknowledge you that is a mark that you are doing something right.
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