Day 5: Gynecology

Yesterday was not very eventful in the Gynecology department. The nurse I was put with was very kind to me and to the patients she was taking care of that day. I saw a lot of the busy work that nurses had to do. We went from room to room checking on her 3 patients she had for that day and immediately going to do what the patient asked for or needed. I felt that there was almost no break for the nurse to sit down. She was constantly getting things the patients asked for, whether it was more tea, or a new change of sheets because the patient spilled her cranberry juice. Whatever it was, the nurse was on it right away without making a complaint. Whenever she had a spare moment with her current 3 patients she was taking care of, she would go prepare a couple other rooms that had patients coming soon. She would fix the bed just right, make sure there was ice and water on the bed side table, put all the right equipment in the room according to the patients surgery, and if there was a family member staying in the room as well she would fix the sofa for that family member. I really saw how Baptist's nurses cared deeply for every patient no matter what. This nurse wanted her patients to be as comfortable as possible at all times. I enjoyed following her around and watching her chart the information and take the patients vitals. It is a lot slower than Labor and Delivery, but still requires just as much love and care.