The visiting nurse was supposed to come by today but she didn't show. It doesn't matter though because for right now we have everything under control. A male visiting nurse came by last Thursday and took DH's blood pressure and that was it. Didn't even take his temperature and wasn't in the least familiar with the type of surgery DH had - and wasn't able to give DH any info re his urostomy. Hard to believe we only have one wound/ostomy nurse serving all of Riverside County! She is pushing retirement age and I hope they either train or hire others to fill the gap she will create if in fact she retires soon. I keep remembering the ICU nurse DH had - 71-1/2 years old! She came out of retirement because the hospital made her an offer she couldn't refuse. This country (not just RivCo) is short on nurses and short on those able to train them.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Just Another Day
Though fall is definitely in the air, we still have lots of summer left. 
The visiting nurse was supposed to come by today but she didn't show. It doesn't matter though because for right now we have everything under control. A male visiting nurse came by last Thursday and took DH's blood pressure and that was it. Didn't even take his temperature and wasn't in the least familiar with the type of surgery DH had - and wasn't able to give DH any info re his urostomy. Hard to believe we only have one wound/ostomy nurse serving all of Riverside County! She is pushing retirement age and I hope they either train or hire others to fill the gap she will create if in fact she retires soon. I keep remembering the ICU nurse DH had - 71-1/2 years old! She came out of retirement because the hospital made her an offer she couldn't refuse. This country (not just RivCo) is short on nurses and short on those able to train them.
The visiting nurse was supposed to come by today but she didn't show. It doesn't matter though because for right now we have everything under control. A male visiting nurse came by last Thursday and took DH's blood pressure and that was it. Didn't even take his temperature and wasn't in the least familiar with the type of surgery DH had - and wasn't able to give DH any info re his urostomy. Hard to believe we only have one wound/ostomy nurse serving all of Riverside County! She is pushing retirement age and I hope they either train or hire others to fill the gap she will create if in fact she retires soon. I keep remembering the ICU nurse DH had - 71-1/2 years old! She came out of retirement because the hospital made her an offer she couldn't refuse. This country (not just RivCo) is short on nurses and short on those able to train them.
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