In my experience, the more stressfulll the nursing environment
the more humour between staff has to be generated.
Staff without a sense of humour, I have always thought, have to employ other less effective mechanisms of coping, which invariably lead to increased sickness time and hangovers
I’ve only just got home after a busy day
A busy, sometimes stressful but a productive day, full of sadness but brimming with colleague’s laughter
Before I left I waved to a patient I nursed in the community but who has been admitted to the hospice.
They had complained that seagulls had been knocking at their window demanding food and the ward staff had worked hard at organising something to help
Found some Christmas gin in the cupboard now watching Eurovision
I adored this
A target for the gulls to aim at?!
ReplyDeleteCan you knock one up for me to deal with my terrorist raven? X
ReplyDeleteHope you are watching Eurovision mave
DeleteSuffering it 🤣
DeleteIt’s fantastic
DeleteVoilà...you had a hard day.
ReplyDeleteAn average day
DeletePlease have another look at the blogpost title.
DeleteOk mr pudding what is it
DeleteVoilà not Volià.
Deletegin is gin; keeps forever. down the hatch!
ReplyDeleteRelax, enjoy, rest.
ReplyDeleteI drank too much gin on holiday one sunny afternoon then decided to nip up the hill to visit my friend-unfortunately I tripped over and cut my lip x
ReplyDeleteHumor is good medicine. A good gin sounds perfect. Tequila shots especially when shared with friends makes for a very jovial get together. More laughter and levity is what we all need.
ReplyDeleteBarbara P looks like my neighbour Karine.
ReplyDeleteI so agree that humor among medical staff is essential and the worse the situation, the worse the humor. Why? Because sometimes you have to laugh and sometimes it is laugh so you don't cry.
ReplyDeleteYou may be getting up after a night's sleep as I write this. Hope you feel rested and that today is good day.
Hugs!
Oh, and the video couldn't be viewed because "The uploader hasn't made this video available in your country." I'd not seen this message before.
DeleteAs Barbara Anne says, medical humour is often needed. Otherwise you'd all be in tears much of the time. Love the scarecrow, or scareseagull should I say. Hope it works. Did the gin hit the spot? Eurovision - Nah! xx
ReplyDeleteMy daughter fell out of her chair laughing when the German act came on. It was barking.
ReplyDeleteA scare gull! I agree with you about stress and humor. There was a man with cancer. When his hair fell out, he bought himself a hat with very long blond pigtails. I sat with him once waiting for a scan, and I've never laughed so hard in my life. He's gone now. I made it. He did not. I have never forgotten him though. What a gift his humor was!
ReplyDeleteI bought some apricots ( my favorite fruit) and they all had those little stickers on them. You know the ones I’m referring to, right? It reminded me of the time I ate a nectarine and swallowed the sticker. It turned up later stuck to the outside of a turd. That gave me a laugh...made in California for sure.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of scarecrows but never scareseagulls! I haven't caught up with Eurovision yet. Maybe tonight!
ReplyDeleteYou are correct, humour - sometimes, very black = can be all that gets you through the day or night. Working n a hospital can be so very grim at times.
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