Working in the surgical department is also very challenging. My friend worked there and told me about cases where patients didn't make it through surgery. He was especially shocked when a 14-year-old kid died on the operating table, and they couldn’t do anything. You guys have a tough job, and I respect that! When I moved to a different country without speaking any German, it was really hard. I had to start at the bottom to learn the language and slowly work my way up with different jobs. After seeing how the workers in the nursing home cared for the residents, I knew it was something I wanted to try. It wasn’t a mistake, and I’m grateful to be working here. But the emotional toll is just too much. I will stay for a while longer, but not forever. It’s just too hard.Dealing with so many people with dementia is also tough. They live in the past and don’t understand why they are here, always looking for their parents. It doesn’t help to tell them their parents are long gone. You have to play along, saying their parents aren’t here at the moment, and try to change the subject. I work 12 hours a day, and caring for ten different people with severe dementia is really not easy. But I chose this, and I’m trying to make their last moments a little easier. Thanks for stopping by and for your comment :)
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I guess the pressure of taking care of 10 different people all on the same day also aint that easy. In surgery the easy part is that we only have 1 at the same time. Nice and easy overview ;)
When I worked on the ward in the hospital I also saw the difference in this. You can give your attention to 1 person, but that means that the others arent getting the attention at that same moment. It never stops, and that aint easy. Dementia is a different ballgame as well indeed, telling the same story over and over. Love the angel patience on you then!
I worked in a Swiss hospital for a while so I get you with learning the different language on the job. Es war gar nicht einfach! ;)
Oh no, our floor has 30 residents and 4 workers. We have around 100 residents in total. Some are in palliative care, some have dementia, but thankfully some are still independent. But that's the problem. How can 4 workers give attention to everyone? We try our best, but it's impossible to care for everyone properly. It's sad that almost no one wants to work in this field anymore, so there's a real shortage of workers. Covid made things worse. We were already exhausted, working 12-hour days, and often there were only two of us on the floor. I will never forget working with just one colleague when many were infected, and no one from other floors could help us. My colleague was so exhausted that he cried. That was the first time I saw how tough this job can be.
Ja, und es ist noch immer nicht einfach :) Schreiben ist fur mich trotzem zu schwer ;)