[FULL] Farah: “I Cry A Lot Because It Is Really Exhausting”, Handling More Than 10 Patients All At Once As A Surgical Nurse, Offering Kindness To Total Strangers

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The Decode Diary

Ray Low

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The Decode Diary isn't just a podcast; it's your passport to the untold stories of the average-looking but extraordinary Joes who try their best to make it in life. I first stumbled upon the idea of providing insights and perception of the general public when I had so much to talk about but also had so much to learn from those around me. The Decode Diary is a journey and process to decode and decrypt the everyday actions of these people with whom we can relate so much. If you are interested in learning their behavior and actions, this is for you. Welcome onboard.

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[FULL] Farah: “I Cry A Lot Because It Is Really Exhausting”, Handling More Than 10 Patients All At Once As A Surgical Nurse, Offering Kindness To Total Strangers

The Decode Diary

1 hour 20 minutes 49 seconds

10 months ago

[FULL] Farah: “I Cry A Lot Because It Is Really Exhausting”, Handling More Than 10 Patients All At Once As A Surgical Nurse, Offering Kindness To Total Strangers

As far as I can remember, I have never spoken to a nurse before, of course excluding the times I woke up in the middle of the night to get my blood drawn when I was at the hospital. But I didn’t speak to the nurses either, it wasn’t a conversation. In this episode, I sat down with Farah to learn the stories behind a nurse and all the kindness a nurse would offer to any random stranger, something even I struggle to do when times are bad. Think about nurses.

The conversation helped me understand a few things. First and foremost, the empathy and kindness a nurse can offer to any stranger is unmatched and it melts my heart to see and hear any stories from a nurse taking care of their patients. They really take care of their patients as if they were their kids. But also, the issue of short-staffing never seems to get solved and the longer the problem sits, the more underappreciated these nurses go. The same goes to doctors and all healthcare providers. I hope conversations like this get heard and together, we can sit down and take the next step to solve a problem. Step by step.

Listen on to know what nurses go through in their shift.

Timeline:

[00:00] What does a surgical nurse do?

[05:41] A day in the life of Farah

[08:38] What kind of decisions do nurses make?

[10:05] Her early days of becoming a nurse

[12:54] The career prospects of a nurse

[19:07] The working hours of a surgical nurse

[20:26] All about vital signs

[22:16] False alarms from nurses

[24:49] Things that happened in the ward that she would never tell

[26:30] Teamwork in wards

[27:43] Short-staffing in hospitals

[31:48] Advice to future nurses

[34:26] Difficult patients

[37:51] A bad day in the life of a nurse

[44:18] Room for errors

[48:56] How would AI or technology help nurses?

[50:37] Wards during Covid

[59:28] The most rewarding part of the job

[01:07:11] Does it ever get boring?

[01:09:49] Ethical dilemma

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