I'll go first. New patient was admitted because they had a pinched nerve or something I don't really remember, but because of this condition they lost gross motor function of their lower extremities. They haven't been able to walk for the almost a week and just today decided that maybe it was time to go to the hospital. I got the notice from my charge nurse that I'll get this new admit and they are on their way up from the ED.

I go about my shift tending to my other patients while waiting for this new admit. I then get the call from my charge nurse that my new admit is here. I make my way to the room and guess what I find? The admit is face first on the floor. Why were they on the floor? Because the transporter who carted the new admit to the floor asked them if they were able to walk from the cart to the hospital bed. The new admit for some reason decided that now of all times would be a great time to see if they could start walking again.

YOU LITERALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO WALK FOR ALMOST A WEEK, WHAT MADE YOU THINK THAT YOU WOULD MAGICALLY START WALKING AGAIN! Did Jesus by chance come by to heal you so you can start walking again or something?!?!? I called for some help.

IT TOOK 5 PEOPLE AND 2 ATTEMPTS TO LIFT THIS PATIENT TO THE BED. This patient was easily over 6 feet tall and slightly overweight. They were complete dead weight, they couldn't help us get at all when we were trying to lift them. I should have just have gotten a sheet lift and used the mechanical lift machine but I thought that it would take too long and 5 people would be enough. 5 people were almost not enough.

Lessoned learned from this encounter: 1) Use the mechanical lift as much as possible. Even if it takes 30 mins to set everything up, it will save everyone's back. 2) There are so many things that you have no control over. 3) Humans are dumb AF.