spy nurse

My first day off,

I do as little as possible. 

That’s probably a mistake. 

Too much to do. 

Not enough time as it is. 

I squander a lot of time. 

I’m heartbroken over what COVID 

Has done (is doing) to Nursing. 

I think I have burnout. 

I’m so mad- yes, mad…

And I don’t know why! 

No bones for the baby. 

They’re fiends. 

So this is what we have. 

On the anniversary of my LC

I’m eating pork rinds and fake cheese. 

It was pretty good, actually. 

I miss wine sometimes 

But the smell makes me gag. 

Why we still argue about this 

Is one of the things I’ll never understand. 

Still they fight. 

About eating 100s of grams of carbs a day. 

That’s one difference between a

20 year old male athlete 

and a 60 years old 

Formerly obese woman. 

Almost healed. No infection. 

No inflammation. 

I’m really slow when it comes to 

Adding up obvious things. 

Most everyone already knows. 

But sometimes there are more levels. 

More to the story. 

A few months ago, I trained a nurse 

Who said she was a new grad. 

But she knew too much to be a new grad. 

She behaved like a experienced nurse. 

Now, looking back, I wonder if she was

Actually an undercover nurse “spy”

Who was getting information about

The fake diplomas they were selling 

In Florida. 2 of our nurses got a degree

From Florida. But neither of them 

Could pass the boards. 

And they’re both from Nigeria 

Which also explains why 

we were never paired together again. 

I think she thinks I was on the 

verge of figuring it out. 

If so - how thrilling! 

Help to catch a crook. 

On about 8,000 of them. 

I found my mind wandering 

(And wondering) 

About retiring. I was going to 

“never” retire. But I thinks that’s 

Just bullshit. I can’t wait to leave.