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Day 265 - 2 Day Shift Nurses Meet James

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Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 Was a little rough of a morning, James woke up around 3:45am for the day! Mom finally got him back to sleep around 6:00am. 🥱 We had a nurse show up today at 7:00am for Day Shift! Yay! We did not have a meet and greet with her. But she ended up being a really great nurse and she would be able to work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. At 8:00 a.m. we also had another nurse show up for a meet and greet. That nurse would be able to do Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. So we'll have Monday through Friday day shifts covered! For the first few days a nurse is new mom is basically teaching them about James and training them on how to do things. Even if the nurse has had a trach and G-tube baby for over 10 years... every baby is different. Not every patient has inline suction, or is mobile, or needs the ventilator 24/7. Also sometimes nurses are taught to do something and never understood why they do it and it is just incorrect. Change is hard, especially when you...