Ham?
What does it mean?
I'll tell you.
The phrase "going ham" was uttered within my earshot this evening when I instructed a nurse aide to find an abdominal binder for a patient who constantly pulls her PEG tube out.
This was late in the shift, I was already stressed to the max..... because..
Last rounds- the girls are supposed to be checking on my people before the night shift come on.
The patient, I found with a bed soaked in the formula.
I check the diapers our patients wear to see when they were changed last.
They are to be timed and initialed.
The last time and initials were from 1st shift at 11:35am.
This all happened at 9:20pm this evening.
So I am going ballistic and the darling one aide says to me..
We're doing rounds right now, I can't go find a clean binder!!
Ya think not?????????????????
Your shift isn't OVER until I say it's OVER.
That's when I heard her say to aide #2 "I'm about to ham? that bitch"
30 minutes of arguing with 2
children who are only there for a fucking paycheck, who don't give a shit about the people under our care.
I was filling out the write up sheets and reports and handed them to both of them for insubordination.
They both walked out and said they wouldn't sign them.
This was the most horrible day I have ever had at work.
Thank God I've got the next 3 days off.
Come Tuesday, I am hoping something has been done about this.