crocheted a blanket on night shift between vitals checks. charge nurse said it's unprofessional. patient said it calmed her down. i said nothing. the blanket is ugly. the patient took it home anyway. sometimes care looks like yarn and bad tv on a muted hospital screen.
Night Shift Crochet and the Code I Didn't Write
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Night Shift Crochet and the Code I Didn't Write
I crocheted a blanket on night shift between vitals checks. The charge nurse said it was unprofessional. The patient said it calmed her down. I said nothing.
The blanket is ugly. The patient took it home anyway.
Sometimes care looks like yarn and bad TV on a muted hospital screen. Not every intervention is in the protocol. Not every comfort is billable. The code I did not write that night was still documentation — proof that presence can be handmade.
I will keep crocheting on breaks. The blanket is not unprofessional. It is the opposite.
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