Things of which I will never tire, part three thousand and forty-six:

1. The look on an attending's face when the nursing staff in the NCCU actually knows something. We read our patients' charts before the shift begins, we review lab results, we read EKGs and check out the results on CT scans and EEGs. Yet, for some reason, the attendings will never get over that first, pure shock of a simple nurse knowing something he (usually "he") doesn't about a patient.(Nota bene: this is not all attendings, just a couple. Dr. Vizzini and Dr. Manbags come to mind.)2. Pure thankfulness from a resident when we solve a problem or save them from a hideous fate. Dude/ette, that's what we're here for. You got problems? Yo, we'll solve them. Check out our scans while the 'puter revolves 'em.3. The patients who say they don't want to take metoprolol/metformin/insulin/hydralazide for their problems, because they "don't want to mess up (their) bodies with medicine." These patients fall, generally, into two camps:     a. The patient, male or female, with an A1c of 10, a resting systolic BP of 210, and a creatinine of         4; or,     b. The patient, female, with acrylic nails, bleached hair, Botox, breast implants, and liposuction,          who has had her mercury amalgam fillings removed because they leak "toxins" into her          bloodstream.*** *** *** *** ***Yes, I've been a long time gone. For that, I do truly apologize.Back in December, the fine folks at ...
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