Sometimes I wonder

Why do specialists forget the basics? Wouldn't you expect your doctor to know the basics about flu, even if he/she were not an internist or primary care provider?

I really did want to bang my head into the large conference table as I explained to a patient (who was being evaluated for a specialty rehab program) the basics of caring for someone (grandchild) with the flu.

Said MD walked in and acted as if he/she was clueless to any of the guidelines. It's very handy that the Nursing department makes us do an in-service on flu EVERY year here at the Hotel.

I thought it was a little overkill, but having enough knowledge to explain to patients seems like something an MD might be able to do, too.

I'm just adding this to the crazy day list at the Hotel.

More later...

Back to basics

Keep It Simple, Stupid, or the KISS principle as it's known in IT circles has been the story of my days lately.

Lucky me, the grad student, got nominated by the boss to be on the IT committee for the unit for some redesigning work and a special project. What does this mean? In addition to my regular duties keeping everyone happy at the Hotel, I've been working on analysis of some of the upgrades that are coming. (See, some of those classes really do come in handy!)

Now I just have to manage to herd the other RN on this project into more meetings and get my boss to cooperate in letting me off the floor for said meetings.

It should make this an interesting few months...stay tuned.