While I haven't posted a RehabRN reading list lately, I'm still reading. Right now, I'm really getting into Atul Gawande's Being Mortal. It's a story about living, moving on, assisted living, aging and dying.
The stories are really vivid and I can just about picture the folks they are discussing in front of me.
There are so many things we need to learn about aging, death, and dying.
Stay tuned.
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Thursday, January 28, 2016
Monday, October 26, 2015
What a wonderful Monday
If you call getting prepped for the upcoming full moon wonderful. Sure!
My day in a nutshell:
1. Go to do your first rounds and they're looking for Dr. X. I go to the clinic Dr. X is usually in, and they say, no, Dr. X is off today.
2. Get on the elevator to go to your next part of rounds (your unit) and Dr. X. sends me a text saying "I'm here, where's the patient."
3. Call the cavalry, explain Dr. X. really is here now, so go find the patient. Cavalry is successful.
4. Run down several flights of stairs, find Dr. X and then see the patient coming in. Whew!
5. Return back to the ranch to figure out what is going on with a pending problem. No one is around. Finally get answers after two text messages and three phone calls. Problem not resolved until tomorrow.
6. Find out person you have worked with for five years is leaving her current job.
7. Find out people are retiring in droves due to pressure, illness and just plain ready. Sad on some, not on others.
8. Try to fix a patient's problem, but the help for that is not working today.
There were some good things, though.
1. The day was beautiful.
2. I went home for lunch and made a BLT. It was good, even though I set off the smoke detector.
3. I saw an incredible Buckeye butterfly today. It stopped long enough for me to snap a photo and send to my dear husband Dahey who collected butterflies as a child.
4. My friend's husband is getting stronger. He will also be getting a longer course of treatment. Neuro wanted five more doses, nephro wanted no more. They decided to meet (almost) in the middle: two.
Sure beats watching a neurologist and a nephrologist duke it out in his room.
I'm resting up hoping tomorrow is even better. Stay tuned.
My day in a nutshell:
1. Go to do your first rounds and they're looking for Dr. X. I go to the clinic Dr. X is usually in, and they say, no, Dr. X is off today.
2. Get on the elevator to go to your next part of rounds (your unit) and Dr. X. sends me a text saying "I'm here, where's the patient."
3. Call the cavalry, explain Dr. X. really is here now, so go find the patient. Cavalry is successful.
4. Run down several flights of stairs, find Dr. X and then see the patient coming in. Whew!
5. Return back to the ranch to figure out what is going on with a pending problem. No one is around. Finally get answers after two text messages and three phone calls. Problem not resolved until tomorrow.
6. Find out person you have worked with for five years is leaving her current job.
7. Find out people are retiring in droves due to pressure, illness and just plain ready. Sad on some, not on others.
8. Try to fix a patient's problem, but the help for that is not working today.
There were some good things, though.
1. The day was beautiful.
2. I went home for lunch and made a BLT. It was good, even though I set off the smoke detector.
3. I saw an incredible Buckeye butterfly today. It stopped long enough for me to snap a photo and send to my dear husband Dahey who collected butterflies as a child.
4. My friend's husband is getting stronger. He will also be getting a longer course of treatment. Neuro wanted five more doses, nephro wanted no more. They decided to meet (almost) in the middle: two.
Sure beats watching a neurologist and a nephrologist duke it out in his room.
I'm resting up hoping tomorrow is even better. Stay tuned.
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