The weekend, the weekend, the weekend.
It was a pretty productive week with a little weirdness added in for good measure. (What is that full moon for, anyway?) Yes, if you want to use the VPN client for Hotel work, you have to have the blessing of the Information Security Officer. It would have been nice if they'd have told my doc that before he/she left with a computer without access. (I got to play "scramble" to get things done.) I love HIPAA!
I got most of the work I'd started completed by the end of the week and lined up even more. For entertainment, we bet each other sodas (my favorite is Dr. Pepper) on the number of folks Dr. Q. would discharge by today. He was hoping for 6, but we did get 4. I guessed 5, so Mike, our nurse manager, won the prize, a Mountain Dew from me and two other folks who participated.
Now to face laundry and teach Dahey how to use his birthday present (an iPhone).
The fun never ends.
Stay tuned!
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Turning the tables...
Usually, I have lots of stories, so I decided to turn the tables and tell you all about some of the stories I've heard on the unit from people passing through the Hotel.
I don't check for veracity, but I do enjoy a good story, true or not. And no, I'm not going to tell you about the stuff they tell us to get drugs. (The ER nurses like my classmate Q. get a new one of those every day.)
Police stories:
Dim bulb
In some professions, people developed a heightened sense of awareness of things. Police officers are trained to be highly alert, but some of the scenarios Good Cop (he called himself that when he roomed with another former cop--Bad Cop) told me about were just crazy.
GC was out on patrol one night and noticed a guy had his license plate light out (an infraction that would win a ticket in his town). Once GC got to the window and took the guy's license he said, "I didn't do it."
GC said something about the way he said that wasn't right. He asked again, and the guy says the same thing and "I didn't rob that liquor store."
GC asks Mr. Chatty to step out of the car. GC proceeds to cuff and stuff him. Before he knew it, the call came out on the radio about the robbery. GC calls his coworker back and asks him if he wants him to bring Mr. Chatty back by the liquor store (about 4 blocks away). Coworker says "come on over." Meanwhile, Mr. Chatty keeps talking...
Mr. Chatty is identified as the perpetrator by the store owner, and off he went to the police station and booking.
Get it straight
GC pulls over a man for speeding. Mr. Lam is apologetic and GC says, "I almost let him go. Just seemed like a really nice guy."
But Mr. Lam was not a nice guy. He was a fugitive wanted on federal warrants for murder. The warrants were 16 years old.
So how did GC figure out Mr. Lam wasn't who he said he was? Well, if you give a bogus drivers' license to a police officer, make sure you sign the same name that's on the drivers' license you give to the officer. If you sign your real name (not your alias), someone, like GC, might figure you out.
I don't check for veracity, but I do enjoy a good story, true or not. And no, I'm not going to tell you about the stuff they tell us to get drugs. (The ER nurses like my classmate Q. get a new one of those every day.)
Police stories:
Dim bulb
In some professions, people developed a heightened sense of awareness of things. Police officers are trained to be highly alert, but some of the scenarios Good Cop (he called himself that when he roomed with another former cop--Bad Cop) told me about were just crazy.
GC was out on patrol one night and noticed a guy had his license plate light out (an infraction that would win a ticket in his town). Once GC got to the window and took the guy's license he said, "I didn't do it."
GC said something about the way he said that wasn't right. He asked again, and the guy says the same thing and "I didn't rob that liquor store."
GC asks Mr. Chatty to step out of the car. GC proceeds to cuff and stuff him. Before he knew it, the call came out on the radio about the robbery. GC calls his coworker back and asks him if he wants him to bring Mr. Chatty back by the liquor store (about 4 blocks away). Coworker says "come on over." Meanwhile, Mr. Chatty keeps talking...
Mr. Chatty is identified as the perpetrator by the store owner, and off he went to the police station and booking.
Get it straight
GC pulls over a man for speeding. Mr. Lam is apologetic and GC says, "I almost let him go. Just seemed like a really nice guy."
But Mr. Lam was not a nice guy. He was a fugitive wanted on federal warrants for murder. The warrants were 16 years old.
So how did GC figure out Mr. Lam wasn't who he said he was? Well, if you give a bogus drivers' license to a police officer, make sure you sign the same name that's on the drivers' license you give to the officer. If you sign your real name (not your alias), someone, like GC, might figure you out.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Nuggets for September 11
First of all, I pause to remember those lost this day seven years ago. It's hard to believe it's been that long ago, and that I was living another life as an IT person. How things have changed!
A few of these items have been hanging out on my list for a while, so I will pass them along, right after I get off my soapbox on this first one.
No, this is not in my area of rehab per se, but due to a connection with an expert in the field, I feel a need to discuss this.
WARNING: Soapbox ahead!
Nurse.com has a great article about radiation safety. How does this affect you, you say? Well, if you work in an area where portable x-rays are done regularly, you are a student hanging out in such areas or if you accompany your patients to x-ray or any other radiological procedure and have to position them while the machine runs as I sometimes do, this article applies to you.
Mainly, follow the guidelines noted in this article. If you are supposed to wear your dosimetry badge, wear it. If you are hanging out in the PACU and they want to do a portable on someone in one of the bays, go hang out across the room behind a wall. If you position patients during a procedure, keep your hands out of the beam and wear your lead apron. If you remotely think you are pregnant, tell someone and stay out. If you have any questions, ask for the radiation safety officer and/or his/her's designate to know what's going on in your facility.
By doing this, hopefully, you'll help guarantee a long career as a nurse. That is all. End of soapbox.
Now for a few other items I've run into lately...
Dementia and Margaret Thatcher. This article discusses the book released in the UK by Thatcher's daughter and the ethics of such a release. (from the Blogs section of http://www.nytimes.com/)
http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/margaret-thatchers-open-secret/
VA voter drives anytime soon? We shall see. None yet at Madison, anyway. (from http://www.nytimes.com/)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/us/politics/09vets.html
This article discusses all of the places you'll find technology in use by nurses. (from http://www.nursinglink.com/)
http://www.nursinglink.com/careers/5322-technology-in-nursing
And for something completely different, check out Tex's post about working with women and why he loves it. I can identify with the flipping part, Tex. Lots and lots of flipping in rehab!
A few of these items have been hanging out on my list for a while, so I will pass them along, right after I get off my soapbox on this first one.
No, this is not in my area of rehab per se, but due to a connection with an expert in the field, I feel a need to discuss this.
WARNING: Soapbox ahead!
Nurse.com has a great article about radiation safety. How does this affect you, you say? Well, if you work in an area where portable x-rays are done regularly, you are a student hanging out in such areas or if you accompany your patients to x-ray or any other radiological procedure and have to position them while the machine runs as I sometimes do, this article applies to you.
Mainly, follow the guidelines noted in this article. If you are supposed to wear your dosimetry badge, wear it. If you are hanging out in the PACU and they want to do a portable on someone in one of the bays, go hang out across the room behind a wall. If you position patients during a procedure, keep your hands out of the beam and wear your lead apron. If you remotely think you are pregnant, tell someone and stay out. If you have any questions, ask for the radiation safety officer and/or his/her's designate to know what's going on in your facility.
By doing this, hopefully, you'll help guarantee a long career as a nurse. That is all. End of soapbox.
Now for a few other items I've run into lately...
Dementia and Margaret Thatcher. This article discusses the book released in the UK by Thatcher's daughter and the ethics of such a release. (from the Blogs section of http://www.nytimes.com/)
http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/margaret-thatchers-open-secret/
VA voter drives anytime soon? We shall see. None yet at Madison, anyway. (from http://www.nytimes.com/)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/us/politics/09vets.html
This article discusses all of the places you'll find technology in use by nurses. (from http://www.nursinglink.com/)
http://www.nursinglink.com/careers/5322-technology-in-nursing
And for something completely different, check out Tex's post about working with women and why he loves it. I can identify with the flipping part, Tex. Lots and lots of flipping in rehab!
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