Reason 83: Why should we do research?

I really enjoyed reading this article lately. I've always been fascinated about how things we'd never expect are used as treatments.

As a rehab nurse, I've certainly seen (and smelled) more than my share of 1) poop and 2) C-diff.

My favorite quote, though, sheds some light on the why/how physicians do research.


“After the first four or five patients, we started thinking, ‘We can’t go on doing this kind of obscure treatment without evidence,’ ” Dr. Keller said. “Everybody is laughing about it.” 

If you thought you left high school when you entered the international renown of medicine, you really haven't.

Who would have guessed...

Don't let the door hit you on the way out...

Quote from one of our docs who's leaving to 1) go to greener pastures or 2) is having a late mid-life crisis.

When I asked him/her if Mr. Z. one of our patients who saw a specialist could get an order printed for his nursing home printed out, he said,


"Oh, I don't believe in using that stuff like Dr. S. I think it's hocus pocus, so I'm not going to write that order for the nursing home."

Said doc is patient's primary care provider at the Hotel, but I don't think he/she gets the EBP part.

Good riddance.