Good excuses

Here are some really good excuses to miss your appointment with your specialist. (some I had lately).

1. You have horrible diarrhea. I am a nurse, but so happy you're not coming in today.

2. You're currently in the ICU (happened to two people lately) which leads to ...

3. You're on a vent. I really believe ABCs apply here.

3. You're on major antibiotics. We can't perform that procedure you want when that happens.

4. You're still on a (name any) major blood thinner. I'm not talking aspirin, folks. If you're on Plavix, Coumadin, Ticlid or a couple of others, we can't work on you, either.

Yet, even with these good ones, there are the run-of-the-mill ones, not so good ones, too.

1. I'm in too much pain.
2. I'm not in pain, so I don't need to come anymore (which is followed up by a call in one week...)
3. The weather is too bad (like it never snows here) or
4. It's too nice to go sit in a doctor's office.
5. Amnesia is always a good excuse. One recently drove the doc nuts. "Well, I was late (missed) because I was at the (fill in the blank) party getting a free lunch."

I'm stopping the list here, but I'm sure all of you office folks get some really good ones.

Stay tuned....more to come.

Happiness is...

Only having two patients instead of three (one crashing) and a new admit. Why? Lots less paperwork for one thing! I only had two patients today, Mr. S.and Mr. M. and it was like heaven. No rushing, no fussing, everything got done, charted and I was out on time. Hooray!

Sadly, Mr. H. who I took care of a couple of months ago was back at Washington in the ER. Apparently, he was taking too many drugs over the weekend and developed a subarachnoid hemorrhage. He's now on a vent and not expected to make it.

I'm off tomorrow, so more fun starts later this week on evenings...stay tuned.