Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Hospital rounds

I'm sitting at the nurses station, scribbling in a chart. Two nurses walk by, talking.

Nurse 1: "So I woke up this morning, and I'm still bleeding. I need to call my GYN back, because... Oh! Here's Dr. Grumpy! Hey, doc, I have a problem, let me ask you..."

Dr. Grumpy: "Hey! I'm a neurologist! I don't deal with that end!"

Nurse 1: "I just wanted to know if we could give Mr. Carotid sedation for his MRI. He's claustrophobic."
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21 comments:

  1. Caddy WumpusJune 14, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    I just had this mental image of the Grumpster recoiling in horror at the thought of women problems.

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  2. clairesmumJune 14, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    nurses are true multitaskers!

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  3. PackerJune 14, 2011 at 9:17 AM

    Love to laugh early in AM.

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  4. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    I guess it pays to wait until the question is asked to answer.

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  5. AlexDreamzJune 14, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    I would have assumed the same thing, Dr G... It's a universal problem, assuming!

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  6. bobbieJune 14, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    We nurses can change directions on a dime!!!
    Did you blush?

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  7. MorrisJune 14, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    Yep, assumption is the mother of all stuff-ups...

    Been there, done that! *grin*

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  8. AprilJune 14, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    lmao... us nurses have a million things going at once, and luckily our other nurses friends understand :) lol. And we love to drive md's crazy..it's kinda like a cult??? lol. Thanks for the laugh :)

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  9. ChrisJune 14, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    If you ask me, your pre-emptive TMI strike was more than appropriate.

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  10. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    I'm with Chris. The preemptive strike is also a good way of telling them that they are talking too loud and not everyone wants to hear about their problem.

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  11. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 5:04 PM

    PWNED!

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  12. LivingDeadNurseJune 14, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    Muahah

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  13. ER's MomJune 14, 2011 at 6:28 PM

    *snort*

    I have had nurses drop trou at the hospital to ask me my opinion.

    Always fun.

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  14. MalJune 14, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    Hey, it could have been worse. Imagine if you'd been a GYN!

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  15. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    So how do you cope with migraineurs who get their migraines in association with their menses?

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  16. ElizaJune 14, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    Ha ha love it :-)

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  17. ThorMDJune 15, 2011 at 6:28 AM

    Agree with ER's mom. Nurses are always wanting me to look something (a rash on the boob, is this a hemorrhoid or a rectal prolapse etc etc). Or asking about some female related problem. TMI TMI. Ah, the life of an ER doc.

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  18. AnonymousJune 17, 2011 at 4:49 AM

    made me laugh ... thanks

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  19. kate sweetenJune 17, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    Ha! Our docs do the same thing - you should see them shudder and start stammering when someone dares to utter to the word "vagina" ;)

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  20. ShannonRN2010June 17, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    I always pity the poor docs that get caught in the nurses convo in PACU...

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  21. AmandaJune 23, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    What's even more interesting is that they have dropped trou and show ME something to ask my opinion...I'm a pharmacist.

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So wadda you think?