Monday, February 23, 2015

Monday morning call check-out

Dr. Grumpy: "Then, in room 834, is a 71 year old lady who came in yesterday with left-sided weakness. I put her on Strokebegone and ordered an MRI..."

Dr. Nerve: "What did the MRI show?"

Dr. Grumpy: "Don't know. It was scheduled for late last night. You'll have to check it."

Dr. Nerve: "I did. It showed her old strokes, but nothing new. It was dictated at 2:18 a.m. this morning."

Dr. Grumpy: "Then why the fuck did you ask me what it showed?"

Dr. Nerve: "I wanted to see if you were following the patients."

Dr. Grumpy: "I am, but I'm not getting up in the middle of the night and logging in to see if results are up. The radiologist pages me if it's urgent."

Dr. Nerve: "You should be more thorough."
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18 comments:

  1. ER's MomFebruary 23, 2015 at 6:31 AM

    Fuck him.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2015 at 7:42 AM

    Perhaps you should prescribe Dr. Nerve some "Assbegone" for his problem.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2015 at 8:28 AM

    Dr. Grumpy: "and you should be less of an asshole."

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2015 at 10:52 AM

    The sad truth is many doctors are like dr nerve. My clinical partner was reduced to tears once because she didn't ask in details how is the daughter in law treating an elderly lady who was brought by the said daughter because of knee pain ( and septic arthritis was confirmed later on ). Oh, and the diagnosis was not made by said consultant. Who throw a temper tantrum and storm out of the room because the student missed key info! This happened last month!

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  5. a.generic docFebruary 23, 2015 at 11:01 AM

    Dr. Nerve's kind of behavior is something you see during residency programs with senior residents and attendings checking up on interns and med students, but should expect to be gone once you're out in practice.

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  6. Ms. DonnaFebruary 23, 2015 at 11:56 AM

    Thought you weren't a resident anymore ;-)

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  7. gloriapFebruary 23, 2015 at 1:03 PM

    Is Dr. Nerve's fist name "Some" by any chance? What a presumptuous PITA.

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  8. MooseFebruary 23, 2015 at 1:04 PM

    Is he Dr Nerve because he has some, or because he's standing on your last one?

    What a schmuck. Why do people like this go into medical practice? They need to stay in research where they can be assholes and a far smaller pile of people have to put up with their shit.

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  9. JonoFebruary 23, 2015 at 1:37 PM

    Sleep is a living death. Highly overrated.

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  10. KernFebruary 23, 2015 at 2:08 PM

    'Dr Nerve? Have you ever seen an X-Ray of somebody's teeth after they've been punched in the mouth? Give me two seconds and you can have a personal one...'

    Am kinda concerned - is Ed the fish okay? We never seem to hear from him.

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  11. Grumpy, M.D.February 23, 2015 at 2:10 PM

    Ed never has much to say.

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2015 at 9:08 PM

    Whatta ...

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  13. SilliyakFebruary 23, 2015 at 9:56 PM

    Call HIM at 2 am for a 2nd opinion...

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2015 at 10:31 PM

    Let him cover his own damn call.

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  15. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2015 at 11:46 PM

    And you can go F* yourself, you pretentious prick

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  16. cliffintokyoFebruary 25, 2015 at 7:27 AM

    ....at which point Dr. Nerve flew straight out of the nearest open window and landed headfirst in the parking lot 24 floors below.
    ....Now THAT's thorough.

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  17. RehabRNMarch 1, 2015 at 5:37 PM

    Can you charge a consult fee for that phone call?

    OMG...paying qualified people to read nowadays is tough!

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  18. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 1:49 PM

    Ah, they joys of small practice/no mega group call ...

    the price of having weekend, evening, or vacation off..
    traded in dealing with others...

    at least you do not have to take him home...

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So wadda you think?